Stop bundling Robolectric Processor's sdks.txt file as a Java resource

The resources approach would be difficult to get working in Gradle/Maven for
custom shadow packages outside of the Robolectric project itself. This is
because in Gradle/Maven, the the processor jar file currently contains a
sdks.txt resource that has hardcoded paths from the releaser's workstation.

Instead switch to a file-based scheme and emit the sdks.txt file to
Robolectric's root project's build directory. With a file based scheme is is
possible for external projects to specify an sdks.txt file path as well.

Also turn off the ImplementsValidator plugin off by default as it is
non-trivial for custom shadow packages in the Gradle/Maven world to generate
sdks.txt files. This validation is primarily intended for the Robolectric
project itself.

Fixes #4801

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Robolectric is the industry-standard unit testing framework for Android. With Robolectric, your tests run in a simulated Android environment inside a JVM, without the overhead of an emulator.

Usage

Here's an example of a simple test written using Robolectric:

@RunWith(AndroidJUnit4.class)
public class MyActivityTest {

  @Test
  public void clickingButton_shouldChangeResultsViewText() throws Exception {
    Activity activity = Robolectric.setupActivity(MyActivity.class);

    Button button = (Button) activity.findViewById(R.id.press_me_button);
    TextView results = (TextView) activity.findViewById(R.id.results_text_view);

    button.performClick();
    assertThat(results.getText().toString(), equalTo("Testing Android Rocks!"));
  }
}

For more information about how to install and use Robolectric on your project, extend its functionality, and join the community of contributors, please visit http://robolectric.org.

Install

Starting a New Project

If you'd like to start a new project with Robolectric tests you can refer to deckard (for either maven or gradle) as a guide to setting up both Android and Robolectric on your machine.

build.gradle:

testImplementation "org.robolectric:robolectric:4.4"

Building And Contributing

Robolectric is built using Gradle. Both IntelliJ and Android Studio can import the top-level build.gradle file and will automatically generate their project files from it.

Robolectric supports running tests against multiple Android API levels. The work it must do to support each API level is slightly different, so its shadows are built separately for each. To build shadows for every API version, run:

./gradlew clean assemble testClasses --parallel

Using Snapshots

If you would like to live on the bleeding edge, you can try running against a snapshot build. Keep in mind that snapshots represent the most recent changes on master and may contain bugs.

build.gradle:

repositories {
    maven { url "https://oss.sonatype.org/content/repositories/snapshots" }
}

dependencies {
    testImplementation "org.robolectric:robolectric:4.5-SNAPSHOT"
}