The public documentation for macrobenchmark explains how to use the library. This page focuses on specifics to writing library macrobenchmarks in the AndroidX repo. If you're looking for measuring CPU perf of individual functions, see the guide for MICRObenchmarks here.
Benchmarks are just regular instrumentation tests! Just use the MacrobenchmarkRule
provided by the library:
@get:Rule val benchmarkRule = MacrobenchmarkRule() @Test fun startup() = benchmarkRule.measureRepeated( packageName = "mypackage.myapp", metrics = listOf(StartupTimingMetric()), startupMode = StartupMode.COLD, iterations = 5 ) { // this = MacrobenchmarkScope pressHome() val intent = Intent() intent.setPackage("mypackage.myapp") intent.setAction("mypackage.myapp.myaction") startActivityAndWait(intent) }
@Rule public MacrobenchmarkRule mBenchmarkRule = MacrobenchmarkRule() @Test public void startup() { mBenchmarkRule.measureRepeated( "mypackage.myapp", Collections.singletonList(new StartupTimingMetric()), StartupMode.COLD, /* iterations = */ 5, scope -> { scope.pressHome(); Intent intent = Intent(); intent.setPackage("mypackage.myapp"); intent.setAction("mypackage.myapp.myaction"); scope.startActivityAndWait(intent); return Unit.INSTANCE; } ); }
As in the public documentation, macrobenchmarks in the AndroidX repo are comprised of an app, and a separate macrobenchmark module. Additional setups steps/constraints for the AndroidX repository are listed below.
App and macrobenchmark modules must be unique, and map 1:1.
Target app path in settings.gradle
must end with :integration-tests:macrobenchmark-target
.
Macrobenchmark library path must be at the same path, but instead ending with :integration-tests:macrobenchmark
An entry should be placed in AffectedModuleDetector to recognize macrobenchmark dependency on target app module, for example
Compose Macrobenchmark Examples:
Note: Compose macrobenchmarks are generally duplicated with View system counterparts, defined in :benchmark:integration-tests:macrobenchmark-target
. This is how we compare performance of the two systems.