Selenium Testing for Android
Run Selenium tests on real Android devices and tablets on Pie (9.0), Oreo (8.x), Nougat (7.x), KitKat (4.x) etc. Test your websites on the latest Android devices.
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Features
Real devices and browsers
Harness our Selenium grid to start testing instantly on 3000+ real mobile devices and desktop browsers.
Parallel test runs
Run hundreds of tests concurrently to speed up the execution time of your test suite by more than 10x.
Seamless integration
Integrate in minutes using popular languages and frameworks. Add BrowserStack to your build pipeline using our CI plugins.
Test on dev environments
Test websites hosted on development environments or behind firewalls with zero setup or configuration.
Comprehensive debugging
Debug with ease using video recordings, automated screenshots of errors, text logs, console logs and network logs.
Security & Privacy
Tests run securely on tamper-proof physical devices and desktop VMs, wiped clean of data after every session. Read more about security.
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Frequently Asked Questions
Selenium can be used for automated testing of websites on a wide range of Android devices. Android Testing with Selenium is absolutely mandatory for Android developers and QAs because every website must be able to function perfectly on all Android devices.
It is important to test websites on real browsers running on real Android devices. This is the only way to ensure that the website functions perfectly, regardless of which device a user is using to access it.
It is possible to test Android apps, as well as test websites on Android devices. However, different tools are required for testing apps and websites. In order to test websites, use automated Selenium testing on real Android devices.
To test Android apps, use automated app testing with Appium. As with Selenium testing, BrowserStack offers the infrastructure for cloud-based manual and automated app testing on real Android and iOS devices.
It is easy to run Selenium tests for the mobile version of your websites on Android devices with BrowserStack. Sign up on BrowserStack Automate, select the necessary combination of browser (Chrome, Firefox, Safari, Opera, etc.) and Android device, and start running Selenium tests.
BrowserStack offers a wide range of real browsers and devices for testers to choose from. This includes both the latest Android release as well as updated browsers.
Both Selenium and Appium are automation tools used for the purpose of software testing. However, Selenium is used to run automated tests on websites, while Appium is equipped with features to test mobile applications.
BrowserStack facilitates Selenium Android testing by offering a cloud Selenium grid of 3000+ real browsers and devices.
In order to run Selenium tests on real Android devices, follow the steps below:
- Sign up for free on BrowserStack Automate
- Download the required Client libraries (Java, Python, etc)
- Configure the test script using Desired Capabilities to define the desired browsers and device to test on.
