# Running Android UI Test Suites on Firebase Test Lab

DevFeed: [Running Android UI Test Suites on Firebase Test Lab](<https://devfeed.tech/articles/running-android-ui-test-suites-on-firebase-test-lab-2131.md>)

Original publisher: [Read original article](<https://developers.soundcloud.com/blog//running-android-ui-test-suites-on-firebase-test-lab>)

Published: 2018-05-04T00:00:00Z

Content type: article

Language: en

Sources: [SoundCloud Backstage Blog](<https://devfeed.tech/sources/soundcloud-backstage-blog.md>)

Topics: [ci](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/ci.md>), [migration](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/migration.md>)

Tags: [android](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/android.md>), [ci](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/ci.md>), [cloud](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/cloud.md>), [devices](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/devices.md>), [firebase](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/firebase.md>), [infrastructure](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/infrastructure.md>), [migration](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/migration.md>), [mobile](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/mobile.md>), [testing](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/testing.md>), [tooling](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/tooling.md>), [ui](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/ui.md>)

## AI overview

SoundCloud describes migrating Android UI test execution from an internal device farm to Firebase Test Lab to address CI build bottlenecks and aging test infrastructure.

## Source excerpt

Testing mobile applications is not always an easy feat. In addition to defining what to test and determining how to write those tests, actually running tests can also be problematic -- in particular, UI test suites running on real mobile devices or emulators sometimes run for an extensive amount of time.