Mastering Monkey Testing on Android
Launch application via monkey
adb shell monkey -p com.package -c android.intent.category.LAUNCHER 1
This command specifically targets the package com.package and generates a single event.
| Option |
Description |
--pct-syskeys 0 |
Specifies that no system keys (such as Home, Back, or Menu) should be included in the simulated input. |
-p com.package |
Specifies the package name of the target application on which the input should be simulated. |
1 |
Indicates the number of events to generate, in this case, a single event. |
adb shell monkey --pct-syskeys 0 -p com.package 1
Generate multiple events
adb shell monkey -p com.package 500
Generate a particular type of event more often
adb shell monkey --pct-touch 70 -p com.package 1000
Generate navigation events more often
adb shell monkey --pct-nav 70 -p com.package 1000
Generate trackball events more often
adb shell monkey --pct-trackball 70 -p com.package 1000
Generate system level events more often
adb shell monkey --pct-syskeys 70 -p com.package 1000
Generate app switch events more often
adb shell monkey --pct-appswitch 70 -p com.package 1000
Generate flip events more often
adb shell monkey --pct-flip 70 -p com.package 1000
Generate any events excluding syskeys
adb shell monkey --pct-syskeys 0 -p com.package 1000
Generate multiple events with delay between each
adb shell monkey -p com.package --throttle 1000 1000
Run the monkey command in a verbose mode
adb shell monkey -p com.package -v 500
Generate events and collect a log of the command's output
adb shell monkey -p com.package -v -v 500 > out.txt
Generate events and show only error logs
adb shell monkey -p com.package --monitor-native-crashes 500
Halt Monkey and report the error if any activity fails or crashes
adb shell monkey -p com.package --abort-on-error 500
Simulate only touch events
adb shell monkey -p com.package --pct-touch 100 500
Simulate only trackball events
adb shell monkey -p com.package --pct-trackball 100 500
Simulate only navigation events
adb shell monkey -p com.package --pct-nav 100 500
Simulate only system events
adb shell monkey -p com.package --pct-syskeys 100 500
Simulate only major navigation events
adb shell monkey -p com.package --pct-majornav 100 500
Simulate only app switch events
adb shell monkey -p com.package --pct-appswitch 100 500
Simulate only flip events
adb shell monkey -p com.package --pct-flip 100 500
Run Monkey command for a specified time
adb shell monkey -p com.package --running-time 60 1000
Run Monkey command for a long time with delay between events
adb shell monkey -p com.package --throttle 1000 --running-time 600 1000
Simulate events and ignore any crashes
adb shell monkey -p com.package --ignore-crashes 500
Simulate events and ignore any timeouts
adb shell monkey -p com.package --ignore-timeouts 500
Generate events and ignore security exceptions
adb shell monkey -p com.package --ignore-security-exceptions 500
Generate events and ignore any crashes or ANRs
adb shell monkey -p com.package --ignore-crashes --ignore-timeouts 500
Generate events and kill the process if a crash/timeout occurs
adb shell monkey -p com.package --kill-process-after-error 500
Generate a random number of events
adb shell monkey -p com.package --randomize-throttle 500
Use a seed value for the pseudo-random number generator
adb shell monkey -p com.package --seed 12345 500
Generate events and stop when a specific error occurs
adb shell monkey -p com.package --stop-on-error 500
Specify the categories of events to be generated
adb shell monkey -p com.package --category com.android.intent.category.TEST 500
Specify multiple categories of events to be generated
adb shell monkey -p com.package --category com.android.intent.category.TEST --category com.android.intent.category.LAUNCHER 500
Simulate touch events at specific locations
adb shell monkey -p com.package --pct-touch 100 --pct-trackball 0 --pct-nav 0 --pct-majornav 0 --pct-syskeys 0 --pct-appswitch 0 --pct-anyevent 0 500
Simulate only system level operations
adb shell monkey -p com.package --pct-sysops 100 500
Simulate events on multiple applications
adb shell monkey -p com.package1 -p com.package2 500
Generate a specific number of events for multiple applications
adb shell monkey -p com.package1 -p com.package2 --pct-touch 50 --pct-nav 50 500
Use the network to generate events
adb shell monkey -p com.package --pct-nettoggle 100 500
Generate events only on the apps that are permitted to receive the specified permissions
adb shell monkey --permission-target-system 500
Specify the proportion of "basic" operation events to be generated
adb shell monkey -p com.package --pct-pers 100 500