java.lang.SecurityException: Permission Denial: getIntentSender() when using UiAutomation in a test
android, android-testing, android-uiautomator
Solution
This isn't an answer for why UIAutomator isn't catching the error, but rather a possible workaround that I found. When accessibility services are on I am unable to get an UIAutomator dump because I receive the error you described. When I turn off TalkBack and/or Switch Access in the Accessibility settings I no longer get the Permission Denial error and UIAutomator dump works successfully. Not sure if this will help you, but I can reproduce your issue every time with accessibility services ON in Lollipop(Nexus 5).
Problem
Whenever I try to use `UiAutomation` in any test through `getInstrumentation().getUiAutomation()`, the process crashes with this exception: ``` java.lang.SecurityException: Permission Denial: getIntentSender() from pid=30334, uid=2000, (need uid=1000) is not allowed to send as package android at android.os.Parcel.readException(Parcel.java:1540) at android.os.Parcel.readException(Parcel.java:1493) at android.app.IUiAutomationConnection$Stub$Proxy.disconnect(IUiAutomationConnection.java:225) at android.app.UiAutomation.disconnect(UiAutomation.java:240) at android.app.Instrumentation.finish(Instrumentation.java:197) at android.test.InstrumentationTestRunner.onStart(InstrumentationTestRunner.java:575) at android.app.Instrumentation$InstrumentationThread.run(Instrumentation.java:1837) ``` Any idea why? I'm using Gradle through Android Studio, tried various versions, calling it directly through `adb`, even without any external dependency (and obviously with at least SDK 18)... Always crashing. This is the only official example I've found: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_SlBHUW0ybM