How can I access raw resources in android test projects?

Question

This is my test class:

public class AndroidTunerTest extends
        ActivityInstrumentationTestCase2<AndroidTunerActivity> {
    [...]
}

But I can't access the context of my test project, I can only access the context of the Activity I want to test. So I don't know how to read the resources in the same way mentioned here:

Android how to get access to raw resources that i put in res folder?

I don't want to bundle all the test resources in my main app because the testing has very big files which aren't relevant for the real app.

What can I do?

score 4 · Accepted Answer · answered Aug 19 '11 at 14:33

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Got it...

this.getInstrumentation().getContext().getResources().openRawResource(R.raw.blah_blah);

Took me a bit of debugging and introspecting the ActivityInstrumentationTestCase2 inheritance tree.

answered Aug 19 '11 at 14:33

ubershmekel

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If you don't need an Activity, you can just test with a subclass of `InstrumentationTestCase`. – Matt Connolly May 01 '13 at 04:50
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If you're using the JUnit4 runner (not the case but for future visitors), use `InstrumentationRegistry.getContext().getResources...` – Jose Alcérreca Jan 15 '16 at 15:20

How can I access raw resources in android test projects?

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