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Automate QA processes in your Flutter application

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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.

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.

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

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Open-source and popular in the Flutter community
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Written in Dart, Flutter-native
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Enables e2e scenarios
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Concise syntax
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Compatible with popular device farms
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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?

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Experts on board

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

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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.

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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.

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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.

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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.

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Transparency

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

What can you expect from our Team of QA Experts?

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.

How can you start with Automated UI Testing in Flutter?

Our experience

Case Study of Welliba App
Welliba logo
Mobile & Web Application

Welliba

Case Study Activy
Mobile Application

Activy

Case Study of Credit Agricole Bank Polska App
Credit Agricole Bank Polska logo
Mobile Application

Credit Agricole Bank Polska

Meet our satisfied clients

Welliba logo

Solid knowledge and trusting cooperation help us deliver new features to our customers quickly, continuously, and based on high-security standards. The sophisticated code base and experience within LeanCode provided us with a strong foundation for the IT security certification process. We are thrilled and grateful to have found LeanCode as a partner and look forward to our further cooperation.

Mario Martella
Mario MartellaManaging Director & CTOWelliba
5.0
Reviewed onClutch
Activy logo

If you decide to work with LeanCode, you will experience a lot more than a usual relationship between a client and a vendor. They have empathy combined with responsibility, and they are really lean - both for small and big clients.

Igor Pielas the CEO at Activy
Igor PielasCEOActivy
5.0
Reviewed onClutch
Credit Agricole logo

LeanCode has delivered the MVP within 2.5 months, exceeding our expectations. Agile and detail-oriented, they've taken the time to understand the banking industry to deliver the most effective solution for our users. They are professional, efficient, and responsive.

Tomasz Czerwiński
Tomasz CzerwińskiDeputy CIOCredit Agricole Bank Polska
5.0
Reviewed onClutch
Meet our expert

Let’s talk about automating your UI tests!

Mateusz Wojtczak, Head of Mobile at LeanCode
Hi,

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

You ask, we answer

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

Why not Appium?

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

Can we just use Patrol on our own?

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

What languages should I use to write tests in Patrol?