Tag: android
CorsixTH for Android Progress Update
In my recent blog post, I delved into the future of CorsixTH for Android (check it out here). Today, I’m thrilled to share with you an update on the progress made so far, as well as the next steps to full releases. Pre-release versions now available! I’m happy to announce that starting today you can…
Future Development of CorsixTH for Android
TL;DR – I’d like to start working on this again. The Story So Far Over 11 years ago I started a project to port CorsixTH (a fantastic re-implementation of the Theme Hospital engine) to Android. It was the first “real” Android application I had built, and was an opportunity for me to learn what was…
Inno Setup Extractor v4.0.0
I’m pleased to announce v4.0.0 of Inno Setup Extractor, which is now available for download from the Google Play Store and GitHub. Inno Setup Extractor is a project I started almost 10 years ago as a way to extract Inno Setup installers on Android. At the time, I was maintaining a port of CorsixTH for…
Understanding Android’s Monkey Tool
The Monkey tool included as part of the Android operating system provides an effective way to stress test your application (and the Android OS itself) in a random but repeatable fashion. That is, the Monkey tool will generate a pseudo-random series of inputs based on a seed; if you run the Monkey tool again with…
Scripting the Android Monkey Tool
The Android Monkey tool produces a pseudo-random stream of inputs, according to the configured parameters. Because of it’s ability to stream inputs to an Android device, the same tool can be used to stream a series of predetermined inputs. This produces a similar effect to the monkeyrunner tool or UI Automator APIs, but does not…