handler.post() -> runnable is never executed

[Sobeos]

Hi,

my test is indirectly triggering a handler.post(runnable) in one of my application classes.
The runnable is never executed if triggered from the test.
If I replace handler.post(runnable) with runnable.start() everything works as expected.
Does Robolectric (checked with 2.3 and 3.0) have a problem with handlers?
Is there any solution?

Thanks in advane,

    Joe

[Michael Grafton]

It *should* run immediately upon posting, assuming you are posting it to the UI thread and have not paused the main looper in your test. If these assumptions are correct try to isolate the behavior in a simple environment and post the code.

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[Sobeos]

> assuming you are posting it to the UI thread

It is not posted to the UI thread. The handler is using a HandlerThread().

[Christine]

I use

ShadowLooper.runUiThreadTasksIncludingDelayedTasks();

to make Runnables run before the test continues.