Detox

Detox is designed for React Native. Unlike Appium (Black-box), Detox works "Gray-box" by running inside your app, monitoring the main thread. It knows when the app is busy/idle, eliminating flaky waits.

When to Use

• Gray-Box Mobile E2E Automation: Testing React Native mobile apps with internal synchronization on iOS and Android.
• Flake-Free Mobile Testing: Eliminating manual sleep() calls by synchronizing automatically with React Native's bridge and event queue.
• High-Velocity Release Validation: Validating critical user journeys on simulators and emulators in mobile CI/CD pipelines.
• Fast Local Feedback: Running automated mobile UI tests alongside the React Native packager.

Quick Start

describe("Example", () => {
  beforeAll(async () => {
    await device.launchApp();
  });