Run Android instrumented tests fail

Question

I tried to implement some unit and instrumented tests for my Android application (Java), my unit tests is working fine but instrumented tests are failing:

@RunWith(AndroidJUnit4.class)
@LargeTest
public class ExampleInstrumentedTest {
    @Rule
    public IntentsTestRule<MainActivity> mActivityRule = new IntentsTestRule<>(MainActivity.class);


    @Test
    public void checkIfCategoriesIsNotEmpty() {
        onView(withId(R.id.header_left_layout)).perform(click());
        onView(withId(R.id.list_view)).check(new ViewAssertion() {
            @Override
            public void check(View view, NoMatchingViewException noViewFoundException) {
                ListView list_categories = (ListView) view;
                ListAdapter adapter = list_categories.getAdapter();
                Assert.assertTrue(adapter.getCount() > 0);
            }
        });
    }

}

When I try to run my test I got this error :

"Run Android instrumented tests using Gradle" option was ignored because this module type is not supported yet.

My Implementations in build.config file are :

 // UNIT TEST
    testImplementation 'junit:junit:4.12'
    testImplementation 'org.hamcrest:java-hamcrest:2.0.0.0'
    testImplementation 'org.junit.jupiter:junit-jupiter-engine:5.7.1'

    // INSTRUMENTED TEST
    androidTestImplementation 'androidx.test:runner:1.1.1'
    androidTestImplementation 'androidx.test.ext:junit:1.1.0'
    androidTestImplementation 'junit:junit:4.12'
    androidTestImplementation 'androidx.test.espresso:espresso-core:3.4.0'
    androidTestImplementation 'androidx.test.espresso:espresso-contrib:3.4.0'
    androidTestImplementation 'androidx.test.espresso:espresso-intents:3.4.0'

Answer 1

the solution is to exclude module: protobuf-lite :

 androidTestImplementation('androidx.test.espresso:espresso-contrib:3.4.0') {
        exclude module: "protobuf-lite"
    }

Answer 2

I just ran into this problem, too. I found the solution in the Android Studio Bumblebee 2021.1.1 release notes under the "Android testing" section.

It basically amounts to unchecking the box next to Run Android instrumented tests using Gradle in the testing settings. This worked for me.