Monkey-runner NPM

Script usage

monkey-runner

In order to run the test suites you need to use the following command from the root dir of your project.

Usage of the cli tool

    monkey [command] [options]

CLI command list

command	description
`start`	Command to start the TCP socket server. If ran with `--debuggerUI` flag it will run the monkey ui in a new terminal tab.
`assemble`	Command to assemble the target application. If ran with flat `-c` it will clean the build folder and re-assemble the app.
`install`	Command to install the assembled app to a running device.
`run`	Command to start the monkey tests. The `start` command must be running on another terminal.
`emulator`	`Android` - Command to start an android emulator if any are configured on the running device.

NOTE!

The following flags can be applied to all the commands but only used if the specific commands requires them.
The commands work both for iOS and Android tests. To differentiate between mobile platforms please apply the the --platform flag to the command.

Flags

The set of key arguments that are used by the monkey-runner script

flags	description
`--help` or `-h`	`Optional` - Help command.
`--screenshotPath` or `-s`	`Optional` - Relative directory path for stored screenshots. Default `/monkey-screenshots`
`--tcpHost`	`Optional` - The host in which the socket server is running. Default `localhost`, `127.0.0.1`
`--tcpPort`	`Optional` - The port in which the socket server is running. Default `5678`
`--packageName`	`Optional` - The package name of the target test application. If not provided the CLI will try to extract it from the project.
`--platform`	Mobile platform to run the tests on, `ios` or `android`. Default `android`.
`--verbose` or `-v`	`Optional` - Enable verbose mode.
`--cleanBuild` or `-c`	`Optional` - Clean build flag. If passed, it will uninstall the old version, clean the build cached data and reassemble the app
`--headless`	`Optional` - Flag to run the android emulator on headless mode
`--debuggerUI`	`Optional` - Flag to run the debugger ui.