I am starting to setup some instrumented tests on my project, but when I run them, I get the following exception on logcat:
2022-04-11 10:41:09.352 24409-24409/com.example.appstartupinstrumentationtest E/AndroidRuntime: FATAL EXCEPTION: main
Process: com.example.appstartupinstrumentationtest, PID: 24409
java.lang.RuntimeException: Unable to get provider androidx.startup.InitializationProvider: androidx.startup.StartupException: java.lang.IllegalStateException: The component was not created. Check that you have added the HiltAndroidRule.
at android.app.ActivityThread.installProvider(ActivityThread.java:8195)
at android.app.ActivityThread.installContentProviders(ActivityThread.java:7726)
at android.app.ActivityThread.handleBindApplication(ActivityThread.java:7546)
at android.app.ActivityThread.access$1500(ActivityThread.java:301)
at android.app.ActivityThread$H.handleMessage(ActivityThread.java:2166)
at android.os.Handler.dispatchMessage(Handler.java:106)
at android.os.Looper.loop(Looper.java:246)
at android.app.ActivityThread.main(ActivityThread.java:8633)
at java.lang.reflect.Method.invoke(Native Method)
at com.android.internal.os.RuntimeInit$MethodAndArgsCaller.run(RuntimeInit.java:602)
at com.android.internal.os.ZygoteInit.main(ZygoteInit.java:1130)
Caused by: androidx.startup.StartupException: java.lang.IllegalStateException: The component was not created. Check that you have added the HiltAndroidRule.
at androidx.startup.AppInitializer.doInitialize(AppInitializer.java:162)
at androidx.startup.AppInitializer.discoverAndInitialize(AppInitializer.java:198)
at androidx.startup.InitializationProvider.onCreate(InitializationProvider.java:38)
at android.content.ContentProvider.attachInfo(ContentProvider.java:2429)
at android.content.ContentProvider.attachInfo(ContentProvider.java:2399)
at android.app.ActivityThread.installProvider(ActivityThread.java:8190)
at android.app.ActivityThread.installContentProviders(ActivityThread.java:7726)
at android.app.ActivityThread.handleBindApplication(ActivityThread.java:7546)
at android.app.ActivityThread.access$1500(ActivityThread.java:301)
at android.app.ActivityThread$H.handleMessage(ActivityThread.java:2166)
at android.os.Handler.dispatchMessage(Handler.java:106)
at android.os.Looper.loop(Looper.java:246)
at android.app.ActivityThread.main(ActivityThread.java:8633)
at java.lang.reflect.Method.invoke(Native Method)
at com.android.internal.os.RuntimeInit$MethodAndArgsCaller.run(RuntimeInit.java:602)
at com.android.internal.os.ZygoteInit.main(ZygoteInit.java:1130)
Caused by: java.lang.IllegalStateException: The component was not created. Check that you have added the HiltAndroidRule.
at dagger.hilt.internal.Preconditions.checkState(Preconditions.java:83)
at dagger.hilt.android.internal.testing.TestApplicationComponentManager.generatedComponent(TestApplicationComponentManager.java:96)
at dagger.hilt.android.testing.HiltTestApplication.generatedComponent(HiltTestApplication.java:49)
at dagger.hilt.EntryPoints.get(EntryPoints.java:59)
at dagger.hilt.android.EntryPointAccessors.fromApplication(EntryPointAccessors.kt:35)
at com.example.appstartupinstrumentationtest.InitializerEntryPoint$Companion.resolve(InitializerEntryPoint.kt:20)
at com.example.appstartupinstrumentationtest.SomeComponentInitializer.create(SomeComponentInitializer.kt:10)
at com.example.appstartupinstrumentationtest.SomeComponentInitializer.create(SomeComponentInitializer.kt:7)
at androidx.startup.AppInitializer.doInitialize(AppInitializer.java:155)
at androidx.startup.AppInitializer.discoverAndInitialize(AppInitializer.java:198)
at androidx.startup.InitializationProvider.onCreate(InitializationProvider.java:38)
at android.content.ContentProvider.attachInfo(ContentProvider.java:2429)
at android.content.ContentProvider.attachInfo(ContentProvider.java:2399)
at android.app.ActivityThread.installProvider(ActivityThread.java:8190)
at android.app.ActivityThread.installContentProviders(ActivityThread.java:7726)
at android.app.ActivityThread.handleBindApplication(ActivityThread.java:7546)
at android.app.ActivityThread.access$1500(ActivityThread.java:301)
at android.app.ActivityThread$H.handleMessage(ActivityThread.java:2166)
at android.os.Handler.dispatchMessage(Handler.java:106)
at android.os.Looper.loop(Looper.java:246)
at android.app.ActivityThread.main(ActivityThread.java:8633)
at java.lang.reflect.Method.invoke(Native Method)
at com.android.internal.os.RuntimeInit$MethodAndArgsCaller.run(RuntimeInit.java:602)
at com.android.internal.os.ZygoteInit.main(ZygoteInit.java:1130)
My real codebase is much more complex, but I created a much simpler project where I am able to reproduce the issue HERE.
From what I understood, when running the instrumentation tests, the startup code is first executed, even before anything on the test class (before @Before and @BeforeClass methods).
What is the best way to handle this?