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+# This is a basic workflow to help you get started with Actions
+
+name: osx-ubuntu-build-android
+
+# Controls when the action will run. Triggers the workflow on push or pull request
+# events but only for the master branch
+on:
+  push:
+    branches: [ master ]
+  pull_request:
+    branches: [ master ]
+  schedule:
+    # * is a special character in YAML so you have to quote this string
+    - cron:  '5 4 * * 0'
+
+# A workflow run is made up of one or more jobs that can run sequentially or in parallel
+jobs:
+  # This workflow contains a single job called "build"
+  build:
+    # The type of runner that the job will run on
+    runs-on: ${{ matrix.os }}
+    strategy:
+      matrix:
+        os: [ubuntu-16.04, ubuntu-18.04, ubuntu-latest]
+
+    # Steps represent a sequence of tasks that will be executed as part of the job
+    steps:
+    # Checks-out your repository under $GITHUB_WORKSPACE, so your job can access it
+    - uses: actions/checkout@v2
+
+    - name: Install and start MongoDB
+      uses: supercharge/mongodb-github-action@1.3.0
+      with:
+        mongodb-version: 3.4
+
+    - name: Install miniconda
+      shell: bash -l {0}
+      run: source setup/setup_conda.sh
+
+    - name: Setup the emission environment for testing
+      shell: bash -l {0}
+      run: source setup/setup.sh
+
+    - name: Switch to emission and run the tests
+      shell: bash -l {0}
+      run: |
+        source activate emission
+        ./runAllTests.sh
+
+    - name: Teardown the test environment
+      shell: bash -l {0}
+      run: source setup/teardown_tests.sh