Why do we need Selendroid?

Answer

Selendroid is a great testing tool. But you may still doubt its usefulness.

This section will introduce the important feautures of the Selendroid to answer the question why you need Selendroid.

• You can test the application under test using Selendroid without any modification of the app. You just need the binary file (APK) installed on the computer. In order to install the binary file on the device, the test app and mobile app must be signed with same sign key
• Selendroid test app can interact with multiple devices or simulators simultaneously. It's a great advantage of Selendroid. So you can test your app with various android devices to check compatibility.
• Selendroid can simulate human-user actions on an app, such as touch, swipe, drag and drop on devices
• You can change the hardware devices (Plug and unplug) during the testing without restarting or stopping the test. Selendroid recognizes the new devices automatically
• Corresponding to the Android API version up, Selendroid also supports the new Android API (From API 10 to API 19)
• Selendroid also has some built in inspector tool to help you identify the UI element of application under test. For example the ID of button, text field, text view…