getActivity() call causes RuntimeException: Could not launch intent Intent act=android.intent.action.MAIN

Question

Updated #1: more info added to the end of this post

I\'m new to Android development and testing.

I have three Espresso tests. First test passes, but the

Answer 1

I found a workaround. I added code that hits back button multiple times in the tearDown() method to close all previously opened activities. Unfortunately I didn't found another method how to close all opened activities in Espresso. Robotium has a very convenient method for that purpose solo.finishOpenedActivities().

public void tearDown() throws Exception {
    Log.d(TAG, "TEARDOWN");

    goBackN();

    super.tearDown();
}

private void goBackN() {
    final int N = 10; // how many times to hit back button
    try {
        for (int i = 0; i < N; i++)
            Espresso.pressBack();
    } catch (com.google.android.apps.common.testing.ui.espresso.NoActivityResumedException e) {
        Log.e(TAG, "Closed all activities", e);
    }
}