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With native Flutter integration test support, Sauce Labs continues to provide expanded testing capabilities for modern mobile development teams.
Flutter has rapidly become one of the most popular frameworks for building cross-platform mobile applications, enabling developers to create high-performance apps with a single codebase. Ensuring high-quality releases requires a seamless, native testing experience that integrates directly into development workflows.
The Challenge
Flutter is a powerful framework for building cross-platform mobile apps, but testing them efficiently can be difficult. Developers often face hurdles such as maintaining separate test frameworks for Android and iOS, dealing with complex configurations, and managing separate Appium-based test suites that add extra overhead.
For organizations that rely on Flutter as their primary development framework—the lack of a unified, native testing solution can be a major pain point. Teams need to rely on Appium or write custom Espresso and XCTest scripts, adding extra steps, increasing complexity, and slowing down development cycles. Additionally, keeping test and app code in different repositories add to maintenance burden, reducing efficiency and scalability.
The Solution: Native Flutter Integration Tests Support for Android and iOS
Make Flutter integration testing simpler, faster, and more aligned with how Flutter apps are built and tested! Key Features You Can Leverage:
Native Android Support – Execute Flutter integration tests as Espresso tests.
Native iOS Support – Run tests as XCTest, leveraging the .xctestrun config file for execution.
Flexible Execution – Run tests via saucectl (Android/iOS) or directly through our test execution API.
How does this benefit you?
Seamless Testing & Broader Coverage – Run Flutter integration tests natively on Sauce Labs Real Device Cloud with no extra setup, supporting both Android (Espresso) and iOS (XCTest).
Simplified iOS Execution: Unlike XCUITest, Flutter integration tests on iOS do not require a separate test app. Instead, they utilize a .xctestrun config file, streamlining test execution.
No More Appium Tests Needed: Your testing code and application code are now tightly integrated, eliminating the need for additional Appium-based test suites.
Flexible Execution Options: Run tests via saucectl (Android/iOS) or execute them using our test execution API—making testing as simple as an API call!
Sauce Labs also supports testing of Flutter Apps on Android emulators and iOS simulators to provide a comprehensive testing experience.
XCTest Support: Faster & More Scalable iOS Testing
From native iOS development to frameworks like Flutter that use XCTest for testing, this support in Sauce Real Device Cloud allows developers to:
Get powerful real-device testing to your workflow, helping you spot issues sooner, and deliver reliable apps.
Enables comprehensive validation of app logic in a real-world environment, complementing our existing XCUITest support for UI testing.
Get Started Today
Here’s a list of resources to get you started:
Review our Flutter iOS Integration technical documentation for setup instructions.
Check out the Demo Flutter App
Configure your XCTest Tests for Real Devices
With native Flutter integration test support, Sauce Labs continues to provide expanded testing capabilities for modern mobile development teams. Try it today and accelerate your mobile app testing like never before!
