How can I emulate clicking a button in my application test. I tried to set focus on the button and send the keypress "Enter" but no cigar.
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Just call the performClick() method. See the View docs for reference.
Button button = (Button) findViewByid(R.id.mybutton);
button.performClick();
Or, if developing for Ice Cream Sandwich (API Level 15), the callOnClick() method was added. performClick() is more than suitable for your needs, though.
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The accepted answer didn't quite work for me, the thing I was working with didn't have a performClick method. For future people who come here with a situation like mine where you're doing instrumented testing, you might need something like this:
onView(withId(R.id.myButton)).perform(ViewActions.click());
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Karan Sharma
Just to mention for clarity, this code is useful if you are using Espresso library
Please look at Robotium project. It is a test framework for Android and you can achieve what you desire easily with it, and much more.
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mfeingold
for now I'd prefer to stay within the confines of the standard Android testing framework
I had a lot of problems with the performClick method (relating to using the wrong thread and whatnot). I had a lot more luck with using TouchUtils.clickView as outlined in this android training lesson. Here is some sample usage:
public class ClickFunActivityTest extends ActivityInstrumentationTestCase2 {
...
@Override
protected void setUp() throws Exception {
super.setUp();
setActivityInitialTouchMode(true);
mClickFunActivity = getActivity();
mClickMeButton = (Button)
mClickFunActivity.findViewById(R.id.launch_next_activity_button);
}
public void testClickMeButton_clickButtonAndExpectInfoText() {
TouchUtils.clickView(this, mClickMeButton);
//Do some other testing afterward
}
}
The complete code can be found in the link or here.
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