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

This seems to work for me to close all of the activities in the stack except the first one.

   @After
   @Override
   public void tearDown() throws Exception
   {
      Intent intent = new Intent(getActivity(), getActivity().getClass());
      intent.addFlags(Intent.FLAG_ACTIVITY_CLEAR_TOP); // Removes other Activities from stack
      intent.addFlags(Intent.FLAG_ACTIVITY_SINGLE_TOP);
      myActivity.startActivity(intent);
      super.tearDown();

   }