Testing Mobile Apps with Flutter & Appium - The Tradeoffs
summary
Compares two concrete approaches: native Flutter tests compiled into a test APK/IPA that run on-device for on-device Dart execution — fast, requires source code and compiled test apps, supports hot reload but cannot automate system dialogs, biometrics, network virtualization or full accessibility; versus the Appium Flutter driver (WebDriverIO-based today, Appium 2.0 driver upcoming) — can switch context to native, exercise biometrics, network and accessibility and use multiple languages, but is slower due to WebDriver and still has gaps in element mapping. Recommend combining both.
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chapters (10)
- 0:00Intro
- 5:11Flutter Architecture
- 6:33Benefits of Flutter
- 9:43Productivity of Flutter to Developers
- 11:05Business Benefits
- 17:55Testing Flutter Apps (Dart) - Integration Tests Contd.
- 19:33Testing Flutter Apps (Dart) - Inspector
- 24:30Flutter Testing vs. Appium-Flutter Testing
- 30:09Flutter Testing in Perfecto Cloud
- 35:39Flutter Testing Using Appium-Flutter Driver (WDIO)
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