A Robolectric Test Runner (can easily be just a regular JUnit Runner) that can execute test methods in specific order.

README.md

Usage

Add @Order annotation to your test methods:

@Test
@Order(0)
public void aRandomTestMethod_willBeExecutedFirst() { ... }

@Test
@Order(1)
public void anotherRandomTestMethod_willBeExecutedSecond() { ... }

Methods that are not annotated with @Order will be executed (in undefined order) after the ones that are annotated.

OrderedRobolectricTestRunner.java

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 * Copyright 2017 Bartosz Lipinski
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package com.your.package;

import org.junit.runners.model.FrameworkMethod;
import org.junit.runners.model.InitializationError;
import org.robolectric.RobolectricTestRunner;

import java.util.ArrayList;
import java.util.Collections;
import java.util.List;

public class OrderedRobolectricTestRunner extends RobolectricTestRunner {
    public OrderedRobolectricTestRunner(Class<?> testClass) throws InitializationError {
        super(testClass);
    }

    @Override
    protected List<FrameworkMethod> computeTestMethods() {
        final List<FrameworkMethod> unordered = super.computeTestMethods();
        List<FrameworkMethod> otherMethods = new ArrayList<>(unordered);
        List<FrameworkMethod> orderedMethods = new ArrayList<>();
        // extracting methods annotated with Order
        for (int i = 0; i < otherMethods.size(); i++) {
            FrameworkMethod frameworkMethod = otherMethods.get(i);
            Order order = frameworkMethod.getAnnotation(Order.class);
            if (order != null) {
                orderedMethods.add(frameworkMethod);
                otherMethods.remove(i--);
            }
        }
        // sorting ordered methods
        Collections.sort(orderedMethods, (f1, f2) ->
                f1.getAnnotation(Order.class).value() -
                        f2.getAnnotation(Order.class).value());
        // appending other methods to ordered methods
        orderedMethods.addAll(otherMethods);
        return Collections.unmodifiableList(orderedMethods);
    }
   
    @Retention(RetentionPolicy.RUNTIME)
    @Target({ElementType.METHOD})
    public @interface Order {
        int value();
    }
}