try gradle emulator

.gitlab-ci.yml

@@ -1,13 +1,5 @@
 image: registry.gitlab.com/fdroid/ci-images-client
 
-before_script:
-  - export GRADLE_USER_HOME=`pwd`/.gradle
-
-cache:
-  paths:
-    - .gradle/wrapper
-    - .gradle/caches
-
 # Basic android and gradle stuff
 # Check linting
 lintDebug:
@@ -47,17 +39,10 @@ debugTests:
 
 .connected-template: &connected-template
   stage: test
-  image: registry.gitlab.com/fdroid/ci-images-client
+  image: cimg/android:2022.06
   script:
-    - start-emulator
-    - wait-for-emulator
-    - adb devices
-    - adb shell input keyevent 82 &
     # Switch to right java version for building the app
-    - apt-get update || apt-get update
-    - apt-get install -y openjdk-11-jdk-headless
-    - update-alternatives --auto java
-    - ./gradlew connectedStagingAndroidTest || (adb -e logcat -d > logcat.txt; exit 1)
+    - ./gradlew pixel2api30stagingAndroidTest -Pandroid.testoptions.manageddevices.emulator.gpu="swiftshader_indirect"
   artifacts:
     paths:
       - logcat.txt

app/build.gradle

@@ -1,3 +1,5 @@
+import com.android.build.api.dsl.ManagedVirtualDevice
+
 plugins {
     id "com.cookpad.android.plugin.license-tools" version "1.2.2"
 }
@@ -82,9 +84,24 @@ android {
         variant.resValue 'string', 'application_id', variant.applicationId
     }
 
-
     testOptions {
         animationsDisabled true
+        managedDevices {
+            devices {
+                pixel2api30 (ManagedVirtualDevice) {
+                    // Use device profiles you typically see in Android Studio.
+                    device = "Pixel 2"
+                    // Use only API levels 27 and higher.
+                    apiLevel = 30
+                    // To include Google services, use "google".
+                    systemImageSource = "aosp"
+                    // Whether the image must be a 64 bit image. Defaults to false,
+                    // in which case the managed device will use a 32 bit image.
+                    // Not applicable to arm64 machines.
+                    require64Bit = false
+                }
+            }
+        }
 
     }
     buildFeatures {

build.gradle

@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@ buildscript {
         mavenCentral()
     }
     dependencies {
-        classpath 'com.android.tools.build:gradle:7.2.1'
+        classpath 'com.android.tools.build:gradle:7.3.0-beta05'
         classpath "org.jetbrains.kotlin:kotlin-gradle-plugin:$kotlin_version"
 
         // NOTE: Do not place your application dependencies here; they belong

gradle/wrapper/gradle-wrapper.properties

@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
-#Tue Jun 07 20:42:16 CEST 2022
+#Tue Jul 26 13:21:08 GMT 2022
 distributionBase=GRADLE_USER_HOME
-distributionUrl=https\://services.gradle.org/distributions/gradle-7.3.3-bin.zip
+distributionUrl=https\://services.gradle.org/distributions/gradle-7.4-bin.zip
 distributionPath=wrapper/dists
 zipStorePath=wrapper/dists
 zipStoreBase=GRADLE_USER_HOME
-distributionSha256Sum=b586e04868a22fd817c8971330fec37e298f3242eb85c374181b12d637f80302
+distributionSha256Sum=8cc27038d5dbd815759851ba53e70cf62e481b87494cc97cfd97982ada5ba634