Has anybody managed to disable animations through code when running Espresso tests? I've been trying to follow the instructions in this webpage (linked to from here):
https://code.google.com/p/android-test-kit/wiki/DisablingAnimations
Unfortunately it does not appear to be working, as I keep seeing this permissions error:
04-27 15:48:28.694 303-342/system_process W/PackageManager﹕ Not granting permission android.permission.SET_ANIMATION_SCALE to package com.cookbrite.dev (protectionLevel=50 flags=0x18be46)
I was really hoping to avoid reconfiguring my device/emulators. We frequently run individual tests locally and it will annoy me if I have to keep toggling settings.
I noticed some other developers complaining that this doesn't work, so I might not be alone:
https://groups.google.com/forum/#!msg/android-test-kit-discuss/TCil7kMQRTM/QK1qCjzM6KQJ
I finally got this to work. Here is a Gist listing the required steps:
https://gist.github.com/daj/7b48f1b8a92abf960e7b
The key step that I had missed was running adb to grant the permission:
adb shell pm grant com.mypackage android.permission.SET_ANIMATION_SCALE
Adding the permission to the manifest and running the reflection steps did not seem to be enough on their own.