Android Espresso Revealed: Writing Automated UI Tests

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9. Dealing with Runtime System Actions and Permissions

Denys Zelenchuk¹ 

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Zürich, Switzerland

 

Nowadays, most Android applications support multiple locales, and many request different system permissions, for example permission to access the device camera, location permissions, and permission to write to external storage.

With the evolution of the Android platform, the approach to application permissions has changed in favor of user privacy. Starting from API level 23, application permissions are asked during application runtime and upon user requests. Such permissions are represented by a system popup or system dialog and are not the part of ...