Android Espresso listView scroll to

Question

I have a list_view, which I want to test.

list_view item layout is RelativeLayout, adapter is ItemAdapter.

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This code works fine (item contatining Daft Punk is visible):

@Test
public void listViewTest() {
    Espresso.onView(withText("Daft Punk")).perform(click());
}

Both of this variants fail:

(The scrolling starts, comes to the item and then fails, the error is at the very and of this question.)

@Test
public void listViewTest() {
    Espresso.onData(artistWithName("Imagine Dragons")).perform(scrollTo(), click());
}

@Test
public void listViewTest() {
    Espresso.onData(artistWithName("Imagine Dragons")).
        .inAdapterView(withId(R.id.list_view))
        .perform(scrollTo(), click());
}

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artistWithName definition:

public static Matcher<Object> artistWithName(String expectedName) {
    Checks.checkNotNull(expectedName);
    return artistWithName(equalTo(expectedName));
}

public static Matcher<Object> artistWithName(final Matcher<String> itemMatcher) {
    Checks.checkNotNull(itemMatcher);

    return new BoundedMatcher<Object, ArtistItem>(ArtistItem.class) {
        @Override
        public void describeTo(org.hamcrest.Description description) {
            description.appendText("ArtistTime with name: ");
            itemMatcher.describeTo(description);
        }

        @Override
        protected boolean matchesSafely(ArtistItem artistItem) {
            return itemMatcher.matches(artistItem.getName());
        }
    };
}

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Error:

