Android Espresso performs longClick instead of click

Issue

onData(anything()).inAdapterView(withId(R.id.ScheduleOrderListViewListView))
                .atPosition(0).perform(click());

perfoms 50% of the time a longtouch - is there are a good workaround?

Solution

This is an unfortunate side effect of how tap events are passed from your test code over RPC to the Android application under test. The best description of why clicks are sometimes executed as long clicks can be found in the Espresso source code.

It is unlikely this issue will be fixed anytime soon. The best option you have of avoiding the issue is to run your tests on higher spec devices. This is because the likelihood of the issue occurring is dependent on system load.

Answered By - Charles Harley