[kwlug-disc] Testing Android app on real phone

[Anton Avramov]

You can use adb to send tab, swipes, text and keyevent. 
Just search for 'adb shell input' or adb android simulate input. 

You can use that to automate and you can also use it to make
screenshots of the screen. 

adb can be connected via USB, but the modern phones also support
connecting via the network. 

On Fri, 2025-10-17 at 02:33 -0400, William Park via kwlug-disc wrote:
> Hi,
> 
> I have question about testing or controlling Android app on a real
> cell phone.  How would you test "user interaction" of Android app,
> that you didn't build and don't have access to code?
> 
> Eg. Calculator app.  As user, you would press on screen,
>     2 + 3 =
> and you get 
>     5
> on the screen.
> 
> So, how would you duplicate this user interaction, without actually
> pressing the screen buttons?
> What keywords should I search online?
> 
> On Windows, there is TeamViewer that you can click and type
> remotely.  I did use it manually, but never via scripts or macros.
> 
> On Linux, there is VNC macro which duplicates key press and mouse
> click.  I did use it, long long ago. 
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