Generating Android app screenshot with Screengrab

Screengrab is a part of Fastlane. It can help us to generate screenshot with different languages.

Before you use Screengrab, you need to write UI test with Espresso. Because Screengrab capture screenshot through Espresso.

Create simple application are text view and button with two locales English and Thai.

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Testing elapsed time with Espresso IdlingResource

The original blog is Espresso: Elapsed time.

When do you need to write the test that needs to wait, you need to use IdlingResource. Because Espresso does not wait for you.

Create simple elapsed time application, with one button and one text view. When to clicking the start button, the number will run until click stop button.

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Android Push Notification using Firebase

Firebase

Firebase has tools and infrastructures to build the app. It contains a lot of features, in this blog we will take a look at how to setting up Android application for receive notification from Firebase Cloud Messaging.

If you are using Google Cloud Messaging, Google recommended to upgrading FCM, because FCM is a new version of GCM.

Setup

First, go to Firebase console, log in your account then click to create a new project, fill your project name and region.

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