# Parallism (test splitting) for android UI-tests

**URL:** <https://discuss.circleci.com/t/parallism-test-splitting-for-android-ui-tests/47847>\
**Category:** Build Environment\
**Tags:** android, parallelism, ui-test\
**Created:** [April 21, 2023, 8:50am UTC](https://discuss.circleci.com/t/parallism-test-splitting-for-android-ui-tests/47847 "2023-04-21T08:50:57Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 2\
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**Author:** ![goemic](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/439d5e/32.png) [@goemic](https://discuss.circleci.com/u/goemic)\
**Post date:** [April 21, 2023, 8:50am UTC](https://discuss.circleci.com/t/parallism-test-splitting-for-android-ui-tests/47847/1 "2023-04-21T08:50:57Z")

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Hey,

we are currently using the circleci/android@2.2.0 orb for our builds and tests. Our test job takes currently ~22min and CircleCI always approaches us in the web UI to use test splitting. But I’m totally lost on how to use test splitting with an avd configuration.

Do I need multiple avd instances? Is test splitting even supported for convenience commands of the android orb (e.g. start-emulator-and-run-tests)?

This is our test job config:

## Instrumented tests for all modules

Test\_instrumented:  
\<\<: \*android\_image\_emulator  
steps:  
- \*attach\_workspace  
- prepare\_build  
- restore\_gradle\_cache  
- android/start-emulator-and-run-tests:  
\<\<: \*avd\_config  
\<\<: \*avd\_systemImage  
test-command: ./gradlew connectedMockAndroidTest mergeAndroidReports --continue  
- store\_instrumented\_test\_artifacts  
- cleanup\_build

Best regards, Mike

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**Author:** ![darrylsepeda](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/circleci/user_avatar/discuss.circleci.com/darrylsepeda/32/35667_2.png) [@darrylsepeda](https://discuss.circleci.com/u/darrylsepeda)\
**Post date:** [September 30, 2024, 6:48am UTC](https://discuss.circleci.com/t/parallism-test-splitting-for-android-ui-tests/47847/2 "2024-09-30T06:48:53Z")

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Stumbled into the same issue and surprised to see there are 711 views with no answer to this question.  
Have you got the answer to your question @goemic ?