Create UI tests with Espresso Test Recorder
Why Stack Overflow recommends it
Stack Overflow users link it when answering Espresso questions and want to show how to generate UI test code by recording interactions instead of writing it by hand.
Recommended by 2 people across 2 different months, 2017 to 2020.
What it is
A short Android Developers tutorial showing how to use the Espresso Test Recorder introduced in Android Studio 2.3. It walks through recording interactions with an app to generate Espresso UI test code, either as a learning aid or as a starting point for a test suite.
What people said
Recommends MD Naseem Ashraf · 2019-04 · Stack Overflow · on “Why am I getting espresso.PerformException: Error performing 'scroll to' on view 'with id?”
The button is inside a fragment? What is the fragment container? I am asking about the parent layout of the button. There is a quick trick of using the Espresso Test Recorder [this video] in Android Studio to mimic the behaviour on an app and get an espresso test generated from it. This will give you a rough idea of what's different in your test and the one recorded. You might even go ahead and use the test recorder instead if it suits you.
Recommends ponkape · 2020-03 · Stack Overflow · on “Testing Google sign-in Android”
You can start with Espresso recorder [LINK] , which can be found in the Android Studios: [LINK] After this, it will open your application and you can do your E2E (End-to-End) test to your application. After you are ready, you just save the recorder-output and you can try to run your test. Also good video here about Espresso Recorder here [this video] . Beware with the passwords while uploading things to any Version Control [LINK] .
Cites Suragch · 2017-04 · Stack Overflow · on “How can I create tests in Android Studio?”
This answer is for people who are just getting started with Android testing. I will provide two simple examples to help you see how testing works. If you follow along for the next 10 minutes, you will be all set up to start adding your tests to your own app. I think you'll be surprised how easy it is. I certainly was. Introduction to Android Testing There are two different types of tests that you will do. Local unit tests. These are run locally on the JVM (Java Virtual Machine). Since they are local, they are fast. You can use them to test the parts of your code that just need Java and not the Android APIs. (Sometimes you can make a fake API object to test more things locally. This is called
Cites Gastón Saillén · 2018-01 · Stack Overflow · on “How to use Espresso Test Recorder in React Native”
i had the same error, for some reason Espresso does not support full Test Recorder clicks, you can do a few with the recorder but you will need to do some manually as this video says [this video] as the documentation says espresso-core - Contains core and basic View matchers, actions, and assertions. See Basics and Recipes. [LINK]