# Android Virtual Device Testing fails

**URL:** <https://discuss.bitrise.io/t/android-virtual-device-testing-fails/9482>\
**Category:** Tooling Issues\
**Tags:** testing\
**Created:** [July 2, 2019, 3:34pm UTC](https://discuss.bitrise.io/t/android-virtual-device-testing-fails/9482 "2019-07-02T15:34:00Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 18\
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**Author:** ![robertoaltieri](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/3d9bf3/32.png) [@robertoaltieri](https://discuss.bitrise.io/u/robertoaltieri)\
**Post date:** [July 2, 2019, 3:34pm UTC](https://discuss.bitrise.io/t/android-virtual-device-testing-fails/9482/1 "2019-07-02T15:34:00Z")

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Suddenly the Android Virtual Device Testing step fails with the error: `Testing add-on was not configured properly, please make sure to use the minimum required step versions described here`

I could not find any useful info in the link.

This is the build [https://app.bitrise.io/build/51e1c054e9631d76#](https://app.bitrise.io/build/51e1c054e9631d76#).

Can you please tell me what changed?

Thank you

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**Author:** ![bitce](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex016/user_avatar/discuss.bitrise.io/bitce/32/1639_2.png) [@bitce](https://discuss.bitrise.io/u/bitce)\
**Post date:** [July 2, 2019, 7:03pm UTC](https://discuss.bitrise.io/t/android-virtual-device-testing-fails/9482/2 "2019-07-02T19:03:55Z")

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Hi @robertoaltieri,

Seems like this workflow is missing a Deploy to [Bitrise.io](http://Bitrise.io) step, so there is no way for the add-on to reach the results.

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**Author:** ![robertoaltieri](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/3d9bf3/32.png) [@robertoaltieri](https://discuss.bitrise.io/u/robertoaltieri)\
**Post date:** [July 3, 2019, 12:25pm UTC](https://discuss.bitrise.io/t/android-virtual-device-testing-fails/9482/3 "2019-07-03T12:25:33Z")

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Is this a recent change? I have been using the same workflow for a while and it used to work until yesterday. And the error seems to suggest a different issue.

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**Author:** ![bitce](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex016/user_avatar/discuss.bitrise.io/bitce/32/1639_2.png) [@bitce](https://discuss.bitrise.io/u/bitce)\
**Post date:** [July 3, 2019, 12:27pm UTC](https://discuss.bitrise.io/t/android-virtual-device-testing-fails/9482/4 "2019-07-03T12:27:39Z")

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The error is definitely exactly suggesting this as it is a basic requirement. This isn’t recent change, there is no other solution to extract files from the Virtual Machines other than the deploy step, this is the reason this was a necessity from the get-go. Can you send us an example of a build URL where you can view the Test Reports but there is still no deploy step?

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**Author:** ![robertoaltieri](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/3d9bf3/32.png) [@robertoaltieri](https://discuss.bitrise.io/u/robertoaltieri)\
**Post date:** [July 3, 2019, 12:32pm UTC](https://discuss.bitrise.io/t/android-virtual-device-testing-fails/9482/5 "2019-07-03T12:32:25Z")

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It looks like now it is not possible to see them anymore but it was definitely possible until yesterday

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**Author:** ![bitce](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex016/user_avatar/discuss.bitrise.io/bitce/32/1639_2.png) [@bitce](https://discuss.bitrise.io/u/bitce)\
**Post date:** [July 3, 2019, 12:58pm UTC](https://discuss.bitrise.io/t/android-virtual-device-testing-fails/9482/6 "2019-07-03T12:58:29Z")

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Could be possible due to some weird phenomenon I suppose, can you send me a build URL about it so we can get to a bottom of it? 🙂

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**Author:** ![MattNG](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/e9bcb4/32.png) [@MattNG](https://discuss.bitrise.io/u/MattNG)\
**Post date:** [July 4, 2019, 8:00am UTC](https://discuss.bitrise.io/t/android-virtual-device-testing-fails/9482/7 "2019-07-04T08:00:08Z")

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Hello @bitce

I’m having the same issue.

I haven’t changed anything and it started happening for few days already

Ps. I have deploy step included

Here’s my build [https://app.bitrise.io/build/d3dbc9ae211ad1f4#](https://app.bitrise.io/build/d3dbc9ae211ad1f4#)

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**Author:** ![bitce](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex016/user_avatar/discuss.bitrise.io/bitce/32/1639_2.png) [@bitce](https://discuss.bitrise.io/u/bitce)\
**Post date:** [July 4, 2019, 8:24am UTC](https://discuss.bitrise.io/t/android-virtual-device-testing-fails/9482/8 "2019-07-04T08:24:32Z")

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@MattNG Can you enable Support Access on this app so we can give it a thorough check please?

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**Author:** ![MattNG](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/e9bcb4/32.png) [@MattNG](https://discuss.bitrise.io/u/MattNG)\
**Post date:** [July 4, 2019, 10:00am UTC](https://discuss.bitrise.io/t/android-virtual-device-testing-fails/9482/9 "2019-07-04T10:00:01Z")

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Done.

