Indeed. Although separate configurations would also allow that just the
same (i.e., testCompile vs androidTestCompile).

On Thu, Oct 9, 2014 at 11:57 AM, Michael Wallstedt <[email protected]
> wrote:

> For one, having separate test modules also allows you to isolate the test
> dependencies from each other.
>
> On Tuesday, October 7, 2014 10:41:11 PM UTC-7, Jake Wharton wrote:
>>
>> This is a function of a lack of support for multiple test source sets in
>> a single module by Android Studio. If this was remedied what actual use
>> case would there be for depending on an app module?
>>
>> On Tue, Oct 7, 2014 at 6:45 PM, Michael Wallstedt <[email protected]>
>> wrote:
>>
>>> The following blog outlines a solution for having test code depend upon
>>> the application directly. This seems like a somewhat elaborate workaround
>>> for what should be a fairly common case. Is there a better way?
>>>
>>> http://blog.blundell-apps.com/android-gradle-app-with-
>>> robolectric-junit-tests/
>>>
>>> On Thursday, July 24, 2014 5:39:59 PM UTC-7, Siva Velusamy wrote:
>>>>
>>>> Thanks for the test case. I understand your question now, and yes, I
>>>> don't think depending on an Android application would work. You'd either
>>>> put your tests inside your app itself, or create a jar.
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> On Thu, Jul 24, 2014 at 2:53 PM, Michael Wallstedt <
>>>> [email protected]> wrote:
>>>>
>>>>> I've attached a simple application that demonstrates the issue. With
>>>>> this example, if I invoke the gradle task project-test:compileDebugJava,
>>>>> the compilation fails with:
>>>>>
>>>>> /usr/local/google/home/mikewallstedt/dev/bigtop_android/
>>>>> test_proj_poc/project-test/java/com/google/example/test/MainTest.java:3:
>>>>> error: cannot find symbol
>>>>> import com.google.example.Main;
>>>>>                          ^
>>>>>   symbol:   class Main
>>>>>   location: package com.google.example
>>>>> /usr/local/google/home/mikewallstedt/dev/bigtop_android/
>>>>> test_proj_poc/project-test/java/com/google/example/test/MainTest.java:6:
>>>>> error: cannot find symbol
>>>>>   private Main main;
>>>>>           ^
>>>>>   symbol:   class Main
>>>>>   location: class MainTest
>>>>> 2 errors
>>>>> :project-test:compileDebugJava FAILED
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>> On Monday, July 14, 2014 6:20:49 PM UTC-7, Siva Velusamy wrote:
>>>>>
>>>>>> Could you provide a sample project that demonstrates this issue? Just
>>>>>> a simple "Hello world" app module and an additional test module would do.
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>> On Mon, Jul 14, 2014 at 6:08 PM, Michael Wallstedt <
>>>>>> [email protected]> wrote:
>>>>>>
>>>>>>>  I have a project with separate modules for several libraries, a
>>>>>>> module for the application, and another module for the tests. In the 
>>>>>>> test
>>>>>>> module, there are references back to the application, which IntelliJ 
>>>>>>> seems
>>>>>>> to handle just find (i.e. ctrl+click takes me where I expect). However, 
>>>>>>> if
>>>>>>> I "make" the test module, there are several errors about missing symbols
>>>>>>> from the application.
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> I assume that when gradle eventually calls out to javac, the
>>>>>>> classpath is missing a reference to the application source. Could this 
>>>>>>> be
>>>>>>> because the application module is generated from the
>>>>>>> 'com.android.application' plugin, as opposed to 'com.android.library'? I
>>>>>>> suppose I could extract another library just for the source that is
>>>>>>> referenced in tests, and wrap that with a thin shell to create the 
>>>>>>> actual
>>>>>>> application, but this seems rather heavy handed. Is there a better way?
>>>>>>>
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