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ApplicationProvider

class ApplicationProvider

Provides ability to retrieve the current application Context in tests.

This can be useful if you need to access the application assets (eg getApplicationContext().getAssets()), preferences (eg getApplicationContext().getSharedPreferences()), file system (eg getApplicationContext().getDir()) or one of the many other context APIs in test.

Summary

Public constructors

Public functions
java-static T!
<T : Context?> getApplicationContext()

Returns the application android.content.Context for the application under test.

Public constructors

ApplicationProvider

ApplicationProvider()

Public functions

getApplicationContext

java-static fun <T : Context?> getApplicationContext(): T!

Returns the application android.content.Context for the application under test.

See also
Context