Robolectric: Resources$NotFoundException: String resource ID with Android Gradle Plugin 3

Question

Android Studio 3.0 Beta2
classpath \'com.android.tools.build:gradle:3.0.0-beta3\'
testCompile \'org.robolectric:robolectric:3.4.2\'

Test class that

Answer 1

The Robolectric documentation states that the following configuration should be used with Android Studio 3.x:

android {
  testOptions {
    unitTests.includeAndroidResources true
  }
}

Answer 2

In my case the following solved my issue: "Problem is related to android studio. Go to 'Run' -> 'Edit configurations...' and change 'Working directory' value to $MODULE_DIR$

Run your tests.

More info here under 'Building with Android Studio'."

reference: https://github.com/robolectric/robolectric/issues/2653