Travis CI doesn't start emulator, highest supported API level is 25

[partipan-dot]

In Travis we run ./gradlew build connectedCheck (line 43). "build" builds the app and runs the unit tests. "connectedCheck" executes the instrumentation tests on an Android device (physical) or an emulator. However we don't create/start an emulator.

Another problem is that Travis CIs highest supported API level is 25 (ArtistGui supports higher versions).
The main problem is that Travis updates/installs its components using the deprecated android binary (in the sdk). I updated the android-sdk cookbook and opened pull request (travis-ci/travis-cookbooks#992).

[schrnz]

So why is the command succeeding if the emu is not starting?

[partipan-dot]

We don't have espresso tests (ui tests) yet.