diff --git a/build.gradle b/build.gradle
index b5eeeb0709..6620c10012 100644
--- a/build.gradle
+++ b/build.gradle
@@ -40,7 +40,6 @@ android {
 
         androidTest {
             java.srcDirs = ['tests/src']
-            res.srcDirs = ['tests/res']
             manifest.srcFile "tests/AndroidManifest.xml"
         }
     }
diff --git a/src/com/android/launcher3/LauncherProvider.java b/src/com/android/launcher3/LauncherProvider.java
index 47ceb8c6e7..207121b274 100644
--- a/src/com/android/launcher3/LauncherProvider.java
+++ b/src/com/android/launcher3/LauncherProvider.java
@@ -527,13 +527,8 @@ public class LauncherProvider extends ContentProvider {
         private long mMaxScreenId = -1;
 
         DatabaseHelper(Context context, LauncherProvider provider) {
-            super(new NoLocaleSqliteContext(context), LauncherFiles.LAUNCHER_DB,
-                    null, DATABASE_VERSION);
-            mContext = context;
-            mProvider = provider;
-
-            mAppWidgetHost = new AppWidgetHost(context, Launcher.APPWIDGET_HOST_ID);
-
+            this(context, provider, LauncherFiles.LAUNCHER_DB,
+                    new AppWidgetHost(context, Launcher.APPWIDGET_HOST_ID));
             // Table creation sometimes fails silently, which leads to a crash loop.
             // This way, we will try to create a table every time after crash, so the device
             // would eventually be able to recover.
@@ -544,6 +539,21 @@ public class LauncherProvider extends ContentProvider {
                 addWorkspacesTable(getWritableDatabase(), true);
             }
 
+            initIds();
+        }
+
+        /**
+         * Constructor used only in tests.
+         */
+        public DatabaseHelper(
+                Context context, LauncherProvider provider, String tableName, AppWidgetHost host) {
+            super(new NoLocaleSqliteContext(context), tableName, null, DATABASE_VERSION);
+            mContext = context;
+            mProvider = provider;
+            mAppWidgetHost = host;
+        }
+
+        protected void initIds() {
             // In the case where neither onCreate nor onUpgrade gets called, we read the maxId from
             // the DB here
             if (mMaxItemId == -1) {
@@ -554,19 +564,6 @@ public class LauncherProvider extends ContentProvider {
             }
         }
 
-        /**
-         * Constructor used only in tests.
-         */
-        public DatabaseHelper(Context context, LauncherProvider provider, String tableName) {
-            super(new NoLocaleSqliteContext(context), tableName, null, DATABASE_VERSION);
-            mContext = context;
-            mProvider = provider;
-
-            mAppWidgetHost = null;
-            mMaxItemId = initializeMaxItemId(getWritableDatabase());
-            mMaxScreenId = initializeMaxScreenId(getWritableDatabase());
-        }
-
         private boolean tableExists(String tableName) {
             Cursor c = getReadableDatabase().query(
                     true, "sqlite_master", new String[] {"tbl_name"},
diff --git a/tests/Android.mk b/tests/Android.mk
index d82f0b35c6..0c4b5ff1f4 100644
--- a/tests/Android.mk
+++ b/tests/Android.mk
@@ -16,13 +16,10 @@
 LOCAL_PATH := $(call my-dir)
 include $(CLEAR_VARS)
 
-src_dirs := src
 LOCAL_MODULE_TAGS := tests
 LOCAL_STATIC_JAVA_LIBRARIES := android-support-test ub-uiautomator
 
 LOCAL_SRC_FILES := $(call all-java-files-under, src)
-LOCAL_RESOURCE_DIR := $(addprefix $(LOCAL_PATH)/, $(res_dirs))
-LOCAL_AAPT_FLAGS := --auto-add-overlay
 
 LOCAL_SDK_VERSION := 23
 
diff --git a/tests/AndroidManifest.xml b/tests/AndroidManifest.xml
index 8acc5e90cd..afe8952979 100644
--- a/tests/AndroidManifest.xml
+++ b/tests/AndroidManifest.xml
@@ -20,12 +20,14 @@
 
     <uses-sdk tools:overrideLibrary="android.support.test.uiautomator.v18"/>
 
-    <application>
+    <application android:debuggable="true">
         <uses-library android:name="android.test.runner" />
     </application>
 
     <instrumentation
-        android:name="android.test.InstrumentationTestRunner"
+        android:functionalTest="false"
+        android:handleProfiling="false"
+        android:name="android.support.test.runner.AndroidJUnitRunner"
         android:targetPackage="com.android.launcher3" >
     </instrumentation>
 </manifest>
diff --git a/tests/res/values/string.xml b/tests/res/values/string.xml
deleted file mode 100644
index 3c1ec5c610..0000000000
--- a/tests/res/values/string.xml
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,21 +0,0 @@
-<!-- Copyright (C) 2015 The Android Open Source Project
-
-     Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
-     you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
-     You may obtain a copy of the License at
-
-          http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
-
-     Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
-     distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
-     WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
-     See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
-     limitations under the License.
--->
-
-<resources xmlns:xliff="urn:oasis:names:tc:xliff:document:1.2">
-
-    <!-- Dummy string for tests. [DO NOT TRANSLATE] -->
-    <string name="dummy" >Dummy string for tests.</string>
-
-</resources>
diff --git a/tests/src/com/android/launcher3/BindWidgetTest.java b/tests/src/com/android/launcher3/BindWidgetTest.java
index 06e193640a..4e8881cf01 100644
--- a/tests/src/com/android/launcher3/BindWidgetTest.java
+++ b/tests/src/com/android/launcher3/BindWidgetTest.java
@@ -109,7 +109,7 @@ public class BindWidgetTest extends InstrumentationTestCase {
     public void testUnboundWidget_removed() throws Exception {
         LauncherAppWidgetProviderInfo info = findWidgetProvider(false);
         LauncherAppWidgetInfo item = createWidgetInfo(info, false);
-        item.appWidgetId = 33;
+        item.appWidgetId = -33;
 
         // Since there is no widget to verify, just wait until the workspace is ready.
         setupAndVerifyContents(item, Workspace.class, null);
@@ -253,6 +253,7 @@ public class BindWidgetTest extends InstrumentationTestCase {
             runTestOnUiThread(new Runnable() {
                 @Override
                 public void run() {
+                    LauncherClings.markFirstRunClingDismissed(mTargetContext);
                     ManagedProfileHeuristic.markExistingUsersForNoFolderCreation(mTargetContext);
                     LauncherAppState.getInstance().getModel().resetLoadedState(true, true);
                 }
diff --git a/tests/src/com/android/launcher3/util/TestLauncherProvider.java b/tests/src/com/android/launcher3/util/TestLauncherProvider.java
index aef3240ca8..a11013ffe9 100644
--- a/tests/src/com/android/launcher3/util/TestLauncherProvider.java
+++ b/tests/src/com/android/launcher3/util/TestLauncherProvider.java
@@ -26,7 +26,8 @@ public class TestLauncherProvider extends LauncherProvider {
 
     private static class MyDatabaseHelper extends DatabaseHelper {
         public MyDatabaseHelper(Context context, LauncherProvider provider) {
-            super(context, provider, null);
+            super(context, provider, null, null);
+            initIds();
         }
 
         @Override