Efficient Android UI Testing

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Shows how to get fast, stable Android UI tests by doing concrete things: run Robolectric for JVM locals and device instrumentation with two built APKs, use Espresso + UI Automator for app and system UI, add Compose test rules for Jetpack Compose, extract a common-test module, build a robots/DSL that isolates framework calls, use snapshot (screenshot) comparisons, mock backend with WireMock or use short‑lived dev servers, revoke permissions with adb or orchestrator, and split end‑to‑end vs functional tests to avoid flakes.

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1. 0:00Start
2. 23:28Testing permissions
3. 25:59Clean up data after test execution
4. 30:04Real data vs Fake data

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