Espresso – How to check if one of the view is displayed

It’s possible to catch the exceptions raised by Espresso like this:

If you want to test if a view is in hierarchy:

try {
    onView(withText("Button")).perform(click());
    // View is in hierarchy

} catch (NoMatchingViewException e) {
    // View is not in hierarchy
}

This exception will be thrown if the view is not in the hierarchy.

Sometimes the view can be in the hierarchy, but we need to test if it is displayed, so there is another exception for assertions, like this:

try {
    onView(withText("Button")).check(matches(isDisplayed()));
    // View is displayed
} catch (AssertionFailedError e) {
    // View not displayed
}