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+"""Tests for pythonforandroid's implementation of Kivy's Android bootstrap
+contract (``_kivy_bootstrap.py``, shipped by the ``android`` recipe).
+
+Off-device, so ``jnius`` and the build-generated ``android.config`` are faked,
+following the same approach as test_androidmodule_ctypes_finder.py. Faking
+``android.config`` directly in ``sys.modules`` (rather than importing the real
+``android`` package) also sidesteps ``android/__init__.py``'s
+``from android._android import *``, which needs the native extension this
+module must not depend on.
+"""
+import os
+import sys
+from contextlib import contextmanager
+from types import ModuleType, SimpleNamespace
+from unittest import mock
+from unittest.mock import MagicMock
+
+import pytest
+
+# Import the module under test the way Kivy does: top-level, not under
+# `android` (see the comment in recipes/android/src/setup.py).
+android_src_folder = os.path.abspath(os.path.join(
+    os.path.dirname(__file__),
+    "..", "pythonforandroid", "recipes", "android", "src"
+))
+sys.path.insert(0, android_src_folder)
+
+
+@contextmanager
+def _bootstrap_module(activity_class_name="org.kivy.android.PythonActivity"):
+    """Import a fresh ``_kivy_bootstrap`` against faked jnius/android.config.
+
+    A fresh import per use avoids the module's cached ``_activity_class``
+    leaking between tests.
+    """
+    fake_jnius = MagicMock()
+    fake_config = ModuleType("android.config")
+    fake_config.ACTIVITY_CLASS_NAME = activity_class_name
+    with mock.patch.dict(
+        sys.modules, jnius=fake_jnius, **{"android.config": fake_config}
+    ):
+        sys.modules.pop("_kivy_bootstrap", None)
+        import _kivy_bootstrap
+        try:
+            yield SimpleNamespace(module=_kivy_bootstrap, jnius=fake_jnius)
+        finally:
+            sys.modules.pop("_kivy_bootstrap", None)
+
+
+@pytest.fixture
+def kivy_bootstrap():
+    with _bootstrap_module() as bootstrap:
+        yield bootstrap
+
+
+def test_get_activity_reflects_the_configured_class(kivy_bootstrap):
+    """The class reflected is the build's ACTIVITY_CLASS_NAME, not a literal."""
+    activity = object()
+    java_class = MagicMock(mActivity=activity)
+    # `_kivy_bootstrap` did `from jnius import autoclass` at import time, so
+    # the name it calls is already bound to this mock: configure its return
+    # value rather than replacing the attribute on `kivy_bootstrap.jnius`,
+    # which the module would never see.
+    kivy_bootstrap.jnius.autoclass.return_value = java_class
+
+    assert kivy_bootstrap.module.get_activity() is activity
+    kivy_bootstrap.jnius.autoclass.assert_called_once_with(
+        "org.kivy.android.PythonActivity"
+    )
+
+
+def test_get_activity_honours_custom_activity_class_name():
+    """--activity-class-name is honoured: the name comes from android.config."""
+    with _bootstrap_module("com.example.CustomActivity") as bootstrap:
+        bootstrap.module.get_activity()
+        bootstrap.jnius.autoclass.assert_called_once_with(
+            "com.example.CustomActivity"
+        )
+
+
+def test_get_activity_may_return_none(kivy_bootstrap):
+    """A p4a service has no Activity; None is a legitimate answer."""
+    java_class = MagicMock(mActivity=None)
+    kivy_bootstrap.jnius.autoclass.return_value = java_class
+
+    assert kivy_bootstrap.module.get_activity() is None
+
+
+def test_get_activity_resolves_the_class_once_but_reads_it_live(kivy_bootstrap):
+    """The reflected class is cached; the live Activity is read fresh each call.
+
+    Regression guard for the module's core promise: Android may recreate the
+    Activity (rotation, config change, process death), so a second call must
+    return whatever ``mActivity`` is *now*, not a value from the first call.
+    """
+    java_class = MagicMock()
+    kivy_bootstrap.jnius.autoclass.return_value = java_class
+
+    first_activity = object()
+    java_class.mActivity = first_activity
+    assert kivy_bootstrap.module.get_activity() is first_activity
+
+    second_activity = object()
+    java_class.mActivity = second_activity
+    assert kivy_bootstrap.module.get_activity() is second_activity
+
+    # autoclass() itself -- the expensive reflection -- only happens once.
+    kivy_bootstrap.jnius.autoclass.assert_called_once()
+
+
+def test_remove_presplash_is_a_noop_without_an_activity(kivy_bootstrap):
+    """No Activity (a service) means no splash to remove, and no error."""
+    java_class = MagicMock(mActivity=None)
+    kivy_bootstrap.jnius.autoclass.return_value = java_class
+
+    kivy_bootstrap.module.remove_presplash()  # must not raise
+
+
+def test_remove_presplash_calls_removeLoadingScreen(kivy_bootstrap):
+    """The splash is dismissed by asking the Activity, not a fixed method map."""
+    activity = MagicMock()
+    java_class = MagicMock(mActivity=activity)
+    kivy_bootstrap.jnius.autoclass.return_value = java_class
+
+    kivy_bootstrap.module.remove_presplash()
+
+    activity.removeLoadingScreen.assert_called_once_with()
+
+
+def test_remove_presplash_is_a_noop_when_activity_lacks_the_method(kivy_bootstrap):
+    """service_only (and any custom activity) may have no splash to remove."""
+    activity = SimpleNamespace()  # no removeLoadingScreen attribute at all
+    java_class = MagicMock(mActivity=activity)
+    kivy_bootstrap.jnius.autoclass.return_value = java_class
+
+    kivy_bootstrap.module.remove_presplash()  # must not raise