Android Marshmallow: Test permissions with Espresso?
With the new release of the Android Testing Support Library 1.0, there's a GrantPermissionRule that you can use in your tests to grant a permission before starting any tests.
@Rule public GrantPermissionRule permissionRule = GrantPermissionRule.grant(android.Manifest.permission.ACCESS_FINE_LOCATION);
Kotlin solution
@get:Rule var permissionRule = GrantPermissionRule.grant(android.Manifest.permission.ACCESS_FINE_LOCATION)
@get:Rule
must be used in order to avoid java.lang.Exception: The @Rule 'permissionRule' must be public.
More info here.
Give a try with such static method when your phone is on English locale:
private static void allowPermissionsIfNeeded() {
if (Build.VERSION.SDK_INT >= 23) {
UiDevice device = UiDevice.getInstance(getInstrumentation());
UiObject allowPermissions = device.findObject(new UiSelector().text("Allow"));
if (allowPermissions.exists()) {
try {
allowPermissions.click();
} catch (UiObjectNotFoundException e) {
Timber.e(e, "There is no permissions dialog to interact with ");
}
}
}
}
I found it here
The accepted answer doesn't actually test the permissions dialog; it just bypasses it. So, if the permissions dialog fails for some reason, your test will give a false green. I encourage actually clicking the "give permissions" button to test the whole app behaviour.
Have a look at this solution:
public static void allowPermissionsIfNeeded(String permissionNeeded) {
try {
if (Build.VERSION.SDK_INT >= Build.VERSION_CODES.M && !hasNeededPermission(permissionNeeded)) {
sleep(PERMISSIONS_DIALOG_DELAY);
UiDevice device = UiDevice.getInstance(getInstrumentation());
UiObject allowPermissions = device.findObject(new UiSelector()
.clickable(true)
.checkable(false)
.index(GRANT_BUTTON_INDEX));
if (allowPermissions.exists()) {
allowPermissions.click();
}
}
} catch (UiObjectNotFoundException e) {
System.out.println("There is no permissions dialog to interact with");
}
}
Find the whole class here: https://gist.github.com/rocboronat/65b1187a9fca9eabfebb5121d818a3c4
By the way, as this answer has been a popular one, we added PermissionGranter
to Barista, our tool above Espresso and UiAutomator to make instrumental tests green: https://github.com/SchibstedSpain/Barista check it out, because we will maintain it release by release.