Thanks Jake. That makes sense. Also, I like the workaround for the build type. pretty slick!
On Thu, Apr 24, 2014 at 12:25 AM, Jake Wharton <[email protected]>wrote: > And to specifically answer your question, no you cannot duplicate a class > in the app and the test app. The device loads the classes from both APKs > inside the same process using the same class loader when invoking and > running your tests.x > > > On Thu, Apr 24, 2014 at 12:24 AM, Jake Wharton <[email protected]>wrote: > >> The easiest way that we've found to have test specific classes is to add >> another build type and change the instrumentation tests to use it instead >> of debug or release. >> >> >> On Thu, Apr 24, 2014 at 12:04 AM, Kaushik Gopal <[email protected]> wrote: >> >>> Ah.. this isn't a library project. Its definitely an app project. >>> >>> So am I right in understanding that we can't have two versions of the >>> same class - one in the main source set and the other in the androidTest >>> source set? >>> >>> Is there an alternative strategy then for having "test" specific >>> versions of a class file (as we have in the case of different product >>> flavors ?) >>> On Apr 23, 2014 9:55 PM, "Xavier Ducrohet" <[email protected]> wrote: >>> >>>> Is this a library project? >>>> >>>> For library project, the code of the library is packaged with the code >>>> of the test in a single apk, so you cannot have the same class twice. >>>> >>>> For app project, when loading the test apk, the Android runtime will >>>> complain if it finds the same class in both the tested app and the test app >>>> so you cannot do that either. >>>> >>>> >>>> On Wed, Apr 23, 2014 at 8:33 PM, Kaushik Gopal <[email protected]> wrote: >>>> >>>>> I'm using gradle for my android build process. Is it possible to have >>>>> a specific version of a class in the androidTest folder, for the test >>>>> environment alone? >>>>> >>>>> I know you cannot have classes at a different build levels i.e. we >>>>> cannot have the same class across a "buildType" (debug/release), >>>>> "productFlavor"(flavor1, flavor2, default) or "source >>>>> set"(main/androidTest) so: >>>>> >>>>> - debug + flavor1 = not allowed >>>>> - flavor1 + main = not allowed >>>>> - main + debug = not allowed >>>>> >>>>> - flavor1 + flavor2 = allowed >>>>> - debug + release = allowed >>>>> >>>>> so my expectation would be that >>>>> >>>>> - main + androidTest = allowed (because they are at the same build >>>>> level i.e. source set) >>>>> >>>>> But this does not seem to be the case. I get a duplicate class file. >>>>> Can someone let me know of a way to achieve this? >>>>> >>>>> *My reasoning as to why I would want this is because, for testing >>>>> alone i want to inject mock modules, based on a strategy recommended here >>>>> <http://stackoverflow.com/questions/23233362/getting-dagger-to-inject-mock-objects-when-doing-espresso-functional-testing-for>.* >>>>> >>>>> -- >>>>> You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google >>>>> Groups "adt-dev" group. >>>>> To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send >>>>> an email to [email protected]. >>>>> For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. >>>>> >>>> >>>> >>>> >>>> -- >>>> Xavier Ducrohet >>>> Android SDK Tech Lead >>>> Google Inc. >>>> http://developer.android.com | http://tools.android.com >>>> >>>> Please do not send me questions directly. Thanks! >>>> >>>> -- >>>> You received this message because you are subscribed to a topic in the >>>> Google Groups "adt-dev" group. >>>> To unsubscribe from this topic, visit >>>> https://groups.google.com/d/topic/adt-dev/RY7J8w6QOG4/unsubscribe. >>>> To unsubscribe from this group and all its topics, send an email to >>>> [email protected]. >>>> >>>> For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. >>>> >>> -- >>> You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google >>> Groups "adt-dev" group. >>> To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send >>> an email to [email protected]. >>> For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. >>> >> >> > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to a topic in the > Google Groups "adt-dev" group. > To unsubscribe from this topic, visit > https://groups.google.com/d/topic/adt-dev/RY7J8w6QOG4/unsubscribe. > To unsubscribe from this group and all its topics, send an email to > [email protected]. > For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. > -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "adt-dev" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
