Service test rules

- [Voiceover] The Android Testing Support Library…supports testing background services with another rule.…Namely, a ServiceTestRule.…Like ActivityTestRule,…there's a built in ServiceTestRule…that you can use with the rule annotation…in your instrumented test to create an instance of a service…for your test method.…You can also extend and customize a ServiceTestRule…if you want to set up and clean up…the Android environment and the service itself…before and after you had tested the service.…

Before we can begin to understand…ServiceTestRules, I need to add a simple…Android service that we can use to explore the rules.…One critical note before creating MyService,…ServiceTestRule supports testing regular…Android services, but not IntentServices.…If you are unfamiliar with the difference…between a regular service and an IntentService,…check out this resource, it provides…a nice little synopsis.…I started Android Studio and opened…project 03_04_start in order to…explore ServiceTestRule.…

I create a new service by selecting…