Can one test Support v7 SearchView with Espresso on Android

Issue

I am doing some instrumented tests on my app in Android, but hit a wall. I have a SearchView which is from android's v7 support library, and I want to test this somehow. I guess its not directly clickable, since I tried it with conventional ways like:

onView(withId(R.id.search_view)).perform(click())

Is there any way to test such SearchView with Espresso?

Solution

The solution depends on the initial state of the SearchView.If it is collapsed, you have to open it first:

onView(withId(R.id.your_search_menu_id)).perform(click());

Then you can type into it.

There are two ways:

1. By search autocomplete id, which is public

   onView(withId(android.support.design.R.id.search_src_text)).perform(typeText("something"));
   

2. By using the fact, that it is AutoCompleteTextView

   onView(isAssignableFrom(AutoCompleteTextView.class)).perform(typeText("something"));
   

Answered By - R. Zagórski