How to access files from assets folder during tests execution?

Question

How to access files from assets folder during unit tests execution? My project is build using Gradle, I use Robolectric to run tests. It seems like gradle is being recognizing t

Answer 1

Updating as for Roboelectric 3.1

    @Test
    public void shouldGetJSONFromAsset() throws Exception{
         Assert.assertNotNull(RuntimeEnvironment.application); //Getting the application context
         InputStream input = RuntimeEnvironment.application.getAssets().open("fileName.xml");// the file name in asset folder
         Assert.assertNotNull(input);
        }

See also

1. 2.4 to 3.0 Upgrade Guide
2. 3.0 to 3.1 Upgrade Guide

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Answer 2

If everything is correct, then you'll need something like this to read it:

public String readFileFromAssets(String fileName, Context context) throws IOException {
    InputStreamReader stream = new InputStreamReader(context.getAssets().open(fileName));
    Preconditions.checkNotNull(stream, "Stream is null");
    BufferedReader reader = new BufferedReader(new InputStreamReader(stream, "UTF-8"));
    return IOUtils.toString(reader);
}

You need to pass Context for it to work.

Another thing to verify if you have configured assets in Gradle correctly? Here is just an example:

sourceSets {
    main {
        java.srcDirs = ['src/main']
        // can be configured in different way
        assets.srcDirs = ['src/androidTest/assets']
        // other things, examples
        res.srcDirs = ['res']
        manifest.srcFile 'AndroidManifest.xml'
    }
}