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+#    Copyright 2015 ARM Limited
+#
+# Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the 'License');
+# you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
+# You may obtain a copy of the License at
+#
+#     http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+#
+# Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+# distributed under the License is distributed on an 'AS IS' BASIS,
+# WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
+# See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
+# limitations under the License.
+#
+
+import os
+
+from time import sleep
+
+from wlauto import Workload, Parameter
+from wlauto import File
+from wlauto.exceptions import ConfigError
+from wlauto.utils.android import ApkInfo
+
+
+class ApkLaunchWorkload(Workload):
+    name = 'apklaunch'
+    description = '''
+    Installs and runs a .apk file, waits wait_time_seconds, and tests if the app
+    has started successfully.
+    '''
+    supported_platforms = ['android']
+
+    parameters = [
+        Parameter('apk_file', description='Name to the .apk to run', mandatory=True),
+        Parameter('uninstall_required', kind=bool, default=False,
+                  description='Set to true if the package should be uninstalled'),
+        Parameter('wait_time_seconds', kind=int, default=0,
+                  description='Seconds to wait before testing if the app is still alive')
+    ]
+
+    def setup(self, context):
+        apk_file = context.resolver.get(File(self, self.apk_file))
+        self.package = ApkInfo(apk_file).package
+
+        self.logger.info('Installing {}'.format(apk_file))
+        return self.device.install(apk_file)
+
+    def run(self, context):
+        self.logger.info('Starting {}'.format(self.package))
+        self.device.execute('am start -W {}'.format(self.package))
+
+        self.logger.info('Waiting {} seconds'.format(self.wait_time_seconds))
+        sleep(self.wait_time_seconds)
+
+    def update_result(self, context):
+        app_is_running = bool([p for p in self.device.ps() if p.name == self.package])
+        context.result.add_metric('ran_successfully', app_is_running)
+
+    def teardown(self, context):
+        if self.uninstall_required:
+            self.logger.info('Uninstalling {}'.format(self.package))
+            self.device.execute('pm uninstall {}'.format(self.package))