Getting Started with Sensibility Testbed

Sensibility Testbed is an app for Android 5 (and higher) that provides a remote-controllable Python-like sandbox with access to a smartphone's or tablet's sensors.

Quick Overview

Prerequisite: You need to have Python 2.7 installed on your laptop.

1. On your laptop, browse to the Sensibility Custom Installer Builder.
2. Using your phone,

• scan the QR code,
• install and open the Sensibility Testbed app from Google Play, and
• tap the "Install" button in the app.

3. Back on your laptop, download and unzip

• seash, the experiment manager
• the public and private key for your custom installer

4. Use the experiment manager to run experiments on your smartphone or tablet.

Detailed Guides

• The setup guide walks you through the steps to set up the required software components on your laptop and smartphone.
• The seash guide introduces the basic usage and most important commands of the experiment manager.

Further Reading

• Learn how to control your sandbox through seash, the experiment manager
• Learn what sensor calls are available to your sandbox
• Learn about Repy V2, the sandbox's generic API
• Take the Repy V2 tutorial