Android revoke permission at start of each test

Question

I\'m using Espresso and UIAutomator to write my test cases. I\'m testing external storage permissions when it\'s denied and when it\'s allowed. I have different test cases w

Answer 1

I ran into the same problem and have applied the following solution ( working great everytime for now)

Create a gradle task:

task revokeLocationPermissions(type: Exec) {
    def revokeLocationPermission = ['adb', 'shell', 'pm', 'revoke', 'yourPackageNameHere' , 'android.permission.ACCESS_FINE_LOCATION']
    commandLine revokeLocationPermission
    outputs.upToDateWhen { false }
}

Go to Run/Debug Configurations, and select your Android Instrumented Test. Below, you will have an option "Before launch:" Click the plus sign, and add your custom gradle task

Hope it helps! I've been trying to find a scalable solution for projects with multiple flavors, and thus multiple package names, but so far nothing that really works.