When running espresso tests, app resumes instead of restarting

Issue

When I run multiple espresso tests, I find that the app does not restart but starts from the same location that it is left off. How to make it start from the beginning everytime

Solution

Consider Android Test Orchestrator. It will clear all data and restart Instrumentation between each test.

Add to app Gradle:

android {
  defaultConfig {
   ...
   testInstrumentationRunner "android.support.test.runner.AndroidJUnitRunner"
 }

  testOptions {
    execution 'ANDROID_TEST_ORCHESTRATOR'
  }
}

dependencies {
  androidTestImplementation 'com.android.support.test:runner:1.0.1'
  androidTestUtil 'com.android.support.test:orchestrator:1.0.1'
}

And then run it as follows:

./gradlew connectedCheck

Answered By - Aleksander Mielczarek