When running espresso tests, app resumes instead of restarting

Question

When I run multiple espresso tests, I find that the app does not restart but starts from the same location that it is left off. How to make it start from the beginning everytime

This answer can be useful for you - https://stackoverflow.com/questions/35306423/destroy-and-restart-activity-with-testing-support-library/36779019 — Anatolii, Mar 26 '18 at 15:39

score 1 · Accepted Answer · answered Mar 26 '18 at 19:39

Consider Android Test Orchestrator. It will clear all data and restart Instrumentation between each test.

Add to app Gradle:

android {
  defaultConfig {
   ...
   testInstrumentationRunner "android.support.test.runner.AndroidJUnitRunner"
 }

  testOptions {
    execution 'ANDROID_TEST_ORCHESTRATOR'
  }
}

dependencies {
  androidTestImplementation 'com.android.support.test:runner:1.0.1'
  androidTestUtil 'com.android.support.test:orchestrator:1.0.1'
}

And then run it as follows:

./gradlew connectedCheck

When running espresso tests, app resumes instead of restarting

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