Is there a way to start android emulator in Travis CI build?

Question

I have python wrapper-library for adb where I have unit-test which depend on emulator or real device (since they execute adb commands).

I want also to use Travis CI as build environment along with executing those unit tests for each build.

Is there a way to have android emulator available somewhow in Travis CI, so that unit tests can execute adb commands?

Thanks in advance!

Answer 1

According to the Travis CI documentation, you can start an emulator with the following script in your .travis.yml:

# Emulator Management: Create, Start and Wait
before_script:
  - echo no | android create avd --force -n test -t android-19 --abi armeabi-v7a
  - emulator -avd test -no-skin -no-audio -no-window &
  - android-wait-for-emulator
  - adb shell input keyevent 82 &

Just specify the system image you need in components.