Automating GUI testing for android applications

Proceedings - International Conference on Software Engineering

Volumn , Issue , 2011, Pages 77-83

  Hu, Cuixiong ^a   Neamtiu, Iulian ^a  

^a University of California Riverside   (United States)

Author keywords

empirical bug studies; google android; gui testing; mobile applications; test automation; test case generation

Indexed keywords

EMPIRICAL BUG STUDIES; GOOGLE ANDROID; GUI TESTING; MOBILE APPLICATIONS; TEST AUTOMATION; TEST CASE GENERATION;

GRAPHICAL USER INTERFACES; HEALTH CARE; SOFTWARE ENGINEERING; SOFTWARE TESTING;

ROBOTS;

EID: 79959449597     PISSN: 02705257     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1145/1982595.1982612     Document Type: Conference Paper

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