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From natural language to UI tests: A deep dive into Journeys for Android Studio

From natural language to UI tests: A deep dive into Journeys for Android Studio

Update: 2025-10-141
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Hosts Tor and Chet are joined by Adarsh Fernando, a Product Manager, and Ray Buse, a Software Engineer, to discuss Journeys for Android Studio. Powered by Gemini's vision and reasoning, Journeys aims to simplify end-to-end test creation and maintenance by converting the natural language you provide to describe the steps and assertions for each test, resulting in actions and evaluations performed directly on your app.

Chapters:
0:00 - Intro
1:46 - Journeys: New AI-powered testing approach
3:40 - How Journeys Works with Gemini
4:27 - The natural language advantage
5:49 - Real-world use case: Google Maps
6:53 - Debugging with AI reasoning
8:08 - Why Journeys is important: Bridging the testing gap
9:56 - Journeys and End-to-End Testing
12:18 - Performance and Cached Journeys
24:14 - Android Studio and Firebase integration
25:27 - The development workflow
31:22 - AI for everyone: Beyond end-to-end testing
33:28 - Looking ahead: Feedback and the future 

Resources:
Journeys for Android Studio → https://goo.gle/4m9YOr3
App Testing (Android) → https://goo.gle/3HVKTqB  
Tor on Bluesky → https://goo.gle/3ViCAYS
Chet on Bluesky → https://goo.gle/4gzpccM
Ardash on Bluesky → https://goo.gle/47JGNw9

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From natural language to UI tests: A deep dive into Journeys for Android Studio

From natural language to UI tests: A deep dive into Journeys for Android Studio

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