Android Espresso Intents test randomly fail with ``init() must be called prior to using this method``

Question

I am working on pushing a project into espresso testing currently. I have read a bunch of documents and follow the given practises to get started.

Everything works f

Answer 1

IntentsTestRule is derived from ActivityTestRule and should manage Intents.init() and Intents.release() for you.

However, in my case the IntentsTestRule did not work properly. So I switch back to ActivityTestRule and call Intents.init() before and Intents.release() after the test which sent the Intent.

For more information please see this reference.