diff --git a/app/src/androidTest/java/org/fdroid/fdroid/MainActivityEspressoTest.java b/app/src/androidTest/java/org/fdroid/fdroid/MainActivityEspressoTest.java
index 5f4871240..7fd5a57b9 100644
--- a/app/src/androidTest/java/org/fdroid/fdroid/MainActivityEspressoTest.java
+++ b/app/src/androidTest/java/org/fdroid/fdroid/MainActivityEspressoTest.java
@@ -9,6 +9,9 @@ import android.support.test.filters.LargeTest;
 import android.support.test.rule.ActivityTestRule;
 import android.support.test.runner.AndroidJUnit4;
 import android.support.test.uiautomator.UiDevice;
+import android.support.test.uiautomator.UiObject;
+import android.support.test.uiautomator.UiObjectNotFoundException;
+import android.support.test.uiautomator.UiSelector;
 import android.util.Log;
 import android.view.View;
 import org.fdroid.fdroid.views.BannerUpdatingRepos;
@@ -71,6 +74,15 @@ public class MainActivityEspressoTest {
             e.printStackTrace();
         }
         SystemAnimations.disableAll(InstrumentationRegistry.getTargetContext());
+
+        // dismiss the ANR or any other system dialogs that might be there
+        UiObject button = new UiObject(new UiSelector().text("Wait").enabled(true));
+        try {
+            button.click();
+        } catch (UiObjectNotFoundException e) {
+            Log.d(TAG, e.getLocalizedMessage());
+        }
+        new UiWatchers().registerAnrAndCrashWatchers();
     }
 
     @AfterClass
diff --git a/app/src/androidTest/java/org/fdroid/fdroid/UiWatchers.java b/app/src/androidTest/java/org/fdroid/fdroid/UiWatchers.java
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..1458653e8
--- /dev/null
+++ b/app/src/androidTest/java/org/fdroid/fdroid/UiWatchers.java
@@ -0,0 +1,156 @@
+/*
+ * Copyright (C) 2013 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.
+ */
+
+package org.fdroid.fdroid;
+
+import android.support.test.uiautomator.UiDevice;
+import android.support.test.uiautomator.UiObject;
+import android.support.test.uiautomator.UiObjectNotFoundException;
+import android.support.test.uiautomator.UiSelector;
+import android.support.test.uiautomator.UiWatcher;
+import android.util.Log;
+
+import java.util.ArrayList;
+import java.util.Collections;
+import java.util.List;
+
+@SuppressWarnings("MemberName")
+public class UiWatchers {
+    private static final String LOG_TAG = UiWatchers.class.getSimpleName();
+    private final List<String> mErrors = new ArrayList<String>();
+
+    /**
+     * We can use the UiDevice registerWatcher to register a small script to be executed when the
+     * framework is waiting for a control to appear. Waiting may be the cause of an unexpected
+     * dialog on the screen and it is the time when the framework runs the registered watchers.
+     * This is a sample watcher looking for ANR and crashes. it closes it and moves on. You should
+     * create your own watchers and handle error logging properly for your type of tests.
+     */
+    public void registerAnrAndCrashWatchers() {
+        UiDevice.getInstance().registerWatcher("ANR", new UiWatcher() {
+            @Override
+            public boolean checkForCondition() {
+                UiObject window = new UiObject(new UiSelector().className(
+                        "com.android.server.am.AppNotRespondingDialog"));
+                String errorText = null;
+                if (window.exists()) {
+                    try {
+                        errorText = window.getText();
+                    } catch (UiObjectNotFoundException e) {
+                        Log.e(LOG_TAG, "dialog gone?", e);
+                    }
+                    onAnrDetected(errorText);
+                    postHandler("Wait");
+                    return true; // triggered
+                }
+                return false; // no trigger
+            }
+        });
+        // class names may have changed
+        UiDevice.getInstance().registerWatcher("ANR2", new UiWatcher() {
+            @Override
+            public boolean checkForCondition() {
+                UiObject window = new UiObject(new UiSelector().packageName("android")
+                        .textContains("isn't responding."));
+                if (window.exists()) {
+                    String errorText = null;
+                    try {
+                        errorText = window.getText();
+                    } catch (UiObjectNotFoundException e) {
+                        Log.e(LOG_TAG, "dialog gone?", e);
+                    }
+                    onAnrDetected(errorText);
+                    postHandler("Wait");
+                    return true; // triggered
+                }
+                return false; // no trigger
+            }
+        });
+        UiDevice.getInstance().registerWatcher("CRASH", new UiWatcher() {
+            @Override
+            public boolean checkForCondition() {
+                UiObject window = new UiObject(new UiSelector().className(
+                        "com.android.server.am.AppErrorDialog"));
+                if (window.exists()) {
+                    String errorText = null;
+                    try {
+                        errorText = window.getText();
+                    } catch (UiObjectNotFoundException e) {
+                        Log.e(LOG_TAG, "dialog gone?", e);
+                    }
+                    onCrashDetected(errorText);
+                    postHandler("OK");
+                    return true; // triggered
+                }
+                return false; // no trigger
+            }
+        });
+        UiDevice.getInstance().registerWatcher("CRASH2", new UiWatcher() {
+            @Override
+            public boolean checkForCondition() {
+                UiObject window = new UiObject(new UiSelector().packageName("android")
+                        .textContains("has stopped"));
+                if (window.exists()) {
+                    String errorText = null;
+                    try {
+                        errorText = window.getText();
+                    } catch (UiObjectNotFoundException e) {
+                        Log.e(LOG_TAG, "dialog gone?", e);
+                    }
+                    onCrashDetected(errorText);
+                    postHandler("OK");
+                    return true; // triggered
+                }
+                return false; // no trigger
+            }
+        });
+        Log.i(LOG_TAG, "Registed GUI Exception watchers");
+    }
+
+    public void onAnrDetected(String errorText) {
+        mErrors.add(errorText);
+    }
+
+    public void onCrashDetected(String errorText) {
+        mErrors.add(errorText);
+    }
+
+    public void reset() {
+        mErrors.clear();
+    }
+
+    public List<String> getErrors() {
+        return Collections.unmodifiableList(mErrors);
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * Current implementation ignores the exception and continues.
+     */
+    public void postHandler(String buttonText) {
+        // TODO: Add custom error logging here
+        String formatedOutput = String.format("UI Exception Message: %-20s\n", UiDevice
+                .getInstance().getCurrentPackageName());
+        Log.e(LOG_TAG, formatedOutput);
+        UiObject buttonOK = new UiObject(new UiSelector().text(buttonText).enabled(true));
+        // sometimes it takes a while for the OK button to become enabled
+        buttonOK.waitForExists(5000);
+        try {
+            buttonOK.click();
+        } catch (UiObjectNotFoundException e) {
+            e.printStackTrace();
+        }
+    }
+}
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