Unit Test onSaveInstanceState with ActivityRules

I'm trying to figure out how to test onSavedInstance using the newer AndroidJunit4 and Activity Rules.

@RunWith(AndroidJUnit4.class)
public class MyViewActivityTest{

    @Rule
    public UiThreadTestRule uiThreadTestRule = new UiThreadTestRule();

    @Rule
    public ActivityTestRule<MyViewActivity> mActivityRule = new ActivityTestRule<>(MyViewActivity.class);

    @UiThreadTest
    @Test
    public void testOnSavedIntanceState() {
        uiThreadTestRule.runOnUiThread(new Runnable() {
            @Override
            public void run() {
                Intent in = new Intent();
                MyViewActivity activity = mActivityRule.launchActivity(in);
                activity.finish();
                activity.recreate();
            }
        });
    }

I get an error not sure if I am barking up the right tree.

java.lang.IllegalStateException: Must be called from main thread at android.app.Activity.recreate(Activity.java:4620)

You should be able to run the test with the annotation @UiThreadTest. It works for every test rule that extends UiThreadTestRule. In this case ActivityTestRule happens to do just that.

EDIT:

@UiThreadTest
@Test
public void testOnUIThread() {
    // Test to run on UI thread
}

EDIT:

I just ran it again and remembered that you can't launch the activity on the UI thread. I made this and ran it without complications.

@RunWith(AndroidJUnit4.class)
public class TestActivity {
   @Rule
   public ActivityTestRule<MyViewActivity> activityRule = new ActivityTestRule<>(MyViewActivity.class, true, false);

   @Test
   public void testOnSavedInstanceState() throws Throwable {
       activityRule.launchActivity(new Intent());

       final Activity activity = activityRule.getActivity();

       activityRule.runOnUiThread(new Runnable() {
          @Override
          public void run() {
             activity.finish();
             activity.recreate();
          }
       });
  }