Although Appium is a great testing framework, it doesn't support the transition between the parts of the app that were created natively and those using Flutter. Therefore, if you have the OTP, push notifications, camera, or other native prompts in your customer journey, Patrol should be your default choice.

Will Patrol remain open source?

Patrol has been and always will be open-source, as we are strong proponents of the OS movement, and we believe that this is a pivotal part of the Flutter Enterprise ecosystem.

Will Patrol be maintained?

We are strongly committed to continuing further maintenance and development of Patrol as this is utilized in projects for our clients, and it is our obligation for them to bring new updates whenever necessary. Those projects and the user feedback inspire us to develop further, so you can be sure that investing your time in developing test scenarios with Patrol will prove right in the long run.

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Automated UI Testing in Flutter

Automate QA processes in your Flutter application

Q: Can I integrate Patrol with popular Test Management Systems (TestRail, Allure, etc.)?

Yes, you can. Patrol is deeply integrated with native test tooling and supports the JUnit reporting format. It means you can easily export your test results to every popular test management system. It also doesn’t matter if you are making a Flutter-focused app and want to use Firebase Test Lab or if your company already utilizes Marathon Cloud and you’d like to stick with it - Patrol makes it possible.

Q: How can I be sure that the Patrol framework won’t be abandoned in the future?

At LeanCode, we use Patrol daily. We’ve built more than 30 Flutter apps for our clients over the past few years, and now Patrol is used by default for each new Flutter app we developed. Patrol is a very important part of our tech stack, and it guarantees it will be developed, updated, and bug-fixed in the future. We keep developing Patrol (the current version is Patrol 3.13) and adding new features.

Q: Can we just use Patrol on our own?

You can! We created Patrol as an open-source framework that is free to use. You can find more information about Patrol itself on the dedicated page.

Q: Is it possible to add a feature to Patrol that is dedicated to my case?

Our team can develop additional Patrol features dedicated to your app’s case. However, keep in mind that even if Patrol is a framework that is free to use, adding a feature is available only if you decide to use our automated UI testing service. We dedicate such possibility to business clients. Otherwise, you can share an idea on GitHub as a feature suggestion, and one day, we might put it on our roadmap.

Q: What languages should I use to write tests in Patrol?

Patrol was created with Flutter in mind and as the main target framework. Therefore, you can easily write your tests using Dart.

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Automate Flutter app testing with Patrol

UI testing is crucial in mobile applications to ensure the app's quality, functionality, and great user experience. We 10x improved Flutter UI testing with our Patrol framework. Patrol overcomes the limitations of the existing solutions and is the only UI testing framework that works with both Flutter and native UI.

When do you need automated UI tests?

The growth of the mobile app

As your Flutter application grows, manual testing becomes more tedious and time-consuming. Once written, automated UI tests (UI test scripts) can be run in less time and without or with minimal human supervision. The cost of maintaining and executing those tests is far lower than manual testing and regression. Additionally, the QA team's saved time can be spent, e.g., on exploratory testing and other tasks that can’t be automated.

Release the mobile app to production

Each time you release your mobile app to production, you have to test new features and all the existing things developed so far. A big-picture view of what we created is very important, and no other tests do it better than UI tests. Our scenarios are on such a level of detail that they can correspond with features, and test suites can comply with the app's modules. Developers can utilize reports of such tests to monitor the system's health.

Ubiquitous regression

When ubiquitous regression becomes problematic, the development speed slows, and the release schedule becomes less predictable. UI tests help in regression tests because regression suites are precisely defined. There is no need to alter the test cases. This means an automated test can do the same task as a human tester and is faster, adding even more accuracy and repeatability in execution.

LeanCode's mobile Flutter developer during presentation

Critical User Flows

Automated UI tests ensure that key user interactions, such as transactions, logins, or other crucial app features, provide a smooth user experience. At LeanCode, we created Patrol with Flutter development teams in mind, who need a simple yet powerful and extensible tool for making the most challenging automated tests to ensure that the app functions correctly regardless of size.

LeanCode's Flutter UI testers during presentation

Need an alternative to Appium

There are solutions popular in the native development world that can be integrated with Flutter. The most popular is Appium, a cross-platform UI testing framework. Although Appium does not have official support for Flutter, it does have an open-source connector with Flutter. Technically, it allows access to native and Flutter components, but using Flutter is extremely inconvenient and risky due to the lack of support for the provided connector. Our Patrol framework can be a great alternative to Appium.

We’ve built our own Flutter UI testing framework, Patrol. It overcomes the limitations of the existing solutions. Patrol is the only UI Testing Framework that works with both Flutter and native UI.

Meet Patrol

Open-source and popular in the Flutter community

Written in Dart, Flutter-native

Enables e2e scenarios

Concise syntax

Compatible with popular device farms

Built on top of flutter-test

What is included in Automated UI Testing in Flutter?

Our QA team participated in many Flutter projects and encountered many problems and challenges. We will take care of your QA processes so your team can focus exclusively on delivering business value.

Setup of Patrol in your codebase

A set of UI tests written for your case

Integration of Patrol into the CI/CD pipeline

Configuration of Patrol with device farms

Creation of a testing strategy

Training your Dev or QA team

What sets us apart from other agencies?

Experts on board

You have access to a team of experts in their fields and speakers at international tech conferences.

Experience from 60+ apps

You get the assurance of working with a highly skilled team that builds top-tier mobile apps, resulting in 5-star client reviews.

Automated tests

Forget regression bugs. Our robots make sure that everything is okay so that you don’t need to. This means higher overall app quality.

Large-scale apps

We’ve gathered the bulletproof experience from large (200+ people) projects so we provide you with a service that is tested, and proven.

We are official Flutter consultants

We are officially listed as a recommended Flutter Consultants, and you can find our case studies on Flutter.dev page.

Transparency

Transparency in the way of project management and access to our project tracking tools. It promotes collaboration and contributes to the overall success.

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What can you expect from our Team of QA Experts?

Help in your future recruitment processes

What will happen once the project is over? We have no vendor locks. Even our own libraries are open-sourced, and you can easily maintain them. We can offer the SLA offer for the 2nd level of support of the projects, but we also have experience creating job postings and recruiting new software developers for the in-house teams to help you with the in-house team expansion.

Developers from the best Universities (no career changes)

Our entire team graduated from computer science studies at the best technical universities in Poland, where the vast majority comes from Warsaw University of Technology. Moreover, we are also leading two courses at that University about Developing Mobile Apps in Flutter and System Architecture in .NET.

Engineering managers experienced in enterprise projects

Building a startup in-house and creating a truly scalable product ready for demanding security and performance tests often conducted by third parties are two different animals. Our developers are experienced in large-scale software development projects with different-sized augmented teams starting from 6 to 200 team members and can bring those best practices with them.

Help in your future recruitment processes

Engineering managers experienced in enterprise projects

Help in your future recruitment processes

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Mateusz Wojtczak, Head of Mobile at LeanCode

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During our first interview, we will discuss your current stage of the mobile app, your vision for UI testing, available resources, and how we can be helpful. We will inform you about the potential budget and timeline.

Mateusz WojtczakHead of Mobile at LeanCode

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