--- title: From Unit to E2E: A Guide to Testing React Native TV in 2026 description: Standard mobile testing tools like Maestro and Detox don't work for React Native TV apps due to D-pad navigation. This guide covers two testing layers:... canonical: https://daily.dev/posts/from-unit-to-e2e-a-guide-to-testing-react-native-tv-in-2026-qv95ytfky twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:site: @dailydotdev og:type: website og:site_name: daily.dev og:title: From Unit to E2E: A Guide to Testing React Native TV in 2026 | daily.dev og:description: Standard mobile testing tools like Maestro and Detox don't work for React Native TV apps due to D-pad navigation. This guide covers two testing layers:... og:url: https://daily.dev/posts/from-unit-to-e2e-a-guide-to-testing-react-native-tv-in-2026-qv95ytfky og:image: https://api.daily.dev/og/posts/qv95yTfky.png og:image:alt: From Unit to E2E: A Guide to Testing React Native TV in 2026 og:image:width: 1200 og:image:height: 630 og:locale: en --- > ## Documentation Index > Fetch the complete documentation index at: https://daily.dev/llms.txt > Use this file to discover all available pages before exploring further. # From Unit to E2E: A Guide to Testing React Native TV in 2026 **[Callstack Blog](https://daily.dev/sources/callstack-blog)** · 10 min read · 0 upvotes · 0 comments ## Summary Standard mobile testing tools like Maestro and Detox don't work for React Native TV apps due to D-pad navigation. This guide covers two testing layers: JS-level tests using React Native Testing Library with custom tvRemote helpers that emit hardware key events (handling platform differences between tvOS and Android TV), and E2E tests using Appium with WebdriverIO for both native TV platforms (Android TV via UiAutomator2, Apple TV via XCUITest) and web-based TV platforms (webOS, Tizen). It also covers running tests on device farms like AWS Device Farm, BrowserStack, and Sauce Labs, including configuration examples for each. ## Full article daily.dev links to this article rather than hosting it. 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