Android Espresso Revealed: Writing Automated UI Tests

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5. Verifying and Stubbing Intents with IntentMatchers

Denys Zelenchuk¹ 

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Zürich, Switzerland

 

Throughout this chapter, we will discuss how to verify and stub application intents. An intent is a messaging object you can use to request an action from another app component. Intents facilitate communication between components in several ways. According to the Android Intent and Filters documentation ( https://developer.android.com/guide/components/intents-filters ), there are three fundamental use cases:

• Starting an activity—An activity represents a single screen in the Android application. An activity instance can be launched by passing an intent ...