junit - Android :java.lang.SecurityException: Injecting to another application requires INJECT_EVENTS permission

Question

Hi there I am new to Android Junit testing:

I have written some test code in MainActivityFunctionalTest.java file

MainActivityFunctionalTest.java:

package com.example.myfirstapp2.test;

public class MainActivityFunctionalTest extends ActivityInstrumentationTestCase2<Login>{

private static final String TAG = "MainActivityFunctionalTest";
private Login activity;

  public MainActivityFunctionalTest() {
    super(Login.class);
  }


  @Override
  protected void setUp() throws Exception {
     Log.d(TAG,"Set-Up");
     super.setUp();
    setActivityInitialTouchMode(false);
    activity = getActivity();
  }

  public void testStartSecondActivity() throws Exception {
      // add monitor to check for the second activity
        ActivityMonitor monitor =
            getInstrumentation().
              addMonitor(DisplayMessageActivity.class.getName(), null, false);
        //addMonitor(MainActivity.class.getName(), null, false);
     // find button and click it
        Button view = (Button) activity.findViewById(R.id.btnLogin);

        // TouchUtils handles the sync with the main thread internally
        TouchUtils.clickView(this, view);

        // to click on a click, e.g., in a listview
        // listView.getChildAt(0);

        // wait 2 seconds for the start of the activity
        DisplayMessageActivity startedActivity = (DisplayMessageActivity) 

     monitor
            .waitForActivityWithTimeout(5000);
        assertNotNull(startedActivity);

        // search for the textView
        TextView textView = (TextView) startedActivity.findViewById(R.id.Email);

        // check that the TextView is on the screen
        ViewAsserts.assertOnScreen(startedActivity.getWindow().getDecorView(),
            textView);
        // validate the text on the TextView
        assertEquals("Text incorrect", "1http://www.vogella.com", 

         textView.getText().toString());

        // press back and click again
        this.sendKeys(KeyEvent.KEYCODE_BACK);

        TouchUtils.clickView(this, view);

  }


    }

However,I get an error: java.lang.SecurityException: Injecting to another application requires INJECT_EVENTS permission

at com.example.myfirstapp2.test.MainActivityFunctionalTest.testStartSecondActivity(MainActivityFunctionalTest.java:70)

 TouchUtils.clickView(this, view);

Please help

Answer 1

I had the same problem, and my code was something like this (for a normal login activity):

    onView(withId(R.id.username))
            .perform(new TypeTextAction("test_user"));
    onView(withId(R.id.password))
            .perform(new TypeTextAction("test123"));
    onView(withId(R.id.login)).perform(click());

The last line was crashing with SecurityException. Turned out after the last text typing, the keyboard was left open, hence the next click was considered on a different application.

To fix this, I simply had to close the keyboard after typing. I also had to add some sleep to make sure the keyboard is closed, otherwise the test would break every now and then. So the final code looked like this:

    onView(withId(R.id.username))
            .perform(new TypeTextAction("test_user"));
    onView(withId(R.id.password))
            .perform(new TypeTextAction("test123")).perform(closeSoftKeyboard());
    Thread.sleep(250);
    onView(withId(R.id.login)).perform(click());

This worked just fine.