Android UIAutomator with Kotlin

UIAutomator it’s similar to Espresso, but with UIAutomator you can automate tests outside and inside of the app. The code below shows how to do clicks and scroll on Android device settings. The test opens the device settings and clicks to reset the Google advertising ID. Look at the demo video at the bottom.

How to run:

1. Add the “UIAutomator” Gradle dependency in your file build.gradle.

dependencies {
    ...
    androidTestImplementation 'androidx.test.uiautomator:uiautomator:2.2.0'
}

1. In androidTest directory create a new Kotlin class UIAutomatorDemo.
2. Copy and Paste below code.
3. Run.
4. The test: Opens the device settings and clicks to reset the Google advertising ID.

package your.app.name

import android.support.test.InstrumentationRegistry
import android.support.test.filters.SdkSuppress
import android.support.test.runner.AndroidJUnit4
import android.support.test.uiautomator.By
import android.support.test.uiautomator.UiDevice
import android.support.test.uiautomator.UiScrollable
import android.support.test.uiautomator.UiSelector
import org.junit.Test
import org.junit.runner.RunWith
@RunWith(AndroidJUnit4::class)
@SdkSuppress(minSdkVersion = 18)
class UIAutomatorDemo {

    companion object {
        const val GOOGLE_SETTING = "Google"
        const val ADS_SETTING = "Ads"
        const val RESET_ADVERTISING_ID = "Reset advertising ID"
    }…