Android Base64 encode and decode return null in Unit Test

Question

I am attempting to decode a Base64 encoded string in Android using the http://developer.android.com/reference/android/util/Base64.html class.

Both the encodeToString and

Answer 1

You can use the Robolectric Runner

1. Add the dependency in your build.gradle:

   testCompile 'org.robolectric:robolectric:X.X.X'
   

2. Add this line in your testing class:

   import org.junit.runner.RunWith;
   import org.robolectric.RobolectricTestRunner;
   
   @RunWith(RobolectricTestRunner.class)
   public class MyTestingClassTest {
       ...
   }