How to click on an item inside a RecyclerView in Espresso
Use RecyclerViewActions onView(withId(R.id.recyclerView)) .perform(actionOnItemAtPosition(0, click())); Include this in your gradle script: dependencies { androidTestCompile ‘com.android.support.test.espresso:espresso-core:2.0’ androidTestCompile ‘com.android.support.test.espresso:espresso-contrib:2.0’ }