Espresso Test Failing: No interface method trackUsage() in UsageTracker.java

13
votes

I'm receiving a runtime error No interface method trackUsage() in UsageTracker.java when the lines run in the Espresso test to scroll to a certain element in the RecyclerView list:

   onView(withId(R.id.recyclerView)).perform(scrollTo(hasDescendant(withText(text))));

I'm using RecyclerViewActions for the scrollTo() method.

Here are my current configurations and gradle dependencies:

  • Android Studio 3.0 Canery 9
  • compileSdkVersion 25
  • buildToolsVersion "26.0.1"
  • junit:junit:4.12
  • com.android.support.test:runner:1.0.0
  • com.android.support.test:rules:1.0.0
  • com.android.support.test.espresso:espresso-contrib:2.2.2
  • com.android.support.test.espresso:espresso-core:2.2.2
  • Android Support Library: 25.3.1

Also, for each of the androidTestCompile's I'm using the following excludes:

  • exclude group: 'com.android.support', module: 'appcompat'
  • exclude group: 'com.android.support', module: 'support-v4'
  • exclude group: 'com.android.support', module: 'support-annotations'
  • exclude module: 'recyclerview-v7'

Full error message: No interface method trackUsage(Ljava/lang/String;)V in class Landroid/support/test/internal/runner/tracker/UsageTracker; or its super classes (declaration of 'android.support.test.internal.runner.tracker.UsageTracker' appears in /data/app/adamhurwitz.github.io.doordashlite.test-2/base.apk)

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Check for the version of UsageTracker. Here you have a similar question stackoverflow.com/questions/38951218/… - Ivan
Is UsageTracker declaring the trackUsage in its interface? - Ivan
Thanks for the response @Ivan The trackUsage() method is defined in the UsageTracker interface. - Adam Hurwitz
My current hypothesis is this is an issue with Android Studio 3.0 Canery 9 - Adam Hurwitz

2 Answers

33
votes

I was experiencing the same issue with rules 1.0.0 and runner 1.0.0. Though I was able to solve it by just adding espresso-core 3.0.0. Which avoids the use of outdated versions such as suggested in Erics answer.

com.android.support.test:rules:1.0.0 
com.android.support.test.runner:1.0.0 
com.android.support.test.espresso:espresso-core:3.0.0

EDIT: Meanwhile one should use the AndroidX libraries, the current versions as of 2019 / 06 are:

androidx.test:rules:1.1.0
androidx.test:runner:1.1.0
androidx.test:core:1.0.0
androidx.test.espresso:espresso-core:3.1.0

The up to date versions can in general be found on the Android Developers page.

6
votes

I had the same problem. To fix it I changed the following dependencies from:

com.android.support.test:runner:1.0.0
com.android.support.test:rules:1.0.0

to:

com.android.support.test:runner:0.5
com.android.support.test:rules:0.5

UPDATE:

Michael's answer is better, don't use this outdated version anymore!