Procedure for Installing and Running Compatibility Test Suite (Android)

 1.Download and extract (untar) CTS package from http://dl.google.com/dl/android/cts/android-cts-2.3_r5-x86.zip

2. Download and extract (untar) Google Android SDK from http://dl.google.com/android/android-sdk_r12-linux_86.tgz and install.

Set up the connection between Host and Platform as mentioned below.

ADB Connection

Following is the step to use adb with your device using Ethernet, Connect your ethernet cable to your device and PC.

Snowball:

in Minicom

#setprop service.adb.tcp.port 5555
#stop adbd
#start adbd

After this in Home, launch Settings, in EthernetConfiguration,

change the ip address to static ip

give ip address like 192.168.1.3 (first three should match with your network address)

In your PC,
Before connecting the Ethernet cable in a termainal

> ifconfig
it will give the eth0 address like (192.168.1.18) note it down
We need to this, as we remove the Ethernet cable from our network and connect with the device

Now connect the device with Ethernet cable and check in you PC terminal

# ifconfig

eth0 will be not present

# ifconfig eth0 192.168.1.18 up

then  go to your Android folder and set the PATH (this is done for your adb to execute)

root@subhalak-lpt:~# cd android-sdk-linux_x86/platform-tools/

root@subhalak-lpt:~/android-sdk-linux_x86/platform-tools# PATH=~/android-sdk-linux_x86/platform-tools:$PATH

root@subhalak-lpt:~/android-sdk-linux_x86/platform-tools#

Now from your pc, coonect the device using the device IP Address

# adb connect 192.168.1.3

# adb devices

will list all the devices

#adb install /downloads/example.apk

will install the apk files

BLAZE/PANDA-BOARD

connect the Ethernet cable of the device to the network (don't connect to the PC, connect it to the network)

while booting BLAZE/PANDBOARD,

add

ip = dhcp (in bootargs)

setenv bootargs androidboot.console=ttyO2 console=ttyO2,115200n8 mem=456M@0x80000000 mem=512M@0xA0000000 root=/dev/mmcblk1p2 rw rootdelay=2 init=/init vram="10M" omapfb.vram="0:4M" ip=dhcp

setenv bootcmd 'mmcinit 0; fatload mmc 0 0x80000000 uImage;bootm 80000000'

run bootcmd

if you have not done this in Minicom,

#netcfg

# netcfg eth0 up

# netcfg eth0 dhcp

# setprop service.adb.tcp.port 5555

# stop adbd

Disabling adb

#adb_release

#start adbd

You will get the ip address of your device

now FROM PC,

hence  go to your Android folder and set the PATH (this is done for your adb to execute)

root@subhalak-lpt:~# cd android-sdk-linux_x86/platform-tools/

root@subhalak-lpt:~/android-sdk-linux_x86/platform-tools# PATH=~/android-sdk-linux_x86/platform-tools:$PATH

root@subhalak-lpt:~/android-sdk-linux_x86/platform-tools#

Now from your pc, coonect the device using the device IP Address

# adb connect 192.168.1.3 (device IP address what you got in netcfg for eth0)

# adb devices

will list all the devices

#adb install /downloads/example.apk

Eg: #adb install –r Desktop/shiv/android-cts/repository/testcases/

CtsDelegatingAccessibility.apk

will install the apk files.

Launch The CTS

# Android-cts/tools/ ./startcts

Eg: root@asmaitha:~/Desktop/shiv/android-cts/tools. /startcts

Android CTS version 2.1_r1




Device(emulator-5555) connected




cts_host>

cts_host>ls - -plan

It will list all the available plans.

Java

CTS

AppSecurity

Signature

VM

RefApp

Performance

Android

…

cts_host>start - -plan Signature




CTS_INFO >>> Checking API...




CTS_INFO >>> This might take several minutes, please be patient...


API Check PASS.
(pass)


Test summary: pass=1 fail=0 timeOut=0 notExecuted=0 Total=1
Time: 202.363s


$  This will produce results in out/host/linux-x86/cts/android-cts/repository/results/$session_date, where$session_date can be 2010.05.20_10.42.58. Contents of this directory:

 Results.xml file looks like below.

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