Mobile Continuous Integration

Here are the slides from our talk at PhillyDevOps on 04/15/2014. MobileCIPrezi.pdf

Here's an overview of tools we find useful for supporting our mobile continuous integration build process.

General

• [Jenkins] (http://jenkins-ci.org/)
• [Cobertura Jenkins Plugin] (https://wiki.jenkins-ci.org/display/JENKINS/Cobertura+Plugin) - Jenkins plugin that will reports code coverage
• [PMD Jenkins Plugin] (https://wiki.jenkins-ci.org/display/JENKINS/PMD+Plugin) - Jenkins plugin that reports OCLint output in Jenkins
• [Travis CI] (https://travis-ci.org/) - Alternative to Jenkins for continuous integration
• [Gerrit] (https://code.google.com/p/gerrit/) - Tool to manage code reviews, integrates with Git
• [Git] (http://git-scm.com/) - Version management software
• [node.js] (http://nodejs.org/) - JavaScript on the server side, we use it for easily create fixture data for our apps.
• [Dashing] (http://shopify.github.io/dashing/) - Framework to create Dashboards - we use it to show our jenkins build results.
• [Etsy’s Journey to Continuous Integration for Mobile Apps] (http://codeascraft.com/2014/02/28/etsys-journey-to-continuous-integration-for-mobile-apps/) - Great blog writeup on Etsy's continuous integration journey.
• [TestFlight] (http://testflightapp.com/) - Service that assists with over-the-air distribution of native apps for testing
• [HockeyApp] (http://hockeyapp.net/features/) - Alternative to TestFlight for assisting with over-the-air distribution of native apps for testing

iOS

• [OCLint] (http://oclint.org/) - Static code analyzer for Objective-C
• [OCMock] (http://ocmock.org/) - Mock object framework for Objective-C
• [Improving iOS Unit Tests with OCMock] (https://engineering.aweber.com/improving-ios-unit-tests-with-ocmock/) - AWeber Engineering blog post by Andy Obusek about some useful tricks with OCMock
• [CocoaPods] (http://cocoapods.org/) - Dependency manager for Objective-C projects
• [XCode Build Server] (https://developer.apple.com/library/ios/documentation/IDEs/Conceptual/xcode_guide-continuous_integration/000-About_Continuous_Integration/about_continuous_integration.html) - Apple's alternative to Jenkins
• [xctool] (https://github.com/facebook/xctool) - A 3rd party alternative to xcodebuild for command line builds of iOS apps
• [Xcode Overview: Unit Test Your App] (https://developer.apple.com/library/ios/documentation/ToolsLanguages/Conceptual/Xcode_Overview/UnitTestYourApp/UnitTestYourApp.html) - Overview of unit testing within Xcode
• [UIAutomation] (https://developer.apple.com/library/mac/documentation/DeveloperTools/Conceptual/InstrumentsUserGuide/UsingtheAutomationInstrument/UsingtheAutomationInstrument.html) - Testing framework provided by Apple for automating "interface tests" (aka integration tests)
• [Kiwi] (https://github.com/allending/Kiwi) - Behavior Driven Development framework for iOS
• [Frank] (https://github.com/moredip/Frank) - "Selenium for native iOS apps"
• [KIF] (https://github.com/kif-framework/KIF) - 3rd party, open source, ntegration testing framework for iOS

Android

• Android Studio - Android Studio is a new Android development environment based on IntelliJ IDEA.
• Maven - Based on the concept of a project object model (POM), Maven can manage a project's build, reporting and documentation from a central piece of information.
• Gradle - Gradle is build automation evolved.
• Genymotion - Genymotion is a super fast alternative to the Android Emulator that is provided with the Android SDK.
• Robolectric - A unit test framework that de-fangs the Android SDK jar so you can test-drive the development of your Android app. Tests run inside the JVM on your workstation in seconds.
• Mockito - A mocking framework that lets you write beautiful tests that produce clean verification errors with clean & simple API.
• Spoon - Spoon aims to simplify automated ui testing by distributing instrumentation test execution and displaying the results in a meaningful way.
• android-test-kit
  • Espresso - A simple API for writing reliable UI tests.
  • GoogleInstrumentationTestRunner - an improved InstrumentationTestRunner
• Monkey - Executes a pseudo-random stream of events (clicks, touches, gestures) against the app you are developing running on an emulator or a real device.
• MonkeyRunner - Allows you to write a Python program that installs an Android application or test package, runs it, sends keystrokes to it, takes screenshots of its user interface, and stores screenshots on the workstation.
• uiautomator - The uiautomator testing framework lets you test your user interface (UI) efficiently by creating automated functional UI testcases that can be run against your app on one or more devices.