Espresso Device API Failure when Changing Screen Orientation

Start with the ReplyAppTests class and its app_rotate test from the linked reproduction pull request, using the stated Android, emulator, Espresso Device, and Android Gradle Plugin versions. Reproduce the orientation change failure and investigate the DeviceControllerOperationException; done means the test changes to landscape and finds the "Search emails" node successfully.

Description

While running Espresso device testing, the task "app:connectedDebugAndroidTest" fails. This happens when attempting to set the screen orientation from portrait to landscape within a test case.

Steps to Reproduce

1. Pull the code from the following link: https://github.com/takahirom/compose-samples/pull/2/files
2. Set the emulator version to 33.1.13-10332831, Android version to 13.0 (T) - API 33.
3. Set androidx-test-espresso-device version to "1.0.0-alpha05" and Android Gradle Plugin version to "8.2.0-alpha10".
4. Run the code, specifically the ReplyAppTests class with the app_rotate test function.

The test function attempts to switch the screen orientation from portrait to landscape, then asserts that a node with the text "Search emails" exists.

Expected Results

The test should change the orientation to landscape successfully and the node with the text "Search emails" should be found.

Actual Results

The test fails with an DeviceControllerOperationException: Failed to set screen orientation. The status code returned is UNAVAILABLE and the cause is a SocketException: socket failed: EPERM (Operation not permitted).

com.example.reply.ReplyAppTests > app_rotate[Pixel_6_Pro_API_33(AVD) - 13] FAILED
androidx.test.espresso.device.controller.DeviceControllerOperationException: Failed to set screen orientation. Status: Status{code=UNAVAILABLE, description=null, cause=java.net.SocketException: socket failed: EPERM (Operation not permitted)
at java.net.Socket.createImpl(Socket.java:517)
Tests on Pixel_6_Pro_API_33(AVD) - 13 failed: There was 1 failure(s).

AndroidX Test and Android OS Versions

AndroidX Test Espresso Device: "1.0.0-alpha05"
Android OS: 13.0 (T) - API 33
Android Gradle Plugin: "8.2.0-alpha08"
Emulator version: 33.1.13-10332831

Link to a public git repo demonstrating the problem:

The issue can be observed in the following pull request: https://github.com/takahirom/compose-samples/pull/2/files