Android/iOS Test Automation: How to simulate complex gestures

Question

Is there a Test Automation framework (for iOS/Android/multi-platform), that doesn't require access to the tested application's source code, that supports the ability to simulate complex gestures such as curved drag motions?

I see that most frameworks support the ability for point to point linear gestures, but I require non-linear motions.

Answer 1

On Android there is the Instrumentation API with which you can send arbitrary MotionEvents to your own Activities and Views. Check out the Instrumentation Javadoc . In particular the sendPointerSync(MotionEvent me) method. With that method you can send a series of motion events that represent whatever guesture you want.

Easiest way might be to set up a simple app to "record" motion events for you using a touch listener and store them in some way that you can then feed them in to the sendPointerSync() method.