Using Espresso to click view inside RecyclerView item

Question

How can I use Espresso to click a specific view inside a RecyclerView item? I know I can click the item at position 0 using:

onView(withId(R.i

Answer 1

Now with android.support.test.espresso.contrib it has become easier:

1)Add test dependency

androidTestCompile('com.android.support.test.espresso:espresso-contrib:2.0') {
    exclude group: 'com.android.support', module: 'appcompat'
    exclude group: 'com.android.support', module: 'support-v4'
    exclude module: 'recyclerview-v7'
}

*exclude 3 modules, because very likely you already have it

2) Then do something like

onView(withId(R.id.recycler_grid))
            .perform(RecyclerViewActions.actionOnItemAtPosition(0, click()));

Or

onView(withId(R.id.recyclerView))
  .perform(RecyclerViewActions.actionOnItem(
            hasDescendant(withText("whatever")), click()));

Or

onView(withId(R.id.recycler_linear))
            .check(matches(hasDescendant(withText("whatever"))));