Ravenwood is an officially-supported lightweight unit testing environment for Android platform code that runs on the host.
Ravenwood is a lightweight unit testing environment for Android platform code that runs on the host.
Ravenwood’s focus on Android platform use-cases, improved maintainability, and device consistency distinguishes it from Robolectric, which remains a popular choice for app testing.
> **Note:** Active development of Ravenwood has been paused as of March 2024. Existing Ravenwood tests will continue running, but support has moved to a self-service model.
## Background
Executing tests on a typical Android device has substantial overhead, such as flashing the build, waiting for the boot to complete, and retrying tests that fail due to general flakiness.
