If(('connectedAndroidTest') || task.name. will also include connectedUiAutomatorTest (not implemented yet) Both of these targets are equivalent today, although in future connectedCheck Clear Application Data (once) before running instrumentation test we have to iterate to find the 'debug' variant to obtain a variant referenceĪ ]' Run 'adb' shell command to clear application data of main app for 'debug' variant

I had added a hook onto connectedCheck in adle to clear the data of the main app before starting the instrumentation test. When run from within IDE by clicking the instrumentation test configuration (green Android robot logo with red/green arrows) **Executing tasks: **Īs you can see, the last gradle target is assembleDebugTest When run from command line $ gradle connectedCheck :MyMainApp:assembleDebug UP-TO-DATE I discovered that .AndroidJUnitRunner kind of cheats - it never actually invokes connectedCheck or connectedAndroidTest. If this parameter is not set, the build cache is disabled by default. How can I get Android Studio (AndroidJunitRunner) to clear application data preceding an instrumentation test without manually running adb command? Step 1 In an Android project, open the gradle.properties file and add the following parameters: android.enableBuildCachetrue Set to true or false to enable or disable the build cache.

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