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# Learning Objectives
Today we are going to learn the following topics:

- Set up a simple mobile Android testing environment
- Start Genymotion Android virtual devices and connect these devices to your computer
- Run some automated tests on them; chosen framework is Espresso
- Stop Genymotion Android virtual devices

After this workshop, you will be able to easily scale your tests for any other Android mobile testing framework you might already use.

# Workshop Structure

This workshop is broken into the sections list below.  Estimated time for completing the workshop is 1-1.5 hours.

- **Prerequisites** ***(5 minutes)*** Provision a Cloud9 instance and validate
- **Setup** ***(30 minutes)*** Install necessary tooling to complete the lab
- **Scale Android tests with Genymotion** ***(30 minutes)*** Automate the start of the devices, the execution of the tests and the stop of the devices