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Test your app on devices hosted in a Google data center.

Firebase Test Lab is a cloud-based app-testing infrastructure. With one operation, you can test your Android or iOS app across a wide variety of devices and device configurations, and see the results—including logs, videos, and screenshots—in the Firebase console.

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Key capabilities

Test Android and iOS apps If your app has both an Android and iOS version, no worries. Test Lab now offers iOS devices to test on.
Run on real devices Test Lab exercises your app on devices installed and running in a Google data center, so you can find issues that only occur on specific devices and configurations.
Workflow integration Test Lab is integrated with the Firebase console, Android Studio, and the gcloud command line tool. You can even use it with Continuous Integration (CI) systems.

How does it work?

Test Lab uses real, production devices running in a Google data center to test your app. The devices are flashed with updated APIs and have customizable locale settings, allowing you to road-test your app on the hardware and configurations it'll encounter in real-world use.

Physical devices in a data center

Devices in a data center

Test Lab runs Espresso and UI Automator 2.0 tests on Android apps, and XCTest tests on iOS apps. Write tests using one of those frameworks, then run them through the Firebase console or the gcloud command line interface.

If you're testing on Android-only, you can even have Test Lab create the tests for you, using automated Robo tests.

Implementation path

Get your app ready for testing
  • iOS: Write XCTests, then build and package your app for upload.
  • Android: Write an instrumentation test, modify your app to support a Game Loop test, or avoid test preparation entirely with a Robo test.
Choose a test environment and a test matrix Using the Firebase console or the gcloud command line interface, define a test matrix by selecting a set of devices, OS versions, locales, and screen orientations.
Run your tests, and review test results Depending on the size of your test matrix, it can take several minutes for Test Lab to run your tests. After your tests finish, you can see the results in the Firebase console.

Next steps