# AdevintaSpain/Barista

:coffee: The one who serves a great Espresso

Repository: https://github.com/AdevintaSpain/Barista
Canonical: https://ross.abutalabs.com/products/barista
Language: Kotlin
License: NOASSERTION
License Family: other
Topics: android, espresso, instrumentation-tests, flaky-tests, testing
Last push: 2024-07-03T11:45:35+00:00

## Health v2 (maintenance only)
Score: 23/100 (v2, computed 2026-09-02T17:46:02.011165+00:00)
- activity 0, release rhythm 8, longevity 100
- inputs: {"age_days": 3512, "days_push": 791, "days_rel": null, "gap_med": null, "n_releases_24m": 0}
- flags: no_license
- formula: round(0.45*activity + 0.35*rhythm + 0.20*longevity); archived -> min(score, 10)

## Adoption (not part of the score)
Stars 1690, forks 119 (observed 2026-08-28T04:05:22.509848+00:00)

## What it is
Barista is a Kotlin/Java library built on top of Espresso that simplifies writing Android UI instrumentation tests with a clean, discoverable API. It removes boilerplate from common Espresso tasks and includes helpers for interactions, assertions, intents, runtime permissions, and handling flaky tests.

## Use cases
- write android ui tests with less boilerplate
- click buttons and type text in espresso tests
- test recyclerviews and listviews by position
- grant runtime permissions in instrumentation tests
- make flaky espresso tests predictable
- reset app state between ui tests
- test android menus and overflow items

## When to choose
- you write Android UI tests with Espresso and want a simpler API
- your team struggles with Espresso verbosity and flaky tests
- you need helpers for lists, spinners, radio buttons, and permissions in tests

## When to avoid
- you are not testing Android apps
- you prefer writing raw Espresso or use Compose testing APIs exclusively
- you need a very actively developed tool with frequent releases

## Facets
- artifact type: library
- maturity: maintenance
- function: testing, e2e-testing
- domain: testing, mobile-development, android-tools
- platform: -
- tags: espresso, ui-testing, instrumentation-tests, flaky-tests, kotlin, android-ui-tests, android

## Member repositories
- AdevintaSpain/Barista (main) score 23

## Provenance
- Observed fields: from GitHub, fetched 2026-08-28T04:05:22.509848+00:00.
- Health v2: computed from the inputs above; adoption is never an input.
- Inferred fields (summary, facets, guidance): AI-extracted, prompt v1, taxonomy v1, on 2026-08-30T03:38:17.557784+00:00, confidence not recorded.
  - readme: https://github.com/AdevintaSpain/Barista (fetched 2026-08-28T04:05:22.509848+00:00, sha c927abed6757)
- Data as of 2026-08-30T08:39:29.467469+00:00.