androidgoogle-play-servicesactivity-recognition

Is it possible to simulate detected activities for the ActivityRecognitionApi for testing purposes?

Google Play Services provides an ActivityRecognitionApi that lets you detect various user activities (via DetectedActivity) such as if the user is walking or running.

Is it possible to mock these activities for development and testing purposes?

Solution

  • Yes, it's possible, but only on the emulator (or a rooted device).

    For example, to simulate the walking activity run:

    adb root
adb shell am broadcast -a com.google.gservices.intent.action.GSERVICES_OVERRIDE -e 'location:mock_activity_type' 'WALKING'

    And then restart Google Play Services (or restart the device):

    adb shell ps -A | grep com.google.android.gms.persistent | awk '{print $2}' | xargs adb shell kill