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Espresso ViewActions.swipeRight doesn't work for ViewPager2 on device with API 32+

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Difficulty
4/5
Estimated time
3-5 days
Newbie friendliness
35/100
Issue type
Bug
Clarity
Mostly clear
Activity status
Stale
Tech stack
java

Research direction

Start with the linked sample project's MainActivity and MainActivityTest, then reproduce ViewActions.swipeRight on ViewPager2 on API 31 and API 32+ devices. Compare the gesture behavior with swipeLeft and trace the relevant Espresso entry point. Done means swipeRight pages ViewPager2 instead of triggering back on API 32 and newer.

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Description

Description

As the title says, ViewActions.swipeRight doesn't work on devices with API >= 32 when called on ViewPager2.

Calling a swipeRight on a ViewPager2 triggers a back instead of a swiping on the ViewPager2 itself.

Steps to Reproduce

In the sample project linked below you can find a simple activity MainActivity with a ViewPager2, and a MainActivityTest.

The test just swipes on the view pager using Espresso ViewActions: swipeLeft/swipeRight.
Launching the test on a device with API <= 31 passes, but fails on devices with API 32 and above.

swipeLeft instead, works in any case.

Expected Results

Performing swiping actions on the view pager.

Demo on emulator device with API 31

https://github.com/android/android-test/assets/43886303/c1ffedd4-4b8d-42d7-9093-532f9a9f5655

Actual Results

Back press.

Demo on emulator device with API 32

https://github.com/android/android-test/assets/43886303/690e5456-5622-4ba3-82be-8170cdbb5e2a

AndroidX Test and Android OS Versions
  • agp = "8.3.2"
  • kotlin = "1.9.0"
  • activity = "1.8.2"
  • appcompat = "1.6.1"
  • viewpager2 = "1.0.0"
  • espressoCore = "3.5.1"
  • testCore = "1.5.0"
  • testJunit = "1.1.5"
Link to a public git repo demonstrating the problem:

https://github.com/alecarnevale/EspressoSwipeRightIssue/tree/master

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