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A Convertor Tool to Transform the Android Mobile Application into Java Codes for Software Testing
Abstract
Software testing is an important phase under the development of any software. It is crucial to be able to test the software before it can be used by users. This paper discusses the convertor tool that is first used to convert the mobile application into Java source codes. Then software testing is done by using Eclipse Plug-in Tool (EPiT) to generate test cases automatically. The Java Unit (Junit) testing framework is also used for to generate the test cases. Then both EPiT and JUnit are used for comparison purpose of the time taken to generate the test cases.
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