geppetto-android 2.0.4

Android UI Automation Framework — like Geppetto brought Pinocchio to life, this tool brings your tests to life.

geppetto-android

Geppetto is a high-level Python framework for Android UI automation. It provides a single, typed API to orchestrate ADB, Fastboot, and UIAutomator2.

Just as Geppetto brought Pinocchio to life, this tool brings your Android tests to life.

Highlights

• High-level Device facade for Android automation workflows.
• Widget search through text, id, class, content description, and XPath.
• Structured UI hierarchy parsing via lxml (WindowDump, Widget, Bounds).
• Built-in services for Wi-Fi, lockscreen, and notification controls.
• Optional extras for image/video analyzers and hardware integrations.

Requirements

• Python 3.12+
• Android SDK platform tools (adb, optional fastboot) available on PATH
• Android device or emulator with ADB enabled

Installation

pip

pip install geppetto-android

Optional extras:

# Image/video analyzers
pip install "geppetto-android[analyzers]"

# Hardware integrations
pip install "geppetto-android[hardware]"

# All optional features
pip install "geppetto-android[all]"

uv

uv add geppetto-android
uv add "geppetto-android[analyzers]"
uv add "geppetto-android[hardware]"
uv add "geppetto-android[all]"

Quick start

from geppetto import By, Device, WifiSecurityType

device = Device("SERIAL_NUMBER")

device.install("app.apk", replace=True)
device.open_app("com.example.app")

login_button = device.await_widget(By.TEXT, "Login", timeout=15)
device.click(login_button)

device.screenshot("login_screen", pull_to_results=True)

device.wifi.connect("MyNetwork", WifiSecurityType.WPA2, "password")

Main components

• Device: primary facade and entry point.
• geppetto.core: ADB/Fastboot clients.
• geppetto.ui: UI models (WindowDump, Widget, Bounds, Children).
• geppetto.services: automation services (wifi, lockscreen, notification).
• geppetto.models: enums such as By, Direction, WifiSecurityType, CommonClasses.

Development

git clone https://github.com/desodre/geppetto.git
cd geppetto
uv sync --all-extras

Links

• Homepage: https://github.com/desodre/geppetto
• Repository: https://github.com/desodre/geppetto
• Issues: https://github.com/desodre/geppetto/issues

License

MIT License