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

I kept trying out various methods to find why @blade's answer was not working for me, to only realize that I have an OnTouchListener(), I modified the ViewAction accordingly:

fun clickTopicToWeb(id: Int): ViewAction {

        return object : ViewAction {
            override fun getDescription(): String {...}

            override fun getConstraints(): Matcher {...}

            override fun perform(uiController: UiController?, view: View?) {

                view?.findViewById(id)?.apply {

                    //Generalized for OnClickListeners as well
                    if(isEnabled && isClickable && !performClick()) {
                        //Define click event
                        val event: MotionEvent = MotionEvent.obtain(
                          SystemClock.uptimeMillis(),
                          SystemClock.uptimeMillis(),
                          MotionEvent.ACTION_UP,
                          view.x,
                          view.y,
                          0)

                        if(!dispatchTouchEvent(event))
                            throw Exception("Not clicking!")
                    }
                }
            }
        }
    }