trying to run espresso tests but needs overlay permissions

android/app/build.gradle

@@ -61,7 +61,4 @@ dependencies {
     testCompile 'org.robolectric:robolectric:3.2.2'
     testCompile 'org.assertj:assertj-core:2.5.0'
     testCompile 'org.mockito:mockito-core:2.7.5'
-
-    // native e2e
-    androidTestCompile 'com.android.support.test.espresso:espresso-core:2.2.2'
 }

android/app/src/main/AndroidManifest.xml

@@ -2,10 +2,10 @@
     package="com.reactnativenavigation">
 
     <application>
-        <activity android:name=".controllers.NavigationActivity"/>
+        <activity android:name=".controllers.NavigationActivity" />
 
-        <!--<activity
+        <activity
             android:name="com.facebook.react.devsupport.DevSettingsActivity"
-            android:exported="false" />-->
+            android:exported="false" />
     </application>
 </manifest>

android/app/src/test/java/com/reactnativenavigation/ApplicationTest.java

@@ -1,12 +0,0 @@
-package com.reactnativenavigation;
-
-import org.junit.Test;
-
-import static org.assertj.core.api.Java6Assertions.assertThat;
-
-public class ApplicationTest {
-    @Test
-    public void startingActivity() {
-        assertThat(1+2).isNotZero();
-    }
-}

playground/android/app/build.gradle

@@ -11,6 +11,8 @@ android {
         targetSdkVersion 25
         versionCode 1
         versionName "1.0"
+
+        testInstrumentationRunner "android.support.test.runner.AndroidJUnitRunner"
     }
 }
 
@@ -20,4 +22,20 @@ dependencies {
     compile 'com.android.support:design:25.1.1'
     compile "com.android.support:appcompat-v7:25.1.1"
     compile project(':react-native-navigation')
+
+    // native e2e
+    androidTestCompile 'com.android.support:support-annotations:25.1.1'
+    androidTestCompile 'com.android.support.test:runner:0.5'
+    androidTestCompile 'com.android.support.test:rules:0.5'
+    androidTestCompile('com.android.support.test.espresso:espresso-core:2.2.2') {
+        exclude module: 'jsr305'
+    }
+    androidTestCompile('com.android.support.test.espresso:espresso-contrib:2.2.2') {
+        exclude module: 'support-annotations'
+        exclude module: 'support-v4'
+        exclude module: 'support-v13'
+        exclude module: 'recyclerview-v7'
+        exclude module: 'design'
+        exclude module: 'jsr305'
+    }
 }

playground/android/app/src/androidTest/java/com/reactnativenavigation/playground/ApplicationTest.java

@@ -0,0 +1,25 @@
+package com.reactnativenavigation.playground;
+
+import android.support.test.espresso.action.ViewActions;
+import android.support.test.rule.ActivityTestRule;
+import android.support.test.runner.AndroidJUnit4;
+
+import org.junit.Rule;
+import org.junit.Test;
+import org.junit.runner.RunWith;
+
+import static android.support.test.espresso.Espresso.onView;
+import static android.support.test.espresso.matcher.ViewMatchers.withText;
+
+@RunWith(AndroidJUnit4.class)
+public class ApplicationTest {
+
+    @Rule
+    public ActivityTestRule<MainActivity> mActivityRule = new ActivityTestRule<>(MainActivity.class);
+
+    @Test
+    public void startsTheApp() {
+        
+        onView(withText("Playground")).perform(ViewActions.click());
+    }
+}

playground/package.json

@@ -7,8 +7,9 @@
     "start": "adb reverse tcp:8081 tcp:8081; watchman watch-del-all; react-native start",
     "xcode": "open ios/playground.xcodeproj",
     "android": "cd android && ./gradlew installDebug",
-    "xcodeunit": "node ./scripts/xCodeUnit.js",
-    "e2e": "node ./scripts/e2e.ios.js"
+    "xcodeunit": "node ./scripts/unit.ios.js",
+    "e2e-android": "node ./scripts/e2e.android.js",
+    "e2e-ios": "node ./scripts/e2e.ios.js"
   },
   "//": "use react-native-navigation: 2.x.x --> we are manually installing it from a script for quicker workflow. Along with detox and shell-utils",
   "dependencies": {},

playground/scripts/e2e.android.js

@@ -0,0 +1,20 @@
+const _ = require('lodash');
+const shellUtils = require('shell-utils');
+const fs = require('fs');
+
+const release = _.includes(process.argv, 'release');
+
+function e2e() { //eslint-disable-line
+  try {
+    shellUtils.exec.execSync(`echo 'travis_fold:start:android-espresso'`);
+    shellUtils.exec.execSync(`cd android && ./gradlew connectedDebugAndroidTest`);
+  } finally {
+    shellUtils.exec.execSync(`echo 'travis_fold:end:android-espresso'`);
+  }
+}
+
+function run() {
+  e2e();
+}
+
+run();

scripts/test.ios.js

@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@ function run() {
   process.chdir('./playground');
   exec.execSync(`yarn run quickinstall`);
   exec.execSync(`yarn run xcodeunit`);
-  exec.execSync(`yarn run e2e release`);
+  exec.execSync(`yarn run e2e-ios release`);
   process.chdir('../');
 }