diff --git a/examples/hello_services/android/app/build.gradle b/examples/hello_services/android/app/build.gradle
index 79afa384c18..164960b2086 100644
--- a/examples/hello_services/android/app/build.gradle
+++ b/examples/hello_services/android/app/build.gradle
@@ -8,8 +8,18 @@ android {
     lintOptions {
         disable 'InvalidPackage'
     }
+
+    defaultConfig {
+        testInstrumentationRunner "android.support.test.runner.AndroidJUnitRunner"
+    }
 }
 
 flutter {
     source '../..'
 }
+
+dependencies {
+    androidTestCompile 'com.android.support:support-annotations:22.0.0'
+    androidTestCompile 'com.android.support.test:runner:0.5'
+    androidTestCompile 'com.android.support.test:rules:0.5'
+}
diff --git a/examples/hello_services/android/app/src/androidTest/java/com/example/flutter/ExampleInstrumentedTest.java b/examples/hello_services/android/app/src/androidTest/java/com/example/flutter/ExampleInstrumentedTest.java
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..6d9cb4cde47
--- /dev/null
+++ b/examples/hello_services/android/app/src/androidTest/java/com/example/flutter/ExampleInstrumentedTest.java
@@ -0,0 +1,143 @@
+package com.example.flutter;
+
+import android.graphics.Bitmap;
+import android.support.test.InstrumentationRegistry;
+import android.support.test.rule.ActivityTestRule;
+import android.support.test.runner.AndroidJUnit4;
+
+import io.flutter.view.FlutterView;
+
+import android.app.Instrumentation;
+import android.support.test.InstrumentationRegistry;
+import java.util.concurrent.CountDownLatch;
+import java.util.concurrent.TimeUnit;
+import java.util.concurrent.atomic.AtomicInteger;
+import org.json.JSONException;
+import org.json.JSONObject;
+import org.junit.Rule;
+import org.junit.Test;
+import org.junit.runner.RunWith;
+
+import static org.junit.Assert.*;
+
+@RunWith(AndroidJUnit4.class)
+public class ExampleInstrumentedTest {
+    @Rule
+    public ActivityTestRule<ExampleActivity> activityRule =
+        new ActivityTestRule<>(ExampleActivity.class);
+
+    @Test
+    public void testFlutterMessage() {
+        final Instrumentation instr = InstrumentationRegistry.getInstrumentation();
+
+        final JSONObject message = new JSONObject();
+        final int RANDOM_MIN = 1;
+        final int RANDOM_MAX = 1000;
+        try {
+            message.put("min", RANDOM_MIN);
+            message.put("max", RANDOM_MAX);
+        } catch (JSONException e) {
+            fail(e.getMessage());
+        }
+
+        final CountDownLatch latch = new CountDownLatch(1);
+        final AtomicInteger random = new AtomicInteger();
+
+        instr.runOnMainSync(new Runnable() {
+            public void run() {
+                final FlutterView flutterView = (FlutterView) activityRule.getActivity().findViewById(
+                    R.id.flutter_view);
+                flutterView.sendToFlutter("getRandom", message.toString(), new FlutterView.MessageReplyCallback() {
+                    public void onReply(String json) {
+                        try {
+                            JSONObject reply = new JSONObject(json);
+                            random.set(reply.getInt("value"));
+                        } catch (JSONException e) {
+                            fail(e.getMessage());
+                        } finally {
+                            latch.countDown();
+                        }
+                    }
+                });
+            }
+        });
+
+        try {
+            assertTrue(latch.await(2, TimeUnit.SECONDS));
+        } catch (InterruptedException e) {
+            fail(e.getMessage());
+        }
+        assertTrue(random.get() >= RANDOM_MIN);
+        assertTrue(random.get() < RANDOM_MAX);
+    }
+
+    @Test
+    public void testBitmap() {
+        final Instrumentation instr = InstrumentationRegistry.getInstrumentation();
+        final BitmapPoller poller = new BitmapPoller(5);
+        instr.runOnMainSync(new Runnable() {
+            public void run() {
+                final FlutterView flutterView = (FlutterView) activityRule.getActivity().findViewById(
+                    R.id.flutter_view);
+
+                // Call onPostResume to start the engine's renderer even if the activity
+                // is paused in the test environment.
+                flutterView.onPostResume();
+
+                poller.start(flutterView);
+            }
+        });
+
+        Bitmap bitmap = null;
+        try {
+            bitmap = poller.waitForBitmap();
+        } catch (InterruptedException e) {
+            fail(e.getMessage());
+        }
+
+        assertNotNull(bitmap);
+        assertTrue(bitmap.getWidth() > 0);
+        assertTrue(bitmap.getHeight() > 0);
+
+        // Check that a pixel matches the default Material background color.
+        assertTrue(bitmap.getPixel(bitmap.getWidth() - 1, bitmap.getHeight() - 1) == 0xFFFAFAFA);
+    }
+
+    // Waits on a FlutterView until it is able to produce a bitmap.
+    private class BitmapPoller {
+        private int triesPending;
+        private int waitMsec;
+        private FlutterView flutterView;
+        private Bitmap bitmap;
+        private CountDownLatch latch = new CountDownLatch(1);
+
+        private final int delayMsec = 1000;
+
+        BitmapPoller(int tries) {
+            triesPending = tries;
+            waitMsec = delayMsec * tries + 100;
+        }
+
+        void start(FlutterView flutterView) {
+            this.flutterView = flutterView;
+            flutterView.postDelayed(checkBitmap, delayMsec);
+        }
+
+        Bitmap waitForBitmap() throws InterruptedException {
+            latch.await(waitMsec, TimeUnit.MILLISECONDS);
+            return bitmap;
+        }
+
+        private Runnable checkBitmap = new Runnable() {
+            public void run() {
+                bitmap = flutterView.getBitmap();
+                triesPending--;
+                if (bitmap != null || triesPending == 0) {
+                    latch.countDown();
+                } else {
+                    flutterView.postDelayed(checkBitmap, delayMsec);
+                }
+            }
+        };
+    }
+}
diff --git a/examples/hello_services/android/build.gradle b/examples/hello_services/android/build.gradle
index db81558afaa..46b652bfa7d 100644
--- a/examples/hello_services/android/build.gradle
+++ b/examples/hello_services/android/build.gradle
@@ -8,6 +8,12 @@ buildscript {
     }
 }
 
+allprojects {
+    repositories {
+        jcenter()
+    }
+}
+
 task clean(type: Delete) {
     delete rootProject.buildDir
 }