How to write test cases for the home screen activity using Robotium in Android

Question

I am working on Robotium to write the test cases for one of the Android application. My requirement is to write the test suits for the lock screen and home screen with my test case. But I am unable to get home screen events and lock screen dragging through my instrumentation test case.

Answer 1

The lock screen is not a normal application, so you won't be able to instrument it (which means you can't test it using robotium).

The home screen is part of the Launcher app, and you should be able to instrument it and test it as you would with any other app using robotium.