Robotium in Android Studio with Cucumber - android-studio

Question

I have been trying to integrate Cucumber(java) with Robotium to add BDD to android tests in the Android studio. Unfortunately i am getting stuck trying to run the Cucumber features as it is not able to identify the step definitions.
My folder structure is as below:
ParentProject
|
Module
|
src
|
instrumentTest
|
java(this is the source root in build.gradle)
|
cucumbertests
|
CukeRunner.java
|
steps
|
resources
|
cucumbertests
|
Sample.feature
The above setup works fine in intellij.
My build.gradle in the module is as follows:
buildscript {
dependencies {
repositories {
mavenCentral()
mavenLocal()
}
classpath 'com.android.tools.build:gradle:0.7.3'
}
}
apply plugin: 'android'
dependencies {
repositories {
mavenCentral()
mavenLocal()
}
compile 'com.nineoldandroids:library:2.4.0'
compile 'com.android.support:support-v4:19.0.0'
compile 'com.android.support:appcompat-v7:19.0.0'
compile 'com.google.android.gms:play-services:4.0.30'
compile 'com.squareup:otto:1.3.4'
compile 'com.squareup.dagger:dagger:1.1.0'
compile 'com.squareup.dagger:dagger-compiler:1.1.0'
compile 'com.squareup.okhttp:okhttp:1.2.1'
compile 'com.squareup.retrofit:retrofit:1.2.1'
compile 'com.google.code.gson:gson:2.2.4'
compile 'com.google.guava:guava:15.0'
compile 'com.google.maps.android:android-maps-utils:0.2.1'
compile 'se.emilsjolander:StickyScrollViewItems:1.1.0'
compile fileTree(dir: 'libs', include: '*.jar')
instrumentTestCompile 'com.jayway.android.robotium:robotium-solo:4.3.1'
instrumentTestCompile 'info.cukes:cucumber-android:1.1.5'
instrumentTestCompile 'info.cukes:cucumber-junit:1.1.5'
instrumentTestCompile 'info.cukes:cucumber-picocontainer:1.1.5'
instrumentTestCompile 'info.cukes:gherkin:2.12.2'
}
android {
testBuildType "debug"
compileSdkVersion 19
buildToolsVersion '19.0.0'
defaultConfig {
minSdkVersion 9
targetSdkVersion 19
}
compileOptions {
sourceCompatibility JavaVersion.VERSION_1_6
targetCompatibility JavaVersion.VERSION_1_6
}
signingConfigs {
debug {
storeFile file('../certificate/debug.keystore')
}
}
sourceSets {
instrumentTest {
java.srcDirs = ['src/instrumentTest/java','src/instrumentTest/cucumber']
}
main {
manifest.srcFile 'src/main/AndroidManifest.xml'
java.srcDirs = ['src/main/java', 'AndroidRSS/src']
resources.srcDirs = ['src/main/res']
aidl.srcDirs = ['src/main/aidl']
renderscript.srcDirs = ['src/main/rs']
res.srcDirs = ['src/main/res']
assets.srcDirs = ['src/main/assets']
}
}
}
Error i get is that Cucumber hasnt been able to detect the step definitions. Since this structure works in intellij i think it may just be different way to be able to have this working in Android studio.
I am trying to have a test work like this https://stackoverflow.com/a/19940625/1165859
My feature file is :
The Feature file run config is :
The cukerunner is
package cucumbertests;
import org.junit.runner.RunWith;
import cucumber.api.junit.Cucumber;
#RunWith(Cucumber.class)
#Cucumber.Options()
public class cukerunner {
}
Run results i get are:
Inspite of these methods implemented in the cucumbertests.steps

Answer 1

It seems gradle tags are misplaced in build.gradle script file . Please look at below build.gradle file and do the necessary changes.
buildscript {
repositories {
mavenCentral() // This only tells gradle where the to find the android plugin
}
dependencies {
classpath 'com.android.tools.build:gradle:0.7.3'
}
}
apply plugin: 'android'
repositories {
mavenCentral()
mavenLocal()
}
dependencies {
compile 'com.nineoldandroids:library:2.4.0'
compile 'com.android.support:support-v4:19.0.0'
compile 'com.android.support:appcompat-v7:19.0.0'
compile 'com.google.android.gms:play-services:4.0.30'
compile 'com.squareup:otto:1.3.4'
compile 'com.squareup.dagger:dagger:1.1.0'
compile 'com.squareup.dagger:dagger-compiler:1.1.0'
compile 'com.squareup.okhttp:okhttp:1.2.1'
compile 'com.squareup.retrofit:retrofit:1.2.1'
compile 'com.google.code.gson:gson:2.2.4'
compile 'com.google.guava:guava:15.0'
compile 'com.google.maps.android:android-maps-utils:0.2.1'
compile 'se.emilsjolander:StickyScrollViewItems:1.1.0'
compile fileTree(dir: 'libs', include: '*.jar')
instrumentTestCompile 'com.jayway.android.robotium:robotium-solo:4.3.1'
instrumentTestCompile 'info.cukes:cucumber-android:1.1.5'
instrumentTestCompile 'info.cukes:cucumber-junit:1.1.5'
instrumentTestCompile 'info.cukes:cucumber-picocontainer:1.1.5'
instrumentTestCompile 'info.cukes:gherkin:2.12.2'
}
android {
testBuildType "debug"
compileSdkVersion 19
buildToolsVersion '19.0.0'
defaultConfig {
minSdkVersion 9
targetSdkVersion 19
}
compileOptions {
sourceCompatibility JavaVersion.VERSION_1_6
targetCompatibility JavaVersion.VERSION_1_6
}
signingConfigs {
debug {
storeFile file('../certificate/debug.keystore')
}
}
sourceSets {
instrumentTest {
java.srcDirs = ['src/instrumentTest/java','src/instrumentTest/cucumber']
}
main {
manifest.srcFile 'src/main/AndroidManifest.xml'
java.srcDirs = ['src/main/java', 'AndroidRSS/src']
resources.srcDirs = ['src/main/res']
aidl.srcDirs = ['src/main/aidl']
renderscript.srcDirs = ['src/main/rs']
res.srcDirs = ['src/main/res']
assets.srcDirs = ['src/main/assets']
}
}
}
What is there inside src/instrumentTest/cucumber directory. If you have any java classes there I think you have to move then in java directory of test project.

Answer 2

On cucumber github page there's a new implementation of how to use cucumber on Android Studio.
I've tested today and it worked
Check it out: https://github.com/cucumber/cucumber-jvm/tree/master/examples/android/android-studio/Cukeulator
I'll be glad to help if you have any doubts