Robolectric says "AndroidManifest.xml not found"

In case you are still getting this error with Android Studio 3.0, please be sure that your gradle configuration has these parameters:

android {
    ...
    testOptions {
        unitTests {
            includeAndroidResources = true
        }
    }
}

Same problem on Android Studio. I've solved this problem to edit the configuration of Unit4. you can follow these things.

On Android Studio.

1. Edit Configurations
2. In Junit, you have to change the working directory to $MODULE_DIR$.

The important thing is $MODULE_DIR$.

you can reference the following screenshot. thanks.

I'm assuming you're trying to run the tests with JUnit. You can try two different things:

1. Create a Custom TestRunner class, as shown here. Check the CustomTestRunner section, where you basically create a TestRunner that actually knows the right manifest to use. Specify your tests for them to run with your test runner, with the @Config annotation.
2. (My preferred choice) Go the your JUnit configuration, Run > Edit Configurations. Notice the 'Working Directory' textbox. Append /app (for OSX and Linux) or \app (Windows), to the path written in the textbox. Try running again and it should work.