Description

When I execute my android integration test, I receive a NullPointerException in AndroidGoogleTest. It appears the stackTraceFile argument is null, which is pulled from controller.getDeviceProperties().get("dalvik.vm.stack-trace-file")

My build file

android_binary(
  name = "euchrepay_googleplay_test_binary",
  instruments = "//java/com/jeffreys/euchrepay/googleplay",
  manifest = "AndroidManifest.xml",
  custom_package = "com.jeffreys.euchrepay.googleplay.test",
  deps = ["//javatests/com/jeffreys/common/euchre/ui:test_lib"],
)

android_instrumentation_test(
  name = "euchrepay_googleplay_test",
  target_device = "@android_test_support//tools/android/emulated_devices/generic_phone:google_27_x86_qemu2",
  size = "large",
  args = [
    "--clear_package_data",
  ],
  test_app = ":euchrepay_googleplay_test_binary",
  flaky = True,
)

Sample test

package com.jeffreys.common.euchre.ui;

import static org.junit.Assert.assertNotNull;

import androidx.test.filters.LargeTest;
import androidx.test.rule.ActivityTestRule;
import androidx.test.runner.AndroidJUnit4;
import com.jeffreys.common.euchre.android.HelpActivity;
import org.junit.Rule;
import org.junit.Test;
import org.junit.runner.RunWith;

@RunWith(AndroidJUnit4.class)
@LargeTest
public class HelpTest {
  @Rule
  public ActivityTestRule<HelpActivity> activityRule = new ActivityTestRule<>(HelpActivity.class);

  @Test
  public void verifyActivityCanBeCreated() {
    assertNotNull(activityRule.getActivity());
  }
}

Steps to Reproduce

FLAGS="-c opt --incompatible_disable_deprecated_attr_params=false --incompatible_new_actions_api=false --host_force_python=PY2"

bazel test ${FLAGS} --spawn_strategy=standalone --test_timeout=300 //javatests/com/jeffreys/euchrepay/googleplay/...

This is on my system, though reproducing on another system is likely to be a challenge.

