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ISSTA 2021
Sun 11 - Sat 17 July 2021 Online
co-located with ECOOP and ISSTA 2021

GUI testing is an essential part of regression testing for Android apps. For regression GUI testing to remain effective, it is important that obsolete GUI test scripts get repaired after the app has evolved. In this paper, we propose a novel approach named GUIDER to automated repair of GUI test scripts for Android apps. The key novelty of the approach lies in the utilization of both structural and visual information of widgets on app GUIs to better understand what widgets of the base version app become in the updated version. A supporting tool has been implemented for the approach. Experiments conducted on the popular messaging and social media app WeChat show that GUIDER is both effective and efficient. Repairs produced by GUIDER enabled 88.8% and 54.9% more test actions to run correctly than those produced by existing approaches to GUI test repair that rely solely on visual or structural information of app GUIs.

Thu 15 Jul

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00:20 - 01:20
Session 5 (time band 2) Android Application Analysis and TestingTechnical Papers at ISSTA 1
Chair(s): William G.J. Halfond University of Southern California
00:20
20m
Talk
GUIDER: GUI Structure and Vision Co-Guided Test Script Repair for Android Apps
Technical Papers
Tongtong Xu Nanjing University, Minxue Pan Nanjing University, Yu Pei Hong Kong Polytechnic University, Guiyin Li Nanjing University, Xia Zeng Tencent, Tian Zhang Nanjing University, Yuetang Deng Tencent, Xuandong Li Nanjing University
DOI
00:40
20m
Talk
Understanding and Finding System Setting-Related Defects in Android Apps
Technical Papers
Jingling Sun East China Normal University, Ting Su East China Normal University, Junxin Li East China Normal University, Zhen Dong National University of Singapore, Geguang Pu East China Normal University, Tao Xie Peking University, Zhendong Su ETH Zurich
DOI Media Attached
01:00
20m
Talk
HomDroid: Detecting Android Covert Malware by Social-Network Homophily Analysis
Technical Papers
Yueming Wu Huazhong University of Science and Technology, Deqing Zou Huazhong University of Science and Technology, Wei Yang University of Texas at Dallas, Xiang Li Huazhong University of Science and Technology, Hai Jin Huazhong University of Science and Technology
DOI

Fri 16 Jul

Displayed time zone: Brussels, Copenhagen, Madrid, Paris change

10:00 - 11:20
Session 18 (time band 3) Android Application Testing 2Technical Papers at ISSTA 2
Chair(s): Shin Hwei Tan Southern University of Science and Technology
10:00
20m
Talk
GUIDER: GUI Structure and Vision Co-Guided Test Script Repair for Android Apps
Technical Papers
Tongtong Xu Nanjing University, Minxue Pan Nanjing University, Yu Pei Hong Kong Polytechnic University, Guiyin Li Nanjing University, Xia Zeng Tencent, Tian Zhang Nanjing University, Yuetang Deng Tencent, Xuandong Li Nanjing University
DOI
10:20
20m
Talk
Understanding and Finding System Setting-Related Defects in Android Apps
Technical Papers
Jingling Sun East China Normal University, Ting Su East China Normal University, Junxin Li East China Normal University, Zhen Dong National University of Singapore, Geguang Pu East China Normal University, Tao Xie Peking University, Zhendong Su ETH Zurich
DOI Media Attached
10:40
20m
Talk
Parema: An Unpacking Framework for Demystifying VM-Based Android Packers
Technical Papers
Lei Xue Hong Kong Polytechnic University, Yuxiao Yan Xi'an Jiaotong University; Hong Kong Polytechnic University, Luyi Yan Hong Kong Polytechnic University, Muhui Jiang Hong Kong Polytechnic University, Xiapu Luo Hong Kong Polytechnic University, Dinghao Wu Pennsylvania State University, Yajin Zhou Zhejiang University
DOI
11:00
20m
Talk
HomDroid: Detecting Android Covert Malware by Social-Network Homophily Analysis
Technical Papers
Yueming Wu Huazhong University of Science and Technology, Deqing Zou Huazhong University of Science and Technology, Wei Yang University of Texas at Dallas, Xiang Li Huazhong University of Science and Technology, Hai Jin Huazhong University of Science and Technology
DOI