Change manifestPlaceholders in androidTest manifest

Question

I have got manifest placeholder for service:

<service
        android:name=".MyService"
        android:process="${processName}">

In my build.gradle I replaced it.

android {  
    defaultConfig {
        manifestPlaceholders = [
                processName: ':Proc'
        ]
    }
}

But for my espresso tests (androidTest) I need empty value in the processName. How can I do this?

I have tried to do this with buildTypes, but it doesn't work (BuildType names cannot start with "androidTest")

How did you do that finally? – Anton Shkurenko May 20 '20 at 12:52 — Anton Shkurenko, May 20 '20 at 12:52
See the accepted answer @AntonShkurenko – shmakova May 20 '20 at 12:53 — shmakova, May 20 '20 at 12:53
Huh, didn't work for me :( But thanks – Anton Shkurenko May 20 '20 at 13:02 — Anton Shkurenko, May 20 '20 at 13:02

score 2 · Accepted Answer · answered Jun 24 '19 at 09:37

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This example works for me with Gradle plugin 3.4.1:

android {
    unitTestVariants.all {
        it.mergedFlavor.manifestPlaceholders += [
                placeHolderName: "placeHolderValue"
        ]

        it.mergedFlavor.addResValue(new ClassFieldImpl("string", "resValueName", "resValueValue"))
    }
}

answered Jun 24 '19 at 09:37

HotIceCream

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Doesn't work for androidTest even with testVariants instead of unitTestVariants – Anton Shkurenko May 20 '20 at 12:25
Same, this doesn't work for my espresso setup – Rob Jul 01 '21 at 12:05

Nicolás Carrasco-Stevenson · Answer 2 · 2018-02-19T12:43:17.937

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I think that the best approach here would be to write a second AndroidManifest just for your instrumented tests, as suggested by the documentation

../app/src/androidTest/AndroidManifest.xml

<service
   android:name=".MyService"
   android:process="">

edited Feb 19 '18 at 12:43

answered Feb 19 '18 at 12:33

Nicolás Carrasco-Stevenson

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It doesn't work :( In merged manifest there is the service from the main manifest, not overrided – shmakova Feb 19 '18 at 13:00
You must consider that there are *two* APKs generated, one for your app and the other one for testing. Inspect the one used for testing and see if service was overwritten. If you are still having problems, try giving a look at [this question](https://stackoverflow.com/questions/26244998/androidmanifest-in-androidtest-directory-being-ignored) – Nicolás Carrasco-Stevenson Feb 19 '18 at 13:06

score 0 · Answer 3 · answered Dec 28 '18 at 14:22

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Simply adding manifest will not help, because you need to provide merging strategy for it just use:

 <service
   android:name=".MyService"
   android:process="" 
   tools:node="replace">

Than in merged manifest you should get correct value.

answered Dec 28 '18 at 14:22

Serge

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score 0 · Answer 4 · answered Feb 27 '23 at 09:53

subprojects {
    afterEvaluate { subproject ->
        def String taskRequests = getGradle().getStartParameter().getTaskRequests().toString()
        if (taskRequests.contains("AndroidTest")) {
            android {
                defaultConfig {
                    manifestPlaceholders = [
                        placeHolderName: "placeHolderValue"
                    ]
                }
            }
        }
    }
}

Change manifestPlaceholders in androidTest manifest

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