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Testdroid
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Testdroid is a set of mobile software development and testing products by Bitbar Technologies Limited.

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Company

Bitbar was founded in 2009, with offices in Cambridge, United Kingdom, Wrocław, Poland, and Oulu, Finland.cite-ref-1[1] Marko Kaasila is a founder and chief executive officer.cite-ref-2[2] Other founders included Sakari Rautiainen and Jouko Kaasila. Initial seed funding came from angel investors and Finnvera Venture Capital in December 2012.cite-ref-3[3]cite-ref-4[4] By 2013, Bitbar was reported to have offices in San Francisco, Helsinki and in Wrocław.cite-ref-5[5] An investment of US$3 million was announced in April 2013, from Creathor Ventures, DFJ Esprit, Finnvera Venture Capital, Finland's TEKES and Qualcomm.cite-ref-6[6]cite-ref-arctic-7-0[7] Investors were quoted as being attracted because customers already included Google, Facebook, LinkedIn, Flipboard, Pinterest, and eBay.cite-ref-8[8]

In May 2014, a research by the company found out several aspects that fragment Android ecosystem for developers and users.cite-ref-9[9]

In September 2014, company enabled free access to Intel Atom based Android devices for mobile application and game testers.cite-ref-10[10]cite-ref-11[11]

Products

Testdroidcite-ref-12[12] comprises three different products: Testdroid Cloud, Testdroid Recorder and Testdroid Enterprise. Testdroid provides an application programming interface through open source software available on GitHub.cite-ref-13[13] Testdroid can use testing frameworks, such as Robotium, Appiumcite-ref-14[14] and uiautomator for native and Selenium for web applications, targeted for mobile application and game developers.

Testdroid Cloud contains real Androidcite-ref-15[15] and iOS powered devices, some of which are available for users.cite-ref-16[16]cite-ref-17[17] Testdroid Cloud lets users run tests simultaneously on cloud-based service.cite-ref-18[18]

Testdroid Recorder is a tool for developers and testers for recording user-actions and producing JUnit based test cases on mobile application and games.cite-ref-19[19] Testdroid Recorder is available at the Eclipse marketplace.cite-ref-20[20]

Testdroid Enterprise is a server software for managing automated testing on multiple real Android and iOS powered devices, supporting Gradlecite-ref-21[21] build system and Jenkins Continuous Integration.

Testdroid appeared at Google I/O in 2012 and 2013.cite-ref-22[22]cite-ref-23[23]

References

cite-note-11. "Company". Original web site. Archived from the original on 30 January 2010. Retrieved 2 August 2013.
cite-note-22. citerefmarko-kaasila2013Marko Kaasila (4 June 2013). "Why investors should make it rain on developer tools". Guest Post. Venture Beat. Retrieved 2 August 2013.
cite-note-33. "Bitbar Raises Seed Funding". FinSMEs. 12 March 2012. Retrieved 2 August 2013.
cite-note-44. citerefgreg-anderson2012Greg Anderson (9 April 2012). "Bitbar Announces Funding, Releases Services For Automatic Android App Testing". Arctic Startups. Retrieved 2 August 2013.
cite-note-55. citerefmegan-rose-dickey2013Megan Rose Dickey (17 June 2013). "These 12 Startups Prove Angry Birds Isn't The Only Hot Tech Product To Come Out of Finland: Testdroid by Bitbar makes testing mobile applications on various devices a breeze". Business Insider. Retrieved 2 August 2013.
cite-note-66. citerefsteve-o-hear2013Steve O'Hear (17 April 2013). "Bitbar Raises $3M From Qualcomm, Creathor, DFJ Esprit, And Finnvera For Its Testdroid Mobile App Testing Platform". Tech Crunch. Retrieved 2 August 2013.
cite-note-arctic-77. citerefgreg-anderson2013Greg Anderson (17 April 2013). "Bitbar Raises €2.28 Million To Expand Mobile Device Testing". Arctic Startups. Retrieved 2 August 2013.
cite-note-88. citereflouis-bedigian2013Louis Bedigian (18 April 2013). "This Startup's 'Stunning Customer List' Was Worth a $3 Million Investment". Benzinga. NASDAQ. Retrieved 2 August 2013.
cite-note-99. citerefcharles-arthur2014Charles Arthur (22 August 2014). "Android is more fragmented than ever. Should developers or users worry?". The Guardian. Retrieved 23 August 2014.
cite-note-1010. citerefintel2014Intel (11 September 2014). "Free App Testing on Intel-Based Android Devices with Testdroid Cloud". Intel Corporation. Retrieved 12 September 2014.
cite-note-1111. citerefbusinesswire2014Businesswire (11 September 2014). "Testdroid Enables Remote Manual and Automated Testing of Android Apps and Websites on Intel Atom-Based Devices for Free of Charge". Businesswire. Retrieved 12 September 2014. {{cite news}}: |author= has generic name (help)
cite-note-1212. citerefjouko-kaasiladenzil-ferreiravassilis-kostakostimo-ojala2012Jouko Kaasila; Denzil Ferreira; Vassilis Kostakos; Timo Ojala (4 December 2012). "Testdroid: automated remote UI testing on Android". ACM. ACM. Retrieved 7 August 2013.
cite-note-1313. "Testdroid API". GitHub. Retrieved 2 August 2013.
cite-note-1414. "Helppi, Ville-Veikko". Appium on real devices. Retrieved 24 April 2014.
cite-note-1515. Simons, Tony. 2012. - http://androidspin.com/2012/03/13/testdroid-brings-simplified-android-app-testing-with-over-100-devices-ready-and-waiting/
cite-note-1616. citereftobias-nilsson2013Tobias Nilsson (14 May 2013). "Sony devices added to Testdroid". Sony Developer World. Retrieved 2 August 2013.
cite-note-1717. citerefjuhani-lehtimaki2012Juhani Lehtimaki (1 June 2012). "Getting To Know The Android Platform: Building, Testing And Distributing Apps". Smashing Magazine. Retrieved 2 August 2013.
cite-note-1818. Van der Spek, Marco. http://www.testnewsonline.com/2012/06/28/testdroid-delivers-cloud-based-testing-platform/
cite-note-1919. Helppi, Ville-Veikko. http://bitbar.com/goodbye-handwritten-test-cases/
cite-note-2020. "Testdroid Recorder". Eclipse Marketplace. Retrieved 2 August 2013.
cite-note-2121. Gradle build system for Android - "Gradle-related Project: TestDroid Enterprise | Gradleware". Archived from the original on 2013-07-23. Retrieved 2013-07-23.
cite-note-2222. "Testdroid". Google I/O 2013 Developer Sandbox. Retrieved 2 August 2013.
cite-note-2323. Google I/O 2012 - http://thedroidguy.com/2012/06/testdroid-testing-platform-for-android-announced-at-google-io-2012/

External links

• Official website