Android QA and Verification Skill

Purpose

Ensure implemented Android features behave correctly, survive lifecycle changes and match acceptance criteria on real devices and emulators.

When to Use

Use this skill after implementation work or when bugs or regressions are suspected.

Outputs

• Behaviour-based test plan
• Unit, instrumentation and UI test ideas
• Edge-case scenarios
• Reproduction steps
• Focused fix suggestions

Procedure

1. Take the acceptance criteria from product shaping and turn each into one or more test cases.
2. Identify Android-specific edge conditions:
   • Configuration changes (rotation, theme change).
   • Process death and recreation.
   • Timezone changes and daylight saving shifts if times are involved.
   • App backgrounding and resuming.
3. Plan tests at appropriate levels:
   • Unit tests for repositories and ViewModels.
   • Instrumentation or UI tests for flows through Composables and navigation.
   • Manual test steps where automation is difficult (for example notifications).
4. Validate migrations:
   • Describe steps to upgrade from an old database version to the new one.
   • Confirm existing data is preserved and new fields behave as expected.
5. For each bug:
   • Provide a minimal, deterministic reproduction path.
   • Map the likely layer (UI, ViewModel, repository, database, platform integration).
   • Suggest a targeted change, not a refactor.

Guardrails

• Do not propose architectural rewrites.
• Do not rely on brittle UI tests that mirror implementation details closely.
• Focus on user-visible behaviour, data integrity and stability across lifecycle events.