diff --git a/astrid/build.gradle b/astrid/build.gradle
index 68973b177..fc9291657 100644
--- a/astrid/build.gradle
+++ b/astrid/build.gradle
@@ -1,16 +1,24 @@
 buildscript {
     repositories {
         mavenCentral()
+        maven {
+            url 'https://oss.sonatype.org/content/repositories/snapshots/'
+        }
     }
     dependencies {
         classpath 'com.android.tools.build:gradle:0.6.+'
+        classpath 'com.squareup.gradle:gradle-android-test-plugin:0.9.1-SNAPSHOT'
     }
 }
 
 apply plugin: 'android'
+apply plugin: 'android-test'
 
 repositories {
     mavenCentral()
+    maven {
+        url 'https://oss.sonatype.org/content/repositories/snapshots/'
+    }
 }
 
 android {
@@ -80,4 +88,10 @@ dependencies {
     compile group: 'com.google.http-client', name: 'google-http-client-extensions-android3', version: '1.6.0-beta', transitive: false
     compile group: 'com.google.oauth-client', name: 'google-oauth-client', version: '1.6.0-beta', transitive: false
     compile group: 'com.google.oauth-client', name: 'google-oauth-client-extensions', version: '1.6.0-beta', transitive: false
+
+    testCompile 'junit:junit:4.10'
+    testCompile 'org.robolectric:robolectric:2.3-SNAPSHOT'
+    // hack to get android studio to import libraries
+    instrumentTestCompile 'junit:junit:4.10'
+    instrumentTestCompile 'org.robolectric:robolectric:2.3-SNAPSHOT'
 }
diff --git a/astrid/src/main/AndroidManifest.xml b/astrid/src/main/AndroidManifest.xml
index 0ee0372e6..eeccc765f 100644
--- a/astrid/src/main/AndroidManifest.xml
+++ b/astrid/src/main/AndroidManifest.xml
@@ -599,14 +599,6 @@
 
         <service android:name="com.todoroo.astrid.reminders.ReminderSchedulingService" />
 
-        <!-- other task actions -->
-        <receiver android:name="com.todoroo.astrid.core.LinkActionExposer">
-            <intent-filter>
-                <action android:name="org.tasks.REQUEST_ACTIONS" />
-                <category android:name="android.intent.category.DEFAULT" />
-            </intent-filter>
-        </receiver>
-
         <!-- Uses Library -->
         <uses-library
             android:name="com.google.android.maps"
diff --git a/astrid/src/test/java/org/tasks/SampleTest.java b/astrid/src/test/java/org/tasks/SampleTest.java
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..47ee07ce9
--- /dev/null
+++ b/astrid/src/test/java/org/tasks/SampleTest.java
@@ -0,0 +1,12 @@
+package org.tasks;
+
+import org.junit.Test;
+import org.junit.runner.RunWith;
+import org.robolectric.RobolectricTestRunner;
+
+@RunWith(RobolectricTestRunner.class)
+public class SampleTest {
+    @Test
+    public void SomeTest() {
+    }
+}
diff --git a/astrid/src/test/res/.do.not.delete b/astrid/src/test/res/.do.not.delete
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..e69de29bb