Is it possible to find out if an Android application runs as part of an instrumentation test

Question

Is there a runtime check for an application to find out if it runs as part of an instrumentation test?

Background: Our application performs a database sync when star

Answer 1

If you are using Robolectric, you can do something like this:

public boolean isUnitTest() {
        String device = Build.DEVICE;
        String product = Build.PRODUCT;
        if (device == null) {
            device = "";
        }

        if (product == null) {
            product = "";
        }
        return device.equals("robolectric") && product.equals("robolectric");
    }