diff --git a/tests/plugin.xml b/tests/plugin.xml
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+<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
+<!--
+  Licensed to the Apache Software Foundation (ASF) under one
+  or more contributor license agreements.  See the NOTICE file
+  distributed with this work for additional information
+  regarding copyright ownership.  The ASF licenses this file
+  to you 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.
+-->
+
+<plugin xmlns="http://apache.org/cordova/ns/plugins/1.0"
+    id="org.apache.cordova.splashscreen.tests"
+    version="0.3.2-dev">
+    <name>Cordova Splashscreen Plugin Tests</name>
+    <license>Apache 2.0</license>
+
+    <js-module src="tests.js" name="tests">
+    </js-module>
+</plugin>
diff --git a/tests/tests.js b/tests/tests.js
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+/*
+ *
+ * Licensed to the Apache Software Foundation (ASF) under one
+ * or more contributor license agreements.  See the NOTICE file
+ * distributed with this work for additional information
+ * regarding copyright ownership.  The ASF licenses this file
+ * to you 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.
+ *
+*/
+
+exports.defineAutoTest = function () {
+    describe('Splashscreen (cordova)', function () {
+        it("splashscreen.spec.1 should exist", function () {
+            expect(navigator.splashscreen).toBeDefined();
+        });
+
+        it("splashscreen.spec.2 exec method should exist", function () {
+            expect(navigator.splashscreen.show).toBeDefined();
+            expect(typeof navigator.splashscreen.show).toBe('function');
+        });
+
+        it("splashscreen.spec.3 exec method should exist", function () {
+            expect(navigator.splashscreen.hide).toBeDefined();
+            expect(typeof navigator.splashscreen.hide).toBe('function');
+        });
+    });
+};
+
+exports.defineManualTests = function (contentEl, createActionButton) {
+    function showFor(duration) {
+        navigator.splashscreen.show();
+        window.setTimeout(function () {
+            navigator.splashscreen.hide();
+        }, 1000 * duration);
+    }
+
+    createActionButton('Show for 1 second', function () {
+        showFor(1);
+    });
+
+    createActionButton('Show for 5 seconds', function () {
+        showFor(5);
+    });
+};