pressBack() is ignored in a Espresso Test

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The Espresso's method pressBack() is totally ignored. I'm running the test on the emulator.

What I'm testing? Just calling an Activity, launching a second one, performing two backs, and checking that I'm out of the app.

Pretty sure it's not ignored. All my tests are utilizing the `Espresso.pressBack()` and they work as intended. — Murat Karagöz, Dec 14 '16 at 12:42
But the golden rule in Espresso testing is to **not** use the auto importer. You have to import the relevant package yourself. — Murat Karagöz, Dec 14 '16 at 12:43

Roc Boronat · Accepted Answer · 2020-09-21T14:24:25.317

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Use

import static android.support.test.espresso.Espresso.pressBack;

or

import static androidx.test.espresso.Espresso.pressBack;

instead of

import static android.support.test.espresso.action.ViewActions.pressBack;

edited Sep 21 '20 at 14:24

answered Dec 14 '16 at 12:42

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import androidx.test.espresso.Espresso.pressBack – snersesyan Sep 17 '20 at 17:27
Thank you so much, @snersesyan! Great contribution :·) – Roc Boronat Sep 21 '20 at 14:24

Roc Boronat · Answer 2 · 2021-01-22T10:22:27.170

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Another solution there:

Stop using regular Espresso and start using Barista. There, clicking the back button is clickBack() instead of pressBack(), so it will never conflict with anything.

... and well, Barista gives a lot of more features, but I just got some karma points for this question, and asked myself why am I not having this issue anymore? Oh, because of Barista! I should introduce it here.

Feel free to check it out: https://github.com/AdevintaSpain/Barista

edited Jan 22 '21 at 10:22

answered May 05 '20 at 12:16

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As far as I understand the only thing that Barista does, in this case, is calling Espresso "pressBack" method. – Jakub Mosakowski Nov 23 '20 at 22:30
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Totally, but thanks to the name change, it won't conflict with Espresso's ViewAction, which compiles but does nothing but driving you mad. It's just a convenient method that makes life an easier place to be. Actually, the whole Barista library is just a convenient thing to make life better, haha! – Roc Boronat Nov 24 '20 at 09:22

pressBack() is ignored in a Espresso Test

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