Does Robolectric support API level?

Question

I have some Test which I would like to run with Robolectric, I use the 2.3-SNAPSHOT as my APP uses the ActionbarCompat i needed to use 2.3-SNAPSHOT Version as Robolectric could not find the AppCompat Themes before. So I setup the Classpath in Eclipse and I end up with this:

java.lang.UnsupportedOperationException: Robolectric does not support API level 9, sorry!
at org.robolectric.SdkConfig.<init>(SdkConfig.java:24)
at org.robolectric.RobolectricTestRunner.pickSdkVersion(RobolectricTestRunner.java:288)
at org.robolectric.RobolectricTestRunner.getEnvironment(RobolectricTestRunner.java:264)
at org.robolectric.RobolectricTestRunner.access$100(RobolectricTestRunner.java:57)
at org.robolectric.RobolectricTestRunner$2.evaluate(RobolectricTestRunner.java:186)
at org.junit.runners.BlockJUnit4ClassRunner.runNotIgnored(BlockJUnit4ClassRunner.java:79)
at org.junit.runners.BlockJUnit4ClassRunner.runChild(BlockJUnit4ClassRunner.java:71)
at org.junit.runners.BlockJUnit4ClassRunner.runChild(BlockJUnit4ClassRunner.java:49)
at org.junit.runners.ParentRunner$3.run(ParentRunner.java:193)
at org.junit.runners.ParentRunner$1.schedule(ParentRunner.java:52)
at org.junit.runners.ParentRunner.runChildren(ParentRunner.java:191)
at org.junit.runners.ParentRunner.access$000(ParentRunner.java:42)
at org.junit.runners.ParentRunner$2.evaluate(ParentRunner.java:184)
at org.robolectric.RobolectricTestRunner$1.evaluate(RobolectricTestRunner.java:172)
at org.junit.runners.ParentRunner.run(ParentRunner.java:236)
at org.eclipse.jdt.internal.junit4.runner.JUnit4TestReference.run(JUnit4TestReference.java:50)
at org.eclipse.jdt.internal.junit.runner.TestExecution.run(TestExecution.java:38)
at org.eclipse.jdt.internal.junit.runner.RemoteTestRunner.runTests(RemoteTestRunner.java:467)
at org.eclipse.jdt.internal.junit.runner.RemoteTestRunner.runTests(RemoteTestRunner.java:683)
at org.eclipse.jdt.internal.junit.runner.RemoteTestRunner.run(RemoteTestRunner.java:390)
at org.eclipse.jdt.internal.junit.runner.RemoteTestRunner.main(RemoteTestRunner.java:197)

The Manifest of my Test Project is like this:

<manifest xmlns:android="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res/android"
      package="com.vendor.test" 
      android:versionCode="1"
      android:versionName="1.0">
      <application>
           <uses-library android:name="android.test.runner" />
      </application>
      <uses-sdk android:minSdkVersion="19" android:targetSdkVersion="19" />
      <instrumentation android:name="android.test.InstrumentationTestRunner"
       android:targetPackage="com.vendor" />
</manifest>

I complains always about the API Level, no matter what i use.

Anyone got this working ?

Answer 1

Update: The annotation is now @Config(sdk = 18) (or @Config(sdk = Build.VERSION_CODES.JELLY_BEAN_MR2)) and the properties file mentioned in link is now robolectric.properties.

Original Answer: You can use the @Config annotation to have Robolectric emulate an SDK version. You can put this :

import org.robolectric.annotation.Config;

@Config(emulateSdk = 18) // now @Config(sdk = 18) as of Robolectric 3.0
@RunWith(RobolectricTestRunner.class)
public class SomeTest ...

This is also possible using a file as mentioned here

Not sure what it means for your KitKat specific tests but at least the others should work.