OK, I found a solution:
I created a context to our test package and was able to access the
assets:
mTestAppContext = getContext().createPackageContext("com.blah.test",
Context.CONTEXT_IGNORE_SECURITY);
Just in case anyone else needs a workaround.
On Feb 4, 10:36 am, nate <nat...@cisco.com> wrote:
> Also, i put the test assets in the target project's directory and was
> able to access them with:
>
> getSystemContext().getAssets().list(".")
>
> On Feb 4, 10:31 am, nate <nroy...@gmail.com> wrote:
>
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> > I checked my setUp() method and I do call super.setUp() as the first
> > line. The reason I believe the contexts are the same are two-fold:
>
> > I tried both:
>
> > getSystemContext().getAssets().list(".")
> > getContext().getAssets().open(".");
>
> > and neither of them listed any files. The second reason is that I
> > read the code for ServiceTestCase and saw that the getSystemContext()
> > is just the
> > same context retrieved by getContext(), but it's grabbed before any
> > tests have a chance to mess with it(according to the comment in the
> > code):
>
> > @Override
> > protected void setUp() throws Exception {
> > super.setUp();
>
> > // get the real context, before the individual tests have a
> > chance to muck with it
> > mSystemContext = getContext();
>
> > }
>
> > So it would seem that getting the context to the app the testcase is
> > in is not possible with the ServiceTestCase, unless I am missing
> > something.
>
> > On Feb 3, 9:15 pm, "A. Elk" <lancaster.dambust...@gmail.com> wrote:
>
> > > What leads you to believe that both Context objects contain the same
> > > information? If you do a getSystemContext() you should get the context
> > > that's stored during setUp(). The only thing that might screw this up
> > > is if you overrode setUp() but forgot to call super.setUp() first.
>
> > > On Feb 2, 2:08 pm, nate <nroy...@gmail.com> wrote:
>
> > > > Hey Everyone,
> > > > I don't know if I am doing something wrong here, but when I am
> > > > trying to use the ServiceTestCase class to test my Service, I cannot
> > > > get a context which points to the test project. getContext() and
> > > > getSystemContext() both seem to point to the target project's
> > > > context. The reason I need the context of my test app is that i have
> > > > some assets which i need to be able to use in order to test the
> > > > service in question. Does anyone know of a workaround or could point
> > > > me at a way of resolving this? (i looked through the source of
> > > > ServiceTestCase and didn't see another way)
>
> > > > Something similar to instrumentationtestcase's
> > > > getInstrumentation.getContext() is what I am looking for.
>
> > > > Thanks.
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