android-test-compose:2.0.0 has broken dependency reference to core:2.0.0

[compscidr]

Description

The published de.mannodermaus.junit5:android-test-compose:2.0.0 artifact has a broken POM dependency. It references core:2.0.0 which doesn't exist on Maven Central, instead of android-test-core:2.0.0 which does exist.

Error

When trying to use android-test-compose:2.0.0, Gradle fails with:

Could not find de.mannodermaus.junit5:core:2.0.0.
Searched in the following locations:
  - https://dl.google.com/dl/android/maven2/de/mannodermaus/junit5/core/2.0.0/core-2.0.0.pom
  - https://repo.maven.apache.org/maven2/de/mannodermaus/junit5/core/2.0.0/core-2.0.0.pom
Required by:
    project :app > de.mannodermaus.junit5:android-test-compose:2.0.0

Verification

Maven Central confirms:

• ✅ de.mannodermaus.junit5:android-test-core:2.0.0 exists
• ❌ de.mannodermaus.junit5:core:2.0.0 does NOT exist

Workaround

Add android-test-core:2.0.0 explicitly to dependencies:

androidTestImplementation("de.mannodermaus.junit5:android-test-core:2.0.0")
androidTestImplementation("de.mannodermaus.junit5:android-test-compose:2.0.0")

Expected Behavior

The POM for android-test-compose:2.0.0 should reference android-test-core:2.0.0 instead of core:2.0.0.

Environment

• Plugin version: de.mannodermaus.android-junit 2.0.0
• Gradle: 8.13
• AGP: 8.13.2

[compscidr]

Update: Workaround doesn't work

The workaround I initially suggested (explicitly adding android-test-core:2.0.0) does NOT work because Gradle still tries to resolve the broken transitive dependency core:2.0.0 from the POM.

Actual Solution

Until this is fixed, the only solution is to use android-test-compose:1.9.0 with plugin 2.0.0:

// Plugin
id("de.mannodermaus.android-junit") version "2.0.0"

// Dependencies
androidTestImplementation("de.mannodermaus.junit5:android-test-compose:1.9.0")

Version 1.9.0 of android-test-compose works fine with the 2.0.0 plugin and will transitively bring in android-test-core:2.0.0 correctly.

[mannodermaus]

Resolved in 2.0.1

[compscidr]

Thank you!