Bug 1079693 - When calling waitForText in testAddonManager, only look through visible views. r=bnicholson

mobile/android/base/tests/BaseTest.java

@@ -53,6 +53,7 @@ import android.widget.TextView;
 
 import com.jayway.android.robotium.solo.Condition;
 import com.jayway.android.robotium.solo.Solo;
+import com.jayway.android.robotium.solo.Timeout;
 
 /**
  *  A convenient base class suitable for most Robocop tests.
@@ -396,8 +397,17 @@ abstract class BaseTest extends BaseRobocopTest {
         return assets.open(filename);
     }
 
-    public boolean waitForText(String text) {
-        boolean rc = mSolo.waitForText(text);
+    public boolean waitForText(final String text) {
+        // false is the default value for finding only
+        // visible views in `Solo.waitForText(String)`.
+        return waitForText(text, false);
+    }
+
+    public boolean waitForText(final String text, final boolean onlyVisibleViews) {
+        // We use the default robotium values from
+        // `Waiter.waitForText(String)` for unspecified arguments.
+        final boolean rc =
+                mSolo.waitForText(text, 0, Timeout.getLargeTimeout(), true, onlyVisibleViews);
         if (!rc) {
             // log out failed wait for diagnostic purposes only;
             // waitForText failures are sometimes expected/normal
@@ -489,7 +499,7 @@ abstract class BaseTest extends BaseRobocopTest {
         // build the item name ready to be used
         String itemName = "^" + menuItemName + "$";
         mActions.sendSpecialKey(Actions.SpecialKey.MENU);
-        if (waitForText(itemName)) {
+        if (waitForText(itemName, true)) {
             mSolo.clickOnText(itemName);
         } else {
             // Older versions of Android have additional settings under "More",