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A question for my #iOS and #Android followers: Those of you who have apps using hardware features like Camera, Bluetooth, NFC or similar; are you writing integration tests for these features that you run automatically on your CI pipelines? If so, what's your setup for this?

8/12/24, 1:30 pm0 reposts3 likes

Eugen Martynov 🇺🇦

@emartynov.bsky.social

8 Dec 2024

No, relying on abstraction in instrumental tests. I have a feeling that the camera image can be faked with a photo (like the emulator does).

Erik Hellman

@hellman.io

8 Dec 2024

Yes, but I want an automated test that includes the latency we get from real hardware.

Daniel Eshkeri

@dna5.bsky.social

8 Dec 2024

Is there a way to do this with actual hardware without it being a pain to maintain?

Erik Hellman

@hellman.io

9 Dec 2024

I am sure it is possible to solve. Each feature requires a different solution. Camera needs to have the device mounted and the lights to be consistent. NFC requires the device to move, so you need some kind of robot arm. Bluetooth is probably the easiest.

Joakim Carlgren

@joakimcarlgren.com

8 Dec 2024

It would be nice to have tools, similar to mockwebserver for http, but for Bluetooth. I guess that's no longer an integration test though, but it would be useful.

Tom Colvin

@tomcolvin.co.uk

8 Dec 2024

No. Tried - but tests were either impossible or too flaky. We use human beings instead.