trying to make uiautomation work

AndroidE2E/app/src/androidTest/java/com/reactnativenavigation/e2e/androide2e/ApplicationLifecycleTest.java

 package com.reactnativenavigation.e2e.androide2e;
 
 import android.annotation.TargetApi;
+import android.app.Instrumentation;
 import android.content.Intent;
+import android.provider.Settings;
 import android.support.test.filters.SdkSuppress;
 import android.support.test.runner.AndroidJUnit4;
 import android.support.test.uiautomator.By;
 import android.support.test.uiautomator.UiDevice;
+import android.support.test.uiautomator.UiSelector;
 import android.support.test.uiautomator.Until;
 
+import org.junit.After;
+import org.junit.Before;
 import org.junit.Test;
 import org.junit.runner.RunWith;
 
 @TargetApi(23)
 public class ApplicationLifecycleTest {
 
-    public static final String PACKAGE_NAME = "com.reactnativenavigation.playground";
+    private static final String PACKAGE_NAME = "com.reactnativenavigation.playground";
+    private static final int TIMEOUT = 10000;
+    private Instrumentation.ActivityMonitor activityMonitor;
+
+    @Before
+    public void beforeEach() {
+        activityMonitor = new Instrumentation.ActivityMonitor("com.reactnativenavigation.playground.MainActivity", null, false);
+        getInstrumentation().addMonitor(activityMonitor);
+    }
+
+    @After
+    public void afterEach() {
+        getInstrumentation().removeMonitor(activityMonitor);
+    }
 
     @Test
     public void showSplash_AcceptsOverlayPermissions_ShowsWelcomeScreen() throws Exception {
         launchTheApp();
+        assertThat(uiDevice().wait(Until.hasObject(By.desc("NavigationSplashView")), TIMEOUT)).isTrue();
 
-//        assertThat(rule.getActivity().getContentView()).isNotNull().isInstanceOf(NavigationSplashView.class);
+//        UiObject2 o = uiDevice().findObject(By.desc("NavigationSplashView"));
+//        assertThat(uiDevice().wait(Until.hasObject(By.clazz("com.reactnativenavigation.views.NavigationSplashView")), TIMEOUT)).isTrue();
+//        assertThat(activityMonitor.waitForActivity()).isNotNull();
+//        activity = activityMonitor.getLastActivity();
+//        uiDevice().wait(Until.hasObject(By.clazz("com.reactnativenavigation.views.NavigationSplashView")), TIMEOUT);
 //        acceptOverlayPermissionIfNeeded();
+
+//        assertThat(uiDevice().findObject(new UiSelector().className("com.reactnativenavigation.views.NavigationSplashView")).exists()).isTrue();
+//        assertThat(rule.getActivity().getContentView()).isNotNull().isInstanceOf(NavigationSplashView.class);
 //        assertMainShown();
     }
 
-//    private void acceptOverlayPermissionIfNeeded() throws Exception {
-//        if (Settings.canDrawOverlays(getInstrumentation().getTargetContext())) {
-//            return;
-//        }
-//        uiDevice().waitForIdle();
-//        uiDevice().findObject(new UiSelector().text("Playground")).click();
-//        uiDevice().findObject(new UiSelector().text("Permit drawing over other apps")).click();
-//        uiDevice().pressBack();
-//        uiDevice().pressBack();
-//    }
+    private void acceptOverlayPermissionIfNeeded() throws Exception {
+        if (Settings.canDrawOverlays(activityMonitor.getLastActivity())) {
+            return;
+        }
+        uiDevice().waitForIdle();
+        uiDevice().findObject(new UiSelector().text("Playground")).click();
+        uiDevice().findObject(new UiSelector().text("Permit drawing over other apps")).click();
+        uiDevice().pressBack();
+        uiDevice().pressBack();
+    }
 //        uiDevice().findObject(new UiSelector().description("Apps")).clickAndWaitForNewWindow();
 
     private void launchTheApp() throws Exception {
         uiDevice().wakeUp();
         uiDevice().pressHome();
         uiDevice().waitForIdle();
-        Intent intent = getInstrumentation().getTargetContext().getPackageManager().getLaunchIntentForPackage(PACKAGE_NAME);
+        Intent intent = getInstrumentation().getContext().getPackageManager().getLaunchIntentForPackage(PACKAGE_NAME);
         assertThat(intent).isNotNull();
-        getInstrumentation().getTargetContext().startActivity(intent);
-        uiDevice().wait(Until.hasObject(By.pkg("com.reactnativenavigation.playground").depth(0)), 5000);
+        getInstrumentation().getContext().startActivity(intent);
+        uiDevice().wait(Until.hasObject(By.pkg(PACKAGE_NAME).depth(0)), TIMEOUT);
     }
 
     private UiDevice uiDevice() {

android/app/src/main/java/com/reactnativenavigation/views/NavigationSplashView.java

         super(context);
         ImageView image = new ImageView(context);
         image.setImageResource(R.drawable.logo);
+        image.setContentDescription("NavigationSplashView");
         addView(image);
     }
 }