How to Add Permissions to AndroidManifest.xml for Tests

Question

The docs state:

As mentioned previously, next to the main sourceSet is the androidTest sourceSet, located by default in src/androidTest/ .... The sourceSet should not contain an AndroidManifest.xml as it is automatically generated.

So, if I want to add extra permissions for the tests, what is the correct way to do it?

Answer 1

As of version 0.13.0 (released 2014/09/18) of the Android Gradle plugin it is now possible to have a custom manifest for Android tests.

It is now possible to provide a manifest for test apps (src/androidTest/AndroidManifest.xml)

Source: https://sites.google.com/a/android.com/tools/tech-docs/new-build-system

For more information see the sample "gradle_examples_0.14.4/tree/master/androidManifestInTest" - although it seems to me that there's no special configuration needed.