--- title: "Reliable Android testing in two minutes." description: "Automate Android app testing with Momentic. Write stable tests in plain English, run them on local or hosted emulators, and ship faster." canonical: "https://momentic.ai/android-testing" last-updated: "2026-09-13T12:56:02-07:00" --- # Reliable Android testing in two minutes. URL: https://momentic.ai/android-testing platform / android-testing Write end-to-end tests for Android apps in plain English. Momentic turns each flow into a readable test, runs it on fresh local or hosted emulators, and keeps it reliable as your app changes. [Try for free](https://app.momentic.ai/signup) [Get a demo](/sales) Works with Kotlin · Java · React Native · Expo · Flutter ## Android testing at scale. 117,010 bugs caught before deploy < 15s Emulator startup 500+ Parallel emulators 2M+ Tests executed every month 8.9M+ Steps auto-healed ## How Android test automation works. From installation to your first passing Android test in two minutes. 01 ### Install One command. Signs you in, installs the CLI, initializes the project, registers with your coding agent, and runs a sample test. 02 ### Author Describe the flow in plain English. Momentic writes the executable test as portable YAML. 03 ### Run Local or remote emulators. Same command, same result. Runs on every commit in CI. ## Android test automation features. Author, run, and debug Android tests without building an Espresso framework or running your own device lab. ### Natural-language Android test authoring Write tests in plain English. Tap the Sign in button. Verify the welcome banner appears. No selectors, no XPath, no element inspector. Engineers and coding agents write the tests. ### Local and remote Android emulators Remote emulators start in seconds, with no Android Studio install. Connect a local emulator when you need full control. First passing test in 2 minutes, not 2 hours. ### Support for every Android stack Native Kotlin/Java, React Native, Expo, Flutter. Same authoring model, same APIs across all four. Works with the stack your team already has. ### Self-healing Android test locators Intent-grounded locators plus auto-healing. Tests anchor to user intent, not view hierarchy. UI refactors don't break your test suite. ### CI-ready Android automation testing Run tests on every PR via GitHub Actions, GitLab, CircleCI, or any CI that runs Node. APK upload and channel management built into the CLI. Every commit is tested. No custom setup. ### MCP support for coding agents Cursor, Claude, and Codex can author, run, and debug Momentic tests directly through MCP. Set up at install time. Your agent writes the test. You review the diff. Trusted by teams that ship every day. Engineering and product teams use Momentic to expand coverage, reduce test maintenance, and catch regressions before release. “Momentic gave us a fast and reliable way to validate Poe.com's AI responses, even when they weren't deterministic.” Momoko F. Head of Product Operations, Quora 30 min daily test execution, down from 7 hours 500+ manual test cases replaced 100% critical tests created in one month [30 min daily test execution, down from 7 hours "Momentic gave us a fast and reliable way to validate Poe.com's AI responses, even when they weren't deterministic." Momoko F. Head of Product Operations, Quora](/customers/quora) [8x increase in release cadence "It's like giving someone your QA checklist and watching them execute it for you!" Sriram S. Engineering Lead, Source Control, Retool](/customers/retool) [80% faster release cycles "With Momentic, we've caught bugs that would have eluded even our most diligent internal tests." Alex C. CTO, GPTZero](/customers/gptzero) [6x faster end-to-end test creation "We've already seen a 30% decrease in production incidents thanks to Momentic's automated testing." Hanna K. Head of QA, CoverGo](/customers/covergo) [85% reduction in production incidents "Momentic gives us reliable end-to-end coverage, so we can focus on features instead of maintaining tests." Alec H. Staff AI Engineer, Mutiny](/customers/mutiny) [Browse all](/customers) ## Available across every platform. Same authoring model. Same APIs. Same test files. [01 Web End-to-end browser testing on Chromium and Chrome.](/web-app-testing)[02 iOS Native iOS apps and SwiftUI. Same authoring as Android.](/ios-testing)[03 Infrastructure The execution layer that runs every test on every platform.](/infrastructure) ## Android testing, answered. Do I need Android Studio to get started? No. Remote emulators run the sample test during install. Install Android Studio only if you want to run local emulators later (useful for debugging, slow networks, or pre-release platform builds). What Android versions do you support? Remote emulators run Android 15. Local emulators run whatever AVD image you install through Android Studio, so a local run can target an older API level. Can I test WebViews? Yes. Momentic drives WebView content the same way it drives native views. Describe the interaction in plain English, and Momentic resolves the right element inside the WebView. How does Momentic handle Android-specific flake? Momentic waits on real signals: window transitions, animations, and network settle. It does not use fixed sleeps, and it auto-heals locators when the UI changes. Those two behaviors remove the most common sources of Android flake. What does authoring look like with a coding agent? Agents like Cursor, Claude, and Codex author, run, and debug Momentic tests through MCP. You describe the flow; the agent writes the portable YAML test and iterates on it against a live emulator. Can I run tests on physical devices? Not today. Android tests run on local and remote emulators, and the same CLI command targets both, so a test you debug locally runs unchanged in CI. Physical devices are on the roadmap without a committed date. How is pricing calculated for mobile? Mobile tests use the same credit model as web: one credit per test step. Emulator time is billed on top of that, metered per minute: 8 credits a minute for Android and 15 for iOS. Emulator time draws from the same credit balance. The pricing page has the rest. Where do my APKs live? Upload builds with the CLI and organize them into channels (e.g. latest, release-candidate). Tests reference a channel, so CI always installs the right build. How many emulators can run at once? One on Free. Up to 5 Android and 5 iOS on Pay-as-you-go. Enterprise concurrency is custom. A suite splits across the emulators you have, so its duration tracks the widest shard. Can I gate a Play Store release on Momentic tests? Yes, from CI. The mobile CLI returns a non-zero exit code when a test fails, so the release job stops before it ships the build. Still have additional questions? ## Close the feedback loop. Start for free, or book a demo and we'll run it against your app. [Try for free](https://app.momentic.ai/signup) [Get a demo](/sales)