Accessing application context from TestSuite in Setup() before calling getActivity()

Question

I have an Activity that pulls an object from an Application extended class (application context) from within the OnCreate() method.

Answer 1

Ok, this issue is resolved. To get access to the context before getActivity() has been called you need to call this function:

Context context = this.getInstrumentation().getTargetContext().getApplicationContext();

Answer 2

You can get the application context using the androidx.test.core.app.ApplicationProvider.getApplicationContext(). Cast that to your application and it should be the right context.

Answer 3

In kotlin val context = InstrumentationRegistry.getInstrumentation().context worked for me.

Answer 4

You can call the static method for the Context:

Context context = InstrumentationRegistry.getTargetContext();

More details can be found here: https://developer.android.com/training/testing/integration-testing/index.html

Answer 5

Always use this.getInstrumentation().getTargetContext() to access the context of the application.

this.getInstrumentation().getTargetContext().getApplicationContext() is not same as this.getInstrumentation().getTargetContext()

I was running the automation in 4.0.X versions and most of the time getApplicationContext() was returning null context.

Answer 6

With the newer UI testing framework getInstrumentation() is no longer available. One way to get hold of the Application object is to cast the application Context:

Application app = 
        (Application) InstrumentationRegistry
                .getTargetContext()
                .getApplicationContext();