Scott Babcock sbabcoc

Good question — and this is a common need when testing Android apps directly through Appium + UiAutomator2.

Here’s how you launch your app at a specific activity instead of the default one.

🔹 Option 1: Use Desired Capabilities (simplest)

When you start your session, specify both appPackage and appActivity:

Yes, you can replicate this kind of Intent verification in an integration test, where you validate that your application actually sends an intent to the system as part of its behavior when interacting with the UI. For integration testing with intents, Espresso-Intents is often the go-to library in Android. Here’s how you can use Espresso-Intents for integration testing of intent actions.

Integration Testing Intents with Espresso-Intents

Espresso-Intents lets you intercept and verify outgoing intents without actually launching the external application (like the browser). This approach is more robust in integration tests because it ensures your app is interacting correctly with the Android system.

Steps to Set Up and Use Espresso-Intents

Add Espresso-Intents Dependency Ensure you have Espresso-Intents in your build.gradle file for your androidTest scope:

Certainly! When you use Mockito for testing intent actions, you're primarily concerned with verifying that your application correctly creates and sends the Intent for specific actions (like opening a URL in a browser). Here’s a breakdown of how to set up and use Mockito to test Intent actions in Android:

Step-by-Step Guide to Mocking Intents with Mockito

Add Mockito Dependencies Ensure you have the necessary dependencies for Mockito in your build.gradle file:

testImplementation 'org.mockito:mockito-core:4.x.x'
testImplementation 'org.mockito:mockito-inline:4.x.x' // For mocking final classes/methods

In Selenium 4, you can add arbitrary headers to HTTP requests using the DevTools protocol, which is now integrated into Selenium. Here's how you can do it with Chrome or Edge:

Example in Java (Selenium 4):

Set up the ChromeDriver or EdgeDriver:

import org.openqa.selenium.chrome.ChromeDriver;
import org.openqa.selenium.chrome.ChromeOptions;
import org.openqa.selenium.devtools.DevTools;

layout

title

	package com.nordstrom.automation.selenium.support;

	import java.io.BufferedInputStream;
	import java.io.ByteArrayOutputStream;
	import java.io.IOException;
	import java.io.InputStream;
	import java.lang.reflect.InvocationTargetException;
	import java.lang.reflect.Method;
	import java.net.URL;
	import java.util.HashSet;

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	** Visual Studio 2022 Developer PowerShell v17.12.4
	** Copyright (c) 2022 Microsoft Corporation
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	PS C:\Users\scoba\source\repos> cd C:\github\selenium\
	PS C:\github\selenium> bazelisk build //java/...
	INFO: Analyzed 1801 targets (0 packages loaded, 0 targets configured).
	ERROR: C:/github/selenium/java/src/org/openqa/selenium/grid/BUILD.bazel:221:8: Action java/src/org/openqa/selenium/grid/all-javadocs.jar failed: (Exit -1): javadoc.exe failed: error executing Action command (from target //java/src/org/openqa/selenium/grid:all-javadocs)
	cd /d C:/users/scoba/_bazel_scoba/io65vnbs/execroot/_main
	bazel-out\x64_windows-opt-exec-ST-d57f47055a04\bin\external\rules_jvm_external~\private\tools\java\com\github\bazelbuild\rules_jvm_external\javadoc\javadoc.exe --out bazel-out/x64_windows-fastbuild/bin/java/src/org/openqa/selenium/grid/all-javadocs.jar --element-list bazel-out/x64

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	** Visual Studio 2022 Developer PowerShell v17.12.4
	** Copyright (c) 2022 Microsoft Corporation
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	PS C:\Users\scoba\source\repos> cd C:\github\selenium\
	PS C:\github\selenium> bazel build //java/...
	INFO: Analyzed 1813 targets (3 packages loaded, 282 targets configured).
	INFO: From Compiling absl/types/bad_optional_access.cc [for tool]:
	cl : Command line warning D9002 : ignoring unknown option '-std=c++14'
	INFO: From Compiling absl/time/internal/cctz/src/time_zone_fixed.cc [for tool]:

	Starting OperaDriver 130.0.6723.137 (59d46b95c01984a5b09c060a98a17d81eafc2f11-refs/branch-heads/6723@{#2247}) on port 0
	Only local connections are allowed.
	Please see https://chromedriver.chromium.org/security-considerations for suggestions on keeping OperaDriver safe.
	OperaDriver was started successfully on port 59032.
	[1737678623.193][INFO]: [ffc6c0675707ab23431c425c2e33e556] COMMAND InitSession {
	"capabilities": {
	"firstMatch": [ {
	"appium:automationName": "chromium",
	"browserName": "chrome",
	"goog:chromeOptions": {

	private static final String UPDATE_VALUE =
	"arguments[0].value=arguments[1]; arguments[0].dispatchEvent(new Event('input',{bubbles:true}));";
	private static final String ELEMENT_MESSAGE = "[element] must be non-null";

	/**
	* Update the specified element with the indicated value
	*
	* @param element target element (checkbox)
	* @param value desired value
	* @return 'true' if element value changed; otherwise 'false'