security exception while testing wifi on robotium

Question

I am currently working on android testing with Robotium , When i execute following testcase in Android 2.3 emulator i'm getting an error " java.lang.SecurityException:WifiService: Neither user 10038 nor current process has android.permission.CHANGE_WIFI_STATE.".

Test code :

public void testScheduledPayments()
    {
        solo.clickOnButton(0);
        solo.enterText(0, "demo");
        solo.enterText(1,"password");
        solo.clickOnButton("Log In");
        WifiManager wifiMan = (WifiManager)   solo.getCurrentActivity().getSystemService(Context.WIFI_SERVICE);
        wifiMan.setWifiEnabled(false);
        solo.clickOnText("Payments");
        solo.clickInList(2);
        solo.waitForText("Loading paymnets");
        solo.clickInList(0);
        solo.clickOnMenuItem("Logout");
        solo.clickOnButton("Logout");
        solo.finishOpenedActivities();
    }

At My Manifest file :

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
<manifest xmlns:android="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res/android"
    package="com.tesaptra"
    android:versionCode="1"
    android:versionName="1.0">
        <uses-sdk android:minSdkVersion="10" />


    <instrumentation
        android:name="android.test.InstrumentationTestRunner"
        android:targetPackage="com.info.native" />

    <application
        android:icon="@drawable/ic_launcher"
        android:label="@string/app_name" >
        <uses-library android:name="android.test.runner" />

    </application>
    <uses-permission android:name="android.permission.ACCESS_WIFI_STATE"></uses-permission>

<uses-permission android:name="android.permission.INTERNET"></uses-permission>

<uses-permission android:name="android.permission.CHANGE_WIFI_STATE"></uses-permission>

</manifest>

And Here's My log cat file

java.lang.SecurityException: WifiService: Neither user 10038 nor current process has android.permission.CHANGE_WIFI_STATE.
at android.os.Parcel.readException(Parcel.java:1322)
at android.os.Parcel.readException(Parcel.java:1276)
at android.net.wifi.IWifiManager$Stub$Proxy.setWifiEnabled(IWifiManager.java:614)
at android.net.wifi.WifiManager.setWifiEnabled(WifiManager.java:713)
at com.testaptra.Payments.testScheduledPaymnets(Payments.java:113)
at java.lang.reflect.Method.invokeNative(Native Method)
at android.test.InstrumentationTestCase.runMethod(InstrumentationTestCase.java:204)
at android.test.InstrumentationTestCase.runTest(InstrumentationTestCase.java:194)
at android.test.ActivityInstrumentationTestCase2.runTest(ActivityInstrumentationTestCase2.java:186)
at android.test.AndroidTestRunner.runTest(AndroidTestRunner.java:169)
at android.test.AndroidTestRunner.runTest(AndroidTestRunner.java:154)
at android.test.InstrumentationTestRunner.onStart(InstrumentationTestRunner.java:529)
at android.app.Instrumentation$InstrumentationThread.run(Instrumentation.java:1448)

I have added all the permissions to manifest.xml but no luck.Could you please help me if you are familiar with below issue?

Thanks in advance

Answer 1

Permission must be set in target application. Permissions in test application are totally ignored. It means that instrumnetation apk has never more privileges than target application.