Droidcon Berlin: Live Presentation of Test Coverage on Android Phones

Roland Bär, Verifysoft
10:30am – 11:00am, Thu Droidcon in Humboldt

So far, test coverage reports are the only proof that you have really tested your application. This talk will start with a basic explanation of what test coverage basically is. We look at different levels of coverage, from function coverage to decision, condition, MC/DC (as required by DO178B) and multi-condition.

The test coverage tool described in detail is Testwell CTC++ plus the CTC++ for Java and C# add-on. It is owned by Testwell Oy, Tampere, Finland, and has been successfully used in telecommunications, aeronautics (DO178B), medical devices and automotive industry.
Testwell CTC++ (Test Coverage Analyzer for C and C++) enables users to get test coverage virtually with any compiler and any target.
Based on the assumption that the JVM is just another target, and Java is just a kind of C++ dialect, the Java and C# add-on was written as front-end from Roland Bär. It worked later almost out of the box with DalvikVM.

The talk will give detailed instructions how to setup a tool-chain for a native (NDK) application, how to prefix/overwrite the compiler there, then compile the app, download it to the phone, run it, drop data to e.g. /sdcard/MON.txt, transfer it back to the host, convert it and create the test coverage report.

After that we will proceed with a Java Application, Frozen Bubbles, how to build with CTC++ and Ant. Download and run it. Basically same procedure to get coverage data out, convert and generate the reports.

Roland studied physics and telecommunication-technology in Karlsruhe and Offenburg (Germany). He participates in the development of Testwell and Parasoft testing tools. Since 2003 he is head of development and support at Verifysoft Technology.

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last updated: 05.10.2011

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