Automated Testing System for Android Applications of Samsung Innovation Campus Learners

Automatic assessment of students' solutions for Android practice tasks (labs) is difficult owing to the diverse range of potential approaches and solutions that students may employ. This variability encompasses differences in imported libraries, logic implementations, and overall programme structure. Consequently, automating the validation of Android practice tasks necessitates some special techniques compared to evaluating console programmes, but checking learners' Android apps automatically is useful and has many advantages over manual assessment. In this paper, we introduce independent modules for an Android application testing system that enable swift integration of automatic assessment into the learning process. We also introduce architectural decisions for the automated testing system for learners, ways to reuse utility functions (primarily, scoring tools), and means of evaluating relevance of design layouts. We use this system for the complete Android development course taught in Samsung Innovation Campus, which covers all major sections. Several test applications were written to demonstrate the different approaches and show how the system could be scaled as the number of learners grows and the topics of the labs diversify.