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

14.10.2025
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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: - Intro - Journeys: New AI-powered testing approach - How Journeys Works with Gemini - The natural language advantage - Real-world use case: Google Maps - Debugging with AI reasoning - Why Journeys is important: Bridging the testing gap - Journeys and End-to-End Testing - Performance and Cached Journeys - Android Studio and Firebase integration - The development workflow - AI for everyone: Beyond end-to-end testing - 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