Parameterized JUnit tests in Android test project

Question

When I create parameterized test cases in JUnit 3.x, I usually create a TestSuite with something like

public static Test suite() {
    TestSuite s = new TestSuite();

    for (int i = MIN; i < MAX; ++i) {
        s.addTest(new MyTest(i));
    }
}

This suite() method is called correctly when running JUnit from a desktop command-line. When I tried this with my Android test project, the tests don't run. How do I get my tests to run on the emulator? Or is there a different way to create parameterized tests for Android?

More thoughts:

Typically I run my tests with the command line:

adb shell am instrument -w [-e class <fully qualified test class name>[#<test method name>()]] <Android package name>/android.test.InstrumentationTestRunner

This allows me to select which tests to run from my test suite. Ideally, I want to run the the parameterized tests in this way as well. The link in the comment from @Appu describes building a separate app that runs JUnit tests. As part of that, this app has a custom TestRunner. I can very likely borrow these ideas to create a TestRunner which I can use in place of android.test.InstrumentationTestRunner. This seems like a lot of work for a not uncommon task. I prefer not to reinvent the wheel if there is already a similar solution in the Android API. Does anyone know of such a thing? Also, other alternative solutions will be helpful.

Nevermind, it looks like @dtmilano already posted this as an answer...

Answer 1

You can implement a test runner to be able to pass parameters to Android tests. See the example at how to pass an argument to a android junit test (Parameterized tests).

Answer 2

Or is there a different way to create parameterized tests for Android?

We (Square) wrote a library called Burst for this purpose. If you add enum parameters in your test constructor, Burst's test runner will generate a test for each combination of enum values. For example:

public class ParameterizedTest extends TestCase {
  enum Drink { COKE, PEPSI, RC_COLA }

  private final Drink drink;

  // Nullary constructor required by Android test framework
  public ConstructorTest() {
    this(null);
  }

  public ConstructorTest(Drink drink) {
    this.drink = drink;
  }

  public void testSomething() {
    assertNotNull(drink);
  }
}