diff --git a/core/tests/coretests/src/android/widget/TextViewActivityTest.java b/core/tests/coretests/src/android/widget/TextViewActivityTest.java
index b37688f0e2128..ce9ae02c9cece 100644
--- a/core/tests/coretests/src/android/widget/TextViewActivityTest.java
+++ b/core/tests/coretests/src/android/widget/TextViewActivityTest.java
@@ -17,6 +17,9 @@
 package android.widget;
 
 import static android.widget.espresso.TextViewActions.clickOnTextAtIndex;
+import static android.widget.espresso.TextViewActions.doubleTapAndDragOnText;
+import static android.widget.espresso.TextViewActions.longPressAndDragOnText;
+import static android.widget.espresso.TextViewAssertions.hasSelection;
 import static android.support.test.espresso.Espresso.onView;
 import static android.support.test.espresso.action.ViewActions.click;
 import static android.support.test.espresso.action.ViewActions.pressKey;
@@ -63,4 +66,28 @@ public class TextViewActivityTest extends ActivityInstrumentationTestCase2<TextV
         onView(withId(R.id.textview)).perform(pressKey(KeyEvent.KEYCODE_FORWARD_DEL));
         onView(withId(R.id.textview)).check(matches(withText("Hello orld!")));
     }
+
+    @SmallTest
+    public void testLongPressAndDragToSelect() throws Exception {
+        getActivity();
+
+        final String helloWorld = "Hello little handsome boy!";
+        onView(withId(R.id.textview)).perform(typeTextIntoFocusedView(helloWorld));
+        onView(withId(R.id.textview)).perform(
+                longPressAndDragOnText(helloWorld.indexOf("little"), helloWorld.indexOf(" boy!")));
+
+        onView(withId(R.id.textview)).check(hasSelection("little handsome"));
+    }
+
+    @SmallTest
+    public void testDoubleTapAndDragToSelect() throws Exception {
+        getActivity();
+
+        final String helloWorld = "Hello young beautiful girl!";
+        onView(withId(R.id.textview)).perform(typeTextIntoFocusedView(helloWorld));
+        onView(withId(R.id.textview)).perform(
+                doubleTapAndDragOnText(helloWorld.indexOf("young"), helloWorld.indexOf(" girl!")));
+
+        onView(withId(R.id.textview)).check(hasSelection("young beautiful"));
+    }
 }
diff --git a/core/tests/coretests/src/android/widget/espresso/DragOnTextViewActions.java b/core/tests/coretests/