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🏠Documentation|Image Injection - Android

Last updated on : 21 Jan 2025

Inject Images on Real Android Devices

Overview

Inject Images lets testers push images directly into a real Android device gallery during a live session. This is ideal for testing apps with image upload, scanning, or document capture flows. It removes the need for manual setup while validating real user image handling scenarios.

Prerequisites

  • User must be a registered Pcloudy user.
  • Ensure that the Application is instrumented, prior to injecting the image.

Steps

1. Instrumenting An Android Application

  1. Login to the Pcloudy platform.
  2. Click on Real Devices under the Functional Experience tab in the Left Panel of the Pcloudy platform.
  3. Click on the Three Dots against the application and select "Image Injection."
  4. The APK file will get instrumented and a success notification will appear on the screen.
  5. Once the Android app is instrumented, you can click on the Drop Down against the app to view the instrumented application.
  6. Now the user can simply install the instrumented app on the any available devices and test for Image Scan.
  7. Next the user can follow the Steps for Injecting the Image.

2. Injecting the Image

  1. Select a Device and Click on Start Testing.
  2. Click on Start under the Logs section to start capturing the device logs.
  3. Click on Install under the Quick Actions in the middle panel.
  4. Select the App and click on Install.
  5. Follow the prompts on the application to initiate the image capture.
  6. Click on Image Injection on the Left Panel.
  7. Select the Image and Click on Inject.
  8. All the necessary permissions on the browser to view the scanned content.

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