iceraven-browser/app/benchmark.gradle

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// This comment contains the central documentation for how we configured Jetpack Benchmark. Currently:
// - microbenchmark: configured differently than recommended (see inline notes below)
// - macrobenchmark: not configured
//
// To run our benchmarks, you need to set the "benchmark" gradle property. You can:
// - (preferred) Run via the command line (change the class you run on):
// ./gradlew -Pbenchmark app:connectedCheck -Pandroid.testInstrumentationRunnerArguments.class=org.mozilla.fenix.perf.SampleBenchmark
// - Use the IDE. Temporarily set the "benchmark" property in app/build.gradle with "ext.benchmark=true"
// near the top of the file. DO NOT COMMIT THIS.
// - (note: I was unable to get IDE run configurations working)
//
// To get the results, look at this file (we recommend using the median; results are in nanoseconds):
// app/build/outputs/connected_android_test_additional_output/nightlyAndroidTest/connected/<device>/org.mozilla.fenix-benchmarkData.json
//
// I was unable to get the results to print directly in Android Studio (perhaps it's my device).
//
// The official documentation suggests configuring microbenchmark in a separate module. This would
// require any benchmarked code to be in a library module, not the :app module (see below). To avoid
// this requirement, we created the "benchmark" gradle property.
//
// For the most accurate results, the documentation recommends running tests on rooted devices with
// the CPU clock locked.
//
// See https://developer.android.com/studio/profile/benchmark#what-to-benchmark for when writing a
// jetpack microbenchmark is a good fit.

// I think `android` represents this object:
// https://google.github.io/android-gradle-dsl/3.3/com.android.build.gradle.AppExtension.html
ext.maybeConfigForJetpackBenchmark = { android ->
    if (!project.hasProperty("benchmark")) {
        return
    }

    // The official documentation https://developer.android.com/studio/profile/benchmark#full-setup
    // recommends setting up the Microbenchmark library in a separate module from your app: AFAICT,
    // the reason for this is to prevent the benchmarks from being configured against debug
    // builds. We chose not to do this because it's a lot of work to pull code out into a
    // separate module just to benchmark it. We were able to replicate the outcome by setting
    // this testBuildType property.
    android.testBuildType "nightly"

    // WARNING: our proguard configuration for androidTest is not set up correctly so the tests
    // fail if we don't disable minification. DISABLING MINIFICATION PRODUCES BENCHMARKS THAT ARE
    // LESS REPRESENTATIVE TO THE USER EXPERIENCE, however, so we made this tradeoff to reduce
    // implementation time.
    project.ext.disableOptimization = true

    android.defaultConfig {
        // WARNING: the benchmark framework warns you if you're running the test in a configuration
        // that will compromise the accuracy of the results. Unfortunately, I couldn't get everything
        // working so I had to suppress some things.
        //
        // - ACTIVITY-MISSING: we're supposed to use the test instrumentation runner,
        // "androidx.benchmark.junit4.AndroidBenchmarkRunner". However, when I do so, I get an error
        // that we're unable to launch the activity. My understanding is that this runner will use an
        // "IsolationActivity" to reduce the impact of other work on the device from affecting the benchmark
        // and to opt into a lower-max CPU frequency on unrooted devices that support it
        // - UNLOCKED: ./gradlew lockClocks, which locks the CPU frequency, fails on my device. See
        // https://issuetracker.google.com/issues/176836267 for potential workarounds.
        testInstrumentationRunnerArgument 'androidx.benchmark.suppressErrors', 'ACTIVITY-MISSING,UNLOCKED'
    }
}