What is configuring-test-dependencies?

A guide to the Gradle libraries needed for Jetpack Compose UI tests, including tests that run on a device and host-side tests that run on the computer. Gradle is Android's build and dependency system.

Use it when Compose test imports are unresolved, test activities fail to launch, Robolectric tests need setup, or accessibility checks must be enabled.

It prevents common setup failures caused by putting a library in the wrong test source set or leaving out the test manifest needed to start Compose tests.

configuring-test-dependencies — Skill for Claude Code and Codex by skydoves: A guide to the Gradle libraries needed for Jetpack…

Install

Getting it into your agent

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agentmods

npx agentmods add skills/skydoves/android-testing-skills/configuring-test-dependencies

Any agent

npx skills add skydoves/android-testing-skills --skill configuring-test-dependencies

Clone the repo

git clone --depth 1 https://github.com/skydoves/android-testing-skills

Made for: Claude Code, Codex.

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README.md

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Model	Per session	Once invoked
Fable 5	$0.00166	$0.03796
Opus 5	$0.00083	$0.01898
Sonnet 5	$0.00033	$0.00759
Haiku 4.5	$0.00017	$0.00380

Measured 5d ago against content hash f944ef164875, method: parsed. Prices are Anthropic first-party input rates as of 2026-08-30, from the pricing page.

Security

Grade A, and why

configuring-test-dependencies scanned grade A with 0 findings against 26 rules in 11 categories — prompt injection, anti-refusal, data exfiltration, privilege escalation, supply chain, agent snooping, system-prompt leakage, SSRF and excessive agency — measured 5d ago.

A static scan of the body, not an audit. Every finding is printed with the line that produced it so you can judge whether it matters here. A mod is markdown that instructs an agent; that is exactly why what it instructs is worth reading.

Nothing flagged

None of the 26 patterns this scan looks for appear in this file: no shell pipes, no recursive deletes, no credential paths, no hidden text, no instruction-override or anti-refusal phrasing, no agent-config snooping. That is not a guarantee, it is the absence of the things that are checkable.

compose/setup/configuring-test-dependencies/SKILL.md · 257 lines

How it starts

The opening of the file, as written. The whole thing — 257 lines — stays where its author put it; the contents beside it link to each section on GitHub.

Configuring Test Dependencies — Get the Gradle Matrix Right

Compose UI tests fail at the dependency layer in three predictable ways: the JUnit4 surface is on the wrong source set, the ui-test-manifest artifact is missing or on the wrong configuration, or the host-test trio is incomplete. This skill encodes the exact matrix and the lint warning that polices it. Subsequent skills (choosing-test-rule-vs-runtest/SKILL.md, setting-up-host-vs-device-tests/SKILL.md) assume the dependencies are correct.

When to use this skill

The user reports java.lang.RuntimeException: Could not launch activity within 45 seconds. Examined activities: ... androidx.activity.ComponentActivity or ActivityNotFoundException.
The IDE flags createComposeRule as unresolved or import androidx.compose.ui.test.junit4.createComposeRule as red.
Lint surfaces TestManifestGradleConfiguration (severity WARNING) on a build.gradle.kts line.
The user wants to add Robolectric / host (JVM) tests for Compose and asks which artifacts to depend on.
The user wants to opt into enableAccessibilityChecks(...) and is unsure which artifact owns it.

When NOT to use this skill

Dependencies are already correct and the user is choosing between createComposeRule() and runComposeUiTest { } — use ./choosing-test-rule-vs-runtest/SKILL.md.
Dependencies compile but the test runs in the wrong source set (test/ vs androidTest/) — use ./setting-up-host-vs-device-tests/SKILL.md.
The test compiles and runs but is flaky/timing-out — start with ../../synchronization/synchronizing-with-idle/SKILL.md.

Prerequisites

Android Gradle Plugin with the com.android.application or com.android.library plugin applied.
A Compose-enabled module (the org.jetbrains.kotlin.plugin.compose plugin or buildFeatures.compose = true).
A JUnit4 dependency on the test classpath (Compose's ui-test-junit4 artifact still uses JUnit4; JUnit5 requires a third-party Vintage engine bridge and is out of scope).

Read the full file on GitHub · 257 lines

Changes

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configuring-test-dependencies is a skill published in the GitHub repository skydoves/android-testing-skills (318 stars, last pushed 3mo ago), licensed Apache-2.0. It adds 166 tokens to every session and 3,796 once invoked, about $0.0008 per session on Opus 5. A static security scan graded it A with 0 findings. No closer match exists in the catalogue, so it is treated as the original; first seen 2026-08-30.

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