Using GUI ripping for automated testing of android applications

2012 27th IEEE/ACM International Conference on Automated Software Engineering, ASE 2012 - Proceedings

Volumn , Issue , 2012, Pages 258-261

  Amalfitano, Domenico ^a   Fasolino, Anna Rita ^a   Tramontana, Porfirio ^a   De Carmine, Salvatore ^a   Memon, Atif M ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NAPLES FEDERICO II   (Italy)

^b University of Maryland ^*  (United States)

Author keywords

Android; Testing automation; Testing tools

Indexed keywords

ANDROID; AUTOMATED TECHNIQUES; AUTOMATED TESTING; OPEN-SOURCE; TEST CASE; TESTING AUTOMATION; TESTING TOOLS; ANDROID APPLICATIONS; ANDROID APPS; GRAPHICAL USER INTERFACES (GUI);

AUTOMATION; GRAPHICAL USER INTERFACES; ROBOTS;

SOFTWARE ENGINEERING;

EID: 84866918123     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1145/2351676.2351717     Document Type: Conference Paper

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