java.lang.NoSuchMethodError: No static method registerDefaultInstance with Firebase Performance and Espresso Instrumented Tests

Question

When I adding implementation 'com.google.firebase:firebase-perf-ktx:19.1.0' I cannot start espresso instrumented tests ("app" scheme building ok). When I trying to start Espresso test, I have

Test running failed: Process crashed.
java.lang.NoSuchMethodError: No static method registerDefaultInstance(Ljava/lang/Class;Lcom/google/protobuf/GeneratedMessageLite;)V in class Lcom/google/protobuf/GeneratedMessageLite

But if I'm deleting implementation 'com.google.firebase:firebase-perf-ktx:19.1.0' everything working fine. How to keep Firebase Performance library and Espresso Instrumented tests?

Answer 1

In my case it seems to be caused by protobuf-lite:3.0.1 dependency from recently updated androidTestImplementation 'androidx.test.espresso:espresso-contrib:3.4.0' which I was able to fix with this exclude

androidTestImplementation (androidx.test.espresso:espresso-contrib:3.4.0'){
    exclude module: "protobuf-lite"
}

In case of KTX

testImplementation('androidx.test.espresso:espresso-contrib:3.4.0') {
        exclude(module = "protobuf-lite")
    }

Answer 2

It looks like you might need to modify how you specify your dependency and use something like this:

implementation(Deps.Firebase.performance)
    {
        exclude(group = "com.google.protobuf", module="protobuf-java")
    }

Source:

https://github.com/firebase/firebase-android-sdk/issues/1907

Answer 3

This is work:

androidTestImplementation("androidx.test.espresso:espresso-contrib:3.4.0") 
{
    exclude(group: "com.google.protobuf", module: "protobuf-lite")
}

Answer 4

This is work:

androidTestImplementation('androidx.test.espresso:espresso-contrib:3.4.0') {
exclude module: "protobuf-lite"

} androidTestImplementation ('androidx.test.espresso:espresso-accessibility:3.4.0') { exclude module: "protobuf-lite" }

Answer 5

As pointed out, it's the protobuf-lite runtime, which is coming with androidx.test.espresso:espresso-contrib dep.

When inspecting dependencies, it seems that this dep comes in play when running Instumentation test in debug mode (debugAndroidTestRuntimeClasspath)

 ./gradlew app:dependencies

Adding following line in apps build.gradle will exclude it on debugAndroidTestRuntimeClasspath configuration and your test should be running fine again:)

configurations
{
    debugAndroidTestRuntimeClasspath.exclude group: 'com.google.protobuf' module: 'protobuf-lite'
}