android.support.test.espresso.PerformException: Error performing 'scroll to' on view ' displaying data matching: ArtistTime with name: "Imagine Dragons" within adapter view matching: with id: com.example.iskhakovt.yandextest:id/list_view'.
at android.support.test.espresso.PerformException$Builder.build(PerformException.java:83)
at android.support.test.espresso.base.DefaultFailureHandler.getUserFriendlyError(DefaultFailureHandler.java:70)
at android.support.test.espresso.base.DefaultFailureHandler.handle(DefaultFailureHandler.java:53)
at android.support.test.espresso.ViewInteraction.runSynchronouslyOnUiThread(ViewInteraction.java:184)
at android.support.test.espresso.ViewInteraction.doPerform(ViewInteraction.java:115)
at android.support.test.espresso.ViewInteraction.perform(ViewInteraction.java:87)
at android.support.test.espresso.DataInteraction.perform(DataInteraction.java:130)
at com.example.iskhakovt.yandextest.MainActivityTest.listViewTest(MainActivityTest.java:52)
at java.lang.reflect.Method.invoke(Native Method)
at org.junit.runners.model.FrameworkMethod$1.runReflectiveCall(FrameworkMethod.java:50)
at org.junit.internal.runners.model.ReflectiveCallable.run(ReflectiveCallable.java:12)
at org.junit.runners.model.FrameworkMethod.invokeExplosively(FrameworkMethod.java:47)
at org.junit.internal.runners.statements.InvokeMethod.evaluate(InvokeMethod.java:17)
at org.junit.internal.runners.statements.RunBefores.evaluate(RunBefores.java:26)
at org.junit.internal.runners.statements.RunAfters.evaluate(RunAfters.java:27)
at org.junit.runners.ParentRunner.runLeaf(ParentRunner.java:325)
at org.junit.runners.BlockJUnit4ClassRunner.runChild(BlockJUnit4ClassRunner.java:78)
at org.junit.runners.BlockJUnit4ClassRunner.runChild(BlockJUnit4ClassRunner.java:57)
at org.junit.runners.ParentRunner$3.run(ParentRunner.java:290)
at org.junit.runners.ParentRunner$1.schedule(ParentRunner.java:71)
at org.junit.runners.ParentRunner.runChildren(ParentRunner.java:288)
at org.junit.runners.ParentRunner.access$000(ParentRunner.java:58)
at org.junit.runners.ParentRunner$2.evaluate(ParentRunner.java:268)
at org.junit.runners.ParentRunner.run(ParentRunner.java:363)
at org.junit.runners.Suite.runChild(Suite.java:128)
at org.junit.runners.Suite.runChild(Suite.java:27)
at org.junit.runners.ParentRunner$3.run(ParentRunner.java:290)
at org.junit.runners.ParentRunner$1.schedule(ParentRunner.java:71)
at org.junit.runners.ParentRunner.runChildren(ParentRunner.java:288)
at org.junit.runners.ParentRunner.access$000(ParentRunner.java:58)
at org.junit.runners.ParentRunner$2.evaluate(ParentRunner.java:268)
at org.junit.runners.ParentRunner.run(ParentRunner.java:363)
at org.junit.runner.JUnitCore.run(JUnitCore.java:137)
at org.junit.runner.JUnitCore.run(JUnitCore.java:115)
at android.support.test.internal.runner.TestExecutor.execute(TestExecutor.java:54)
at android.support.test.runner.AndroidJUnitRunner.onStart(AndroidJUnitRunner.java:240)
at android.app.Instrumentation$InstrumentationThread.run(Instrumentation.java:1886)
Caused by: java.lang.RuntimeException: Action will not be performed because the target view does not match one or more of the following constraints:
(view has effective visibility=VISIBLE and is descendant of a: (is assignable from class: class android.widget.ScrollView or is assignable from class: class android.widget.HorizontalScrollView))
Target view: "RelativeLayout{id=-1, visibility=VISIBLE, width=1080, height=420, has-focus=false, has-focusable=false, has-window-focus=true, is-clickable=false, is-enabled=true, is-focused=false, is-focusable=false, is-layout-requested=false, is-selected=false, root-is-layout-requested=false, has-input-connection=false, x=0.0, y=0.0, child-count=4}"
Further Info: ScrollToAction on a view inside an AdapterView will not work. Use Espresso.onData to load the view.
at android.support.test.espresso.ViewInteraction$1.run(ViewInteraction.java:138)
at java.util.concurrent.Executors$RunnableAdapter.call(Executors.java:423)
at java.util.concurrent.FutureTask.run(FutureTask.java:237)
at android.os.Handler.handleCallback(Handler.java:739)
at android.os.Handler.dispatchMessage(Handler.java:95)
at android.os.Looper.loop(Looper.java:224)
at android.app.ActivityThread.main(ActivityThread.java:5526)
at java.lang.reflect.Method.invoke(Native Method)
at com.android.internal.os.ZygoteInit$MethodAndArgsCaller.run(ZygoteInit.java:726)
at com.android.internal.os.ZygoteInit.main(ZygoteInit.java:616)

Diadem

Answer 1

onData() will scroll to the item for you, just remove scrollTo() and it should click just fine.

scrollTo() is used only for items that are inside the ScrollView combined with onView()

Athlete

What to do if I want to scroll to an item of a list view? (It is not visible yet) – Diadem

If the item is in the listview, onData will scroll for you. Even if it is not visible. This is how it works. If it is a ScrollView, then you need to use scrollTo() – Athlete

Answer 2

To force a ListView to scroll before clicking an item, you can use swipeUp() or swipeDown() in multiple calls:

// scroll the list down a little
onData(anything()).atPosition(0).perform(swipeUp());

// scroll the list down again
onData(anything()).atPosition(2).perform(swipeUp());

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Revocable

Answer 3

Inside developer android guide you may find how get item of ListView and perform actions.

/**
 * Scrolling and click action inside [ListView]
 */
Espresso.onData(`is`(text))
    .inAdapterView(listView)
    .perform(ViewActions.scrollTo(), ViewActions.click())

I thing something like this will work for you:

Espresso.onData(`is`("Imagine Dragons"))
    .inAdapterView(withId(R.id.list_view))
    .perform(scrollTo(), click());

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