Android Robotium- Error testing listview

Question

Hi there I have a simple listview I wish to test The row of each listview is represented in the xml file below

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
<LinearLayout xmlns:android="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res/android"
android:layout_width="match_parent"
android:layout_height="match_parent"
android:orientation="horizontal"
 > 

<LinearLayout
    android:layout_width="match_parent"
    android:layout_height="match_parent"
    android:orientation="vertical"
>
    <TextView
        android:id="@+id/id"
        android:layout_width="wrap_content"
        android:layout_height="wrap_content"
        android:textSize="16sp"
        android:textColor="#F87217"
        android:textStyle="bold"
    />

    <TextView
        android:id="@+id/cluster"
        android:layout_width="wrap_content"
        android:layout_height="wrap_content"
        android:textSize="12sp"

    />
    <TextView
        android:id="@+id/school"
        android:layout_width="wrap_content"
        android:layout_height="wrap_content"
        android:textSize="12sp"

    />
    <TextView
        android:id="@+id/level"
        android:layout_width="wrap_content"
        android:layout_height="wrap_content"
        android:textSize="12sp"

    />
    <TextView
        android:id="@+id/size"
        android:layout_width="wrap_content"
        android:layout_height="wrap_content"
        android:textSize="12sp"

    />
    </LinearLayout>
    </LinearLayout>

So i wrote a simple test code to test the textview inside each row of the listview
however, i have error even retrieving the textview inside the 2nd row of the listview

    public class bookLocker2Test extends 

     ActivityInstrumentationTestCase2<TabMainActivity>   

      {
private Solo solo;
private Button allSchoolsButton;
private Button viewLockerButton;

  public bookLocker2Test() {

      super(TabMainActivity.class);
  }

  public void setUp() throws Exception {
        solo = new Solo(getInstrumentation(), getActivity());
        allSchoolsButton = (Button) solo.getCurrentActivity().findViewById(
                com.example.mobilelog6.R.id.btnSoesoss);
        viewLockerButton = (Button) solo.getCurrentActivity().findViewById(
                com.example.mobilelog6.R.id.btnView);

  }


@Override
public void tearDown() throws Exception {
     solo.finishOpenedActivities();
}

public void test(){

    solo.assertCurrentActivity("wrong activity", TabMainActivity.class);


}
public void testButtonClick() {
    solo.clickOnText("Search/Book Lockers");
    solo.clickOnButton("SOE/SOSS");
    solo.clickOnButton("View Locker Selection");



    solo.waitForActivity(PopulateLockerList.class);

    solo.assertCurrentActivity("wrong activity2", PopulateLockerList.class);

    //solo = new Solo(getInstrumentation());
    //ListView mListView = (ListView) 

        solo.getCurrentActivity().findViewById(R.id.listViewLockers);
    ListView mListView = (ListView) solo.getView(R.id.listViewLockers);
    assertNotNull("ListView not allowed to be null",mListView);

        int expectedCount = 10;
        int actualCount = mListView.getAdapter().getCount();
        assertEquals(expectedCount, actualCount);

        ListView l = ( ListView )solo.getCurrentActivity().findViewById(
                com.example.mobilelog6.R.id.listViewLockers);


        assertNotNull("No list views!", l);

        View v = l.getChildAt(1);

        TextView txt =(TextView)v.findViewById(R.id.cluster);


        String abc = txt.toString();
        assertEquals("Incorrect label of the listview 1", "SIS-2-1-102", abc);




      }



         }

Error message i am getting:

junit.framework.ComparisonFailure: Incorrect label of the listview 1 expected:<[SIS-2-1-102]> but was:<[android.widget.TextView@4348a808]>

at this line:

assertEquals("Incorrect label of the listview 1", "SIS-2-1-102", abc);

Please help
Should i be getting a string instead of android.widget.TextView@4348a808

Answer 1

Probably you should change this line

assertEquals("Incorrect label of the listview 1", "SIS-2-1-102", abc);

With this:

assertEquals("Incorrect label of the listview 1", "SIS-2-1-102", abc.equals("SIS-2-1-102"));

Answer 2

The line:

String abc = txt.toString();

Is not doing what you want to do, it is converting the TextView object to string rather than the contents of the textview. What you want is:

String abc = txt.getText().toString();