Testing A Recyclerview: Recyclerviewactions Isn't Scrolling Far Enough

I want my espresso test to scroll a RecyclerView down until it's sees a certain view and clicks it. Therefore I am using RecyclerViewActions: onView(withId(R.id.recycler)).perform(

Solution 1:

I've found the reason why the view action wasn't successul:

The app has a collapsible toolbar which was expanded before I started the scroll action. When I performed the scroll action the toolbar collapsed first and then the recycler view scrolled. Therefore the recycler view scrolled to little.

The solution I found is that I collapse the toolbar first with a custom AppBarViewAction. The solution is found here