Expected Results

Test runs and generates the proper pass/fail results

Actual Results

There was 1 failure:                                                                                                      
1) initializationError(com.google.android.apps.common.testing.suite.AndroidDeviceTestSuite)                               
java.lang.RuntimeException: Failed to create tests for given list of methods:                                             
com.jeffreys.common.euchre.ui.HelpTest#verifyActivityCanBeCreated                                                         
com.jeffreys.common.euchre.ui.PreferencesTest#verifyActivityCanBeCreated                                                  
com.jeffreys.common.euchre.ui.TestGame#testCardLoader                                                                     
com.jeffreys.common.euchre.ui.TestGame#testOnRestart
com.jeffreys.common.euchre.ui.TestGame#testPauseResume
com.jeffreys.common.euchre.ui.TestGame#verifyActivityCreated
com.jeffreys.common.euchre.ui.TestGame#verifyRestart
com.jeffreys.common.euchre.ui.UIUtilTest#verifyCardToDrawableId
com.jeffreys.common.euchre.ui.UIUtilTest#verifySVGLoading
com.jeffreys.common.euchre.ui.UIUtilTest#verifyUniqueIds
com.jeffreys.common.euchre.ui.ViewHandsTest#verifyActivityCreated
com.jeffreys.common.euchre.ui.ViewHandsTest#verifyCount
com.jeffreys.common.euchre.ui.ViewStatsTest#verifyActivityIsCreated
com.jeffreys.common.euchre.ui.ViewStatsTest#verifyListHasItems
com.jeffreys.common.euchre.ui.ViewStatsTest#verifyNumberOfGamesIsShown
        at com.google.android.apps.common.testing.suite.AndroidDeviceTestSuite$Builder.makeNativeTestSuite(AndroidDeviceTe
stSuite.java:188)
        at com.google.android.apps.common.testing.suite.AndroidDeviceTestSuite$Builder.build(AndroidDeviceTestSuite.java:1
03)
        at com.google.android.apps.common.testing.suite.AndroidDeviceTestSuite.suite(AndroidDeviceTestSuite.java:64)
        at java.base/jdk.internal.reflect.NativeMethodAccessorImpl.invoke0(Native Method)
        at java.base/jdk.internal.reflect.NativeMethodAccessorImpl.invoke(NativeMethodAccessorImpl.java:62)
        at java.base/jdk.internal.reflect.DelegatingMethodAccessorImpl.invoke(DelegatingMethodAccessorImpl.java:43)
        at java.base/java.lang.reflect.Method.invoke(Method.java:566)
        at org.junit.internal.runners.SuiteMethod.testFromSuiteMethod(SuiteMethod.java:35)
        at org.junit.internal.runners.SuiteMethod.<init>(SuiteMethod.java:24)
        at org.junit.internal.builders.SuiteMethodBuilder.runnerForClass(SuiteMethodBuilder.java:11)
        at org.junit.runners.model.RunnerBuilder.safeRunnerForClass(RunnerBuilder.java:59)
        at org.junit.internal.builders.AllDefaultPossibilitiesBuilder.runnerForClass(AllDefaultPossibilitiesBuilder.java:2
6)
        at org.junit.runners.model.RunnerBuilder.safeRunnerForClass(RunnerBuilder.java:59)
        at org.junit.internal.requests.ClassRequest.getRunner(ClassRequest.java:33)
        at com.google.testing.junit.runner.internal.junit4.MemoizingRequest.createRunner(MemoizingRequest.java:48)
        at com.google.testing.junit.runner.internal.junit4.MemoizingRequest.getRunner(MemoizingRequest.java:34)
        at com.google.testing.junit.runner.junit4.JUnit4TestModelBuilder.get(JUnit4TestModelBuilder.java:49)
        at com.google.testing.junit.runner.junit4.JUnit4TestModelBuilder.get(JUnit4TestModelBuilder.java:27)
        at com.google.testing.junit.runner.util.MemoizingSupplier.get(MemoizingSupplier.java:44)
        at com.google.testing.junit.runner.junit4.JUnit4Runner.run(JUnit4Runner.java:92)
        at com.google.testing.junit.runner.BazelTestRunner.runTestsInSuite(BazelTestRunner.java:153)
        at com.google.testing.junit.runner.BazelTestRunner.main(BazelTestRunner.java:84)
Caused by: java.lang.NullPointerException
        at com.google.common.base.Preconditions.checkNotNull(Preconditions.java:888)
        at com.google.android.apps.common.testing.suite.AndroidGoogleTest.<init>(AndroidGoogleTest.java:96)
        at com.google.android.apps.common.testing.suite.AndroidGoogleTest.<init>(AndroidGoogleTest.java:58)
        at com.google.android.apps.common.testing.suite.AndroidGoogleTest$Builder.build(AndroidGoogleTest.java:162)
        at com.google.android.apps.common.testing.suite.AndroidDeviceTestSuite$Builder.makeNativeTestSuite(AndroidDeviceTe
stSuite.java:181)
        ... 21 more

AndroidX Test and Android OS Versions

bazel 3.3.1

android_sdk_repository(
    name="androidsdk",
    path="/var/lib/jenkins/tools/android-sdk",
    api_level=29,
    build_tools_version="29.0.3")
...

git_repository(
    name = "android_test_support",
    commit = "e694b99",
    remote = "https://github.com/android/android-test",
)

maven_install(
    artifacts = [
        "androidx.annotation:annotation:1.1.0",
        "androidx.appcompat:appcompat:1.1.0",
        "androidx.fragment:fragment:1.1.0",
        "androidx.preference:preference:1.1.0",
        "androidx.core:core:1.1.0",
        "androidx.test.espresso:espresso-core:3.3.0-rc01",
        "androidx.test.espresso:espresso-idling-resource:3.3.0-rc01",
        "androidx.test:core:1.3.0-rc01",
        "androidx.test.ext:junit:1.1.2-rc01",
        "androidx.test:monitor:1.3.0-rc01",
        "androidx.test:rules:1.3.0-rc01",
        "androidx.test:runner:1.3.0-rc01",
        "com.google.android.gms:play-services-ads:18.2.0",
        "com.google.android.gms:play-services-ads-lite:18.2.0",

        ...
  ]
)

Link to a public git repo demonstrating the problem:

My repo is private