Thanks for the response @bitce

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**Author:** ![bitce](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex016/user_avatar/discuss.bitrise.io/bitce/32/1639_2.png) [@bitce](https://discuss.bitrise.io/u/bitce)\
**Post date:** [July 4, 2019, 12:32pm UTC](https://discuss.bitrise.io/t/android-virtual-device-testing-fails/9482/10 "2019-07-04T12:32:31Z")

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Thanks @MattNG!

We were able to confirm the issue, it’s basically happening with utility workflows which are chained together. We are working on a solution as we speak!

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**Author:** ![dat](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex016/user_avatar/discuss.bitrise.io/dat/32/2364_2.png) [@dat](https://discuss.bitrise.io/u/dat)\
**Post date:** [July 6, 2019, 2:41am UTC](https://discuss.bitrise.io/t/android-virtual-device-testing-fails/9482/11 "2019-07-06T02:41:31Z")

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I also got this error, here is my build with enable “bitrise support”:  
[https://app.bitrise.io/build/0847421a43cbd6cc#?tab=log](https://app.bitrise.io/build/0847421a43cbd6cc#?tab=log)

Thanks

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**Author:** ![bitce](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex016/user_avatar/discuss.bitrise.io/bitce/32/1639_2.png) [@bitce](https://discuss.bitrise.io/u/bitce)\
**Post date:** [July 6, 2019, 1:04pm UTC](https://discuss.bitrise.io/t/android-virtual-device-testing-fails/9482/12 "2019-07-06T13:04:03Z")

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Hi @dat

This is expected too, because this build is missing the deploy step too.

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**Author:** ![bryndsey](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/898d66/32.png) [@bryndsey](https://discuss.bitrise.io/u/bryndsey)\
**Post date:** [July 6, 2019, 3:30pm UTC](https://discuss.bitrise.io/t/android-virtual-device-testing-fails/9482/13 "2019-07-06T15:30:31Z")

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I’ve also started seeing issues in the past few days. My build has a deploy step, and is not part of a chained workflow.

For me, the build succeeds, and I am even getting code coverage info back from the Virtual device test run, but I just can’t see any artifacts in the Test Add-On because it shows the error listed in the original post.

Here is an example build: [https://app.bitrise.io/build/114df09b59839948#?tab=log](https://app.bitrise.io/build/114df09b59839948#?tab=log) (and I’ve enabled the support user).

Some things I tried:

- Updating all steps to use the latest version
- Switch from using the “Gradle Runner” step to the “Android Build for UI testing” step to build the APKs (and making sure I had the module and variant values set)

As mentioned, this worked fine for me before the past few days, and then suddenly stopped working.

UPDATE: I also noticed that the Test Reports Add-on seems to be broken on older builds on which it definitely worked before (example: [https://app.bitrise.io/build/6aa6d0d9347cda68#?tab=log](https://app.bitrise.io/build/6aa6d0d9347cda68#?tab=log)). So, it seems like there might be an issue outside of workflow configuration?

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**Author:** ![robertoaltieri](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/3d9bf3/32.png) [@robertoaltieri](https://discuss.bitrise.io/u/robertoaltieri)\
**Post date:** [July 7, 2019, 11:22am UTC](https://discuss.bitrise.io/t/android-virtual-device-testing-fails/9482/14 "2019-07-07T11:22:04Z")

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I keep seeing the same issue. I have added the deploy to bitrise step but it is still not working.  
For example for [https://app.bitrise.io/build/afd0b5a72cd0265c#?tab=log](https://app.bitrise.io/build/afd0b5a72cd0265c#?tab=log) the build is failing, I guess because some tests is failing, but I can’t open the Test results page so I can’t see which test is failing.  
I have also enabled the support.

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**Author:** ![bitce](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex016/user_avatar/discuss.bitrise.io/bitce/32/1639_2.png) [@bitce](https://discuss.bitrise.io/u/bitce)\
**Post date:** [July 8, 2019, 9:37am UTC](https://discuss.bitrise.io/t/android-virtual-device-testing-fails/9482/15 "2019-07-08T09:37:47Z")

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Hi @bryndsey! @robertoaltieri!

Thanks for the detailed report and really sorry about the flakiness! The issue should be completely gone by now, let me know if there’s anything odd you’re experiencing!

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**Author:** ![robertoaltieri](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/3d9bf3/32.png) [@robertoaltieri](https://discuss.bitrise.io/u/robertoaltieri)\
**Post date:** [July 8, 2019, 11:31am UTC](https://discuss.bitrise.io/t/android-virtual-device-testing-fails/9482/16 "2019-07-08T11:31:31Z")

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Thank you. it is working now

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**Author:** ![bryndsey](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/898d66/32.png) [@bryndsey](https://discuss.bitrise.io/u/bryndsey)\
**Post date:** [July 8, 2019, 11:34am UTC](https://discuss.bitrise.io/t/android-virtual-device-testing-fails/9482/17 "2019-07-08T11:34:15Z")

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Yep, working for me as well. Thanks!

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**Author:** ![system](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/flex016/uploads/bitrise/original/2X/d/d901cf2aad020f2dd11918afc89ec2089bb87b35.png) [@system](https://discuss.bitrise.io/u/system)\
**Post date:** [August 7, 2019, 11:43am UTC](https://discuss.bitrise.io/t/android-virtual-device-testing-fails/9482/18 "2019-08-07T11:43:06Z")

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