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Can't create screenshot dir on CI emulator #283

@sregg

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@sregg

I'm trying to setup a CircleCI and Spoon is failing because it can't create the screenshot directory on the sdcard:

java.lang.RuntimeException: Unable to capture screenshot.
at com.squareup.spoon.Spoon.screenshot(Spoon.java:80)
at com.squareup.spoon.Spoon.screenshot(Spoon.java:53)
at com.sregg.android.tv.spotify.ui.activity.MainActivityTest.shouldOpen(MainActivityTest.java:37)
at java.lang.reflect.Method.invoke(Native Method)
at java.lang.reflect.Method.invoke(Method.java:372)
at org.junit.runners.model.FrameworkMethod$1.runReflectiveCall(FrameworkMethod.java:50)
at org.junit.internal.runners.model.ReflectiveCallable.run(ReflectiveCallable.java:12)
at org.junit.runners.model.FrameworkMethod.invokeExplosively(FrameworkMethod.java:47)
at org.junit.internal.runners.statements.InvokeMethod.evaluate(InvokeMethod.java:17)
at android.support.test.internal.statement.UiThreadStatement.evaluate(UiThreadStatement.java:55)
at android.support.test.rule.ActivityTestRule$ActivityStatement.evaluate(ActivityTestRule.java:257)
at org.junit.rules.RunRules.evaluate(RunRules.java:20)
at org.junit.runners.ParentRunner.runLeaf(ParentRunner.java:325)
at org.junit.runners.BlockJUnit4ClassRunner.runChild(BlockJUnit4ClassRunner.java:78)
at org.junit.runners.BlockJUnit4ClassRunner.runChild(BlockJUnit4ClassRunner.java:57)
at org.junit.runners.ParentRunner$3.run(ParentRunner.java:290)
at org.junit.runners.ParentRunner$1.schedule(ParentRunner.java:71)
at org.junit.runners.ParentRunner.runChildren(ParentRunner.java:288)
at org.junit.runners.ParentRunner.access$000(ParentRunner.java:58)
at org.junit.runners.ParentRunner$2.evaluate(ParentRunner.java:268)
at com.sregg.android.tv.spotify.testUtils.rule.FailureScreenshotRule$1.evaluate(FailureScreenshotRule.java:27)
at org.junit.rules.RunRules.evaluate(RunRules.java:20)
at org.junit.runners.ParentRunner.run(ParentRunner.java:363)
at org.junit.runners.Suite.runChild(Suite.java:128)
at org.junit.runners.Suite.runChild(Suite.java:27)
at org.junit.runners.ParentRunner$3.run(ParentRunner.java:290)
at org.junit.runners.ParentRunner$1.schedule(ParentRunner.java:71)
at org.junit.runners.ParentRunner.runChildren(ParentRunner.java:288)
at org.junit.runners.ParentRunner.access$000(ParentRunner.java:58)
at org.junit.runners.ParentRunner$2.evaluate(ParentRunner.java:268)
at org.junit.runners.ParentRunner.run(ParentRunner.java:363)
at org.junit.runner.JUnitCore.run(JUnitCore.java:137)
at org.junit.runner.JUnitCore.run(JUnitCore.java:115)
at android.support.test.internal.runner.TestExecutor.execute(TestExecutor.java:54)
at android.support.test.runner.AndroidJUnitRunner.onStart(AndroidJUnitRunner.java:228)
at android.app.Instrumentation$InstrumentationThread.run(Instrumentation.java:1853)
Caused by: java.lang.IllegalAccessException: Unable to create output dir: /storage/sdcard/app_spoon-screenshots
at com.squareup.spoon.Spoon.createDir(Spoon.java:180)
at com.squareup.spoon.Spoon.createDir(Spoon.java:177)
at com.squareup.spoon.Spoon.createDir(Spoon.java:177)
at com.squareup.spoon.Spoon.obtainScreenshotDirectory(Spoon.java:151)
at com.squareup.spoon.Spoon.screenshot(Spoon.java:72)

You can see the build here: https://circleci.com/gh/sregg/spotify-tv/21

I do have the WRITE_EXTERNAL_STORAGE permission in the main manifest.

Thanks for your help.

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