# SQGNE Lecture is tonight! Building a React Native Mobile Automated Test Framework with T.J. Maher

DevFeed: [SQGNE Lecture is tonight! Building a React Native Mobile Automated Test Framework with T.J. Maher](<https://devfeed.tech/articles/sqgne-lecture-is-tonight-building-a-react-native-mobile-automated-test-framework-with-t-j-maher-22407.md>)

Original publisher: [Read original article](<https://www.tjmaher.com/2026/05/sqgne-lecture-is-tonight-building-react.html>)

Author: T.J. Maher (noreply@blogger.com)

Published: 2026-05-20T14:12:23Z

Content type: article

Language: en

Sources: [T.J. Maher](<https://devfeed.tech/sources/t-j-maher.md>)

Topics: [Mobile Testing](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/mobile-testing.md>), [React Native](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/react-native.md>), [Testing](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/testing.md>), [CI/CD](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/cicd.md>), [TypeScript](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/typescript.md>), [GitHub Actions](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/github-actions.md>)

Tags: [ci-cd](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/ci-cd.md>), [github-action](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/github-action.md>), [mobile-testing](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/mobile-testing.md>), [react-native](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/react-native.md>), [sqgne](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/sqgne.md>), [test-automation](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/test-automation.md>), [testing](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/testing.md>), [typescript](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/typescript.md>)

## AI overview

The article announces a Software Quality Group of New England lecture on building an automated testing framework for React Native mobile applications. It describes using Wix's Detox to address loading, animation, timing, and test flakiness issues, with examples covering refactoring, maintainability, and CI/CD testing on iOS simulators and Android emulators.

## Source excerpt

Are you in Boston? Come hear me talk about Building a a React Native Mobile Automated Test Framework in tonight's Software Quality Group of New England meeting in Burlington, MA: Registration Page: https://sqgne.org/n-May-2026.html Slide Deck: https://tinyurl.com/detox-demo-sqgne Taken from the Registration page: "Building a React Native Mobile Automated Test Framework Thomas F. - T.J. - Maher, Jr. "Wednesday May 20, 2025 6:30-8:00 PM - in person (free pizza!) Register Here "Check in between 6:00 and 6:30 to network "About the Presentation. . . "Writing automated tests for a React Native mobile application is notoriously difficult. Mobile components display on the page, but are not fully loaded. Lengthy animations and slow-loading components take a while to finish. Timing issues cause your automated tests to error out giving the appearance of flaky tests. "Thomas F. - T.J. - Maher, Jr. will be sharing his experience tackling these problems using the open-source mobile testing framework, Wix's Detox, designed specifically for testing React Native applications. "Setting up a mobile test automation framework. "Vibe-coding a toy React Mobile Login page app to test against ( tinyurl.com/detox-demo ). "How to reduce timing issues and flakiness in automated tests. "Refactoring code into tests, page objects & base pages, separating out credentials and message strings for easier maintainability. "Setting up automated tests in CI / CD for iOS simulators and Android emulators with GitHub Action Workflows. "How developers can test their code before they push it into the main branch". About the Speaker. . . "A former organizer of Ministry of Testing - Boston, Thomas (T.J.) Maher is a Software Development Engineer in Test (SDET) based in the Boston/South Shore area of Massachusetts, with a decade of experience building web + mobile test automation frameworks. His recent work includes architecting a mobile automation framework from the ground up using Detox and TypeScript for a Re