1 page.title=Testing App Component Integrations 2 page.tags=testing,integration 3 4 trainingnavtop=true 5 startpage=true 6 7 @jd:body 8 9 <div id="tb-wrapper"> 10 <div id="tb"> 11 <h2> 12 You should also read 13 </h2> 14 <ul> 15 <li> 16 <a href="{@docRoot}tools/testing-support-library/index.html">Testing Support Library</a> 17 </li> 18 </ul> 19 </div> 20 </div> 21 22 <p> 23 If your app uses components that users do not directly interact with, such as 24 a <a href="{@docRoot}guide/components/services.html">Service</a> or 25 <a href="{@docRoot}guide/topics/providers/content-providers.html">Content Provider</a>, you 26 should validate that these components behave in a correct way with your app.</p> 27 <p>When developing such components, you should get into the habit of writing 28 <em>integration tests</em> in order to validate the component's behavior when your app runs on a 29 device or an emulator.</p> 30 31 <p class="note"><strong>Note:</strong> Android does not provide a separate test case class for 32 {@link android.content.BroadcastReceiver}. To verify that a 33 {@link android.content.BroadcastReceiver} responds correctly, you can test the component that sends 34 it an {@link android.content.Intent} object. Alternatively, you can create an instance of your 35 {@link android.content.BroadcastReceiver} by calling 36 <a href="{@docRoot}reference/android/support/test/InstrumentationRegistry.html#getContext()"> 37 {@code InstrumentationRegistry.getTargetContext()}</a>, then call the 38 {@link android.content.BroadcastReceiver} method that you want to test (usually, this is 39 the 40 {@link android.content.BroadcastReceiver#onReceive(android.content.Context, android.content.Intent) 41 onReceive()} method).</p> 42 43 <p>This class teaches you to build automated integration tests using the testing APIs and tools 44 that the Android platform provides.</p> 45 <h2>Lessons</h2> 46 <dl> 47 <dt><strong><a href="service-testing.html"> 48 Testing Your Service</a></strong></dt> 49 <dd>Learn how to build integration tests to verify that a service works correctly with your 50 app.</dd> 51 <dt><strong><a href="content-provider-testing.html"> 52 Testing Your Content Provider</a></strong></dt> 53 <dd>Learn how to build integration tests to verify that a content provider works correctly with 54 your app.</dd> 55 </dl>
