I am getting this error:
> android.content.Context.getMainLooper()' on a null object reference
>
When calling
new GoogleApiClient.Builder(getApplication())
.addConnectionCallbacks(this)
.addOnConnectionFailedListener(this)
.addApi(LocationServices.API)
.build();
On Tuesday, February 8, 2011 at 10:54:05 AM UTC-5, nate wrote:
>
> Thanks for the response. The assets that I needed for the test
> project were specifically built for testing and we could not
> distribute them in the assets of our app (we are keeping the app
> footprint small), but the workaround I posted above worked fine to get
> the assets from the test project.
>
> On Feb 4, 5:04 pm, "A. Elk" <[email protected]> wrote:
> > Hmmm.
> >
> > ServiceTestCase.getSystemContext() returns the context of the test
> > package. ServiceTestCase.getApplication() gets the Application
> > instance in use by the service under test. It's probably better to use
> > that Application object to look at the assets you want.
> >
> > When you wrote getContext(), I didn't understand which class you were
> > talking about. In a test case class, calling getContext() will usually
> > default to AndroidTestCase.getContext(), which will give you the
> > context of the test package. In an instrumented test case like
> > ActivityInstrumentationTestCase2, you have an Instrumentation object,
> > so you can call getTargetContext() on that object to get the context
> > of the instrumented component under test.
> >
> > To come back to the original problem, which assets do you need to use?
> > Could you build them into your test package as well as the application
> > under test, instead of trying to get them from the app on the fly?
> >
> > On Feb 4, 11:20 am, nate <[email protected]> wrote:
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >
> > > 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 <[email protected]> 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 <[email protected]> wrote:
> >
> > > > > 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" <[email protected]>
> 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 <[email protected]> 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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