Idling Resource – Android Testing Patterns #404:33

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Published on February 12, 2017

Espresso does most of the heavy lifting for you when it comes to detecting when the UI is idle. But if you’re using any custom background threads or scheduling for long running jobs, you might need to add and manage an IdlingResource to tell Espresso when your app is busy and when it’s idle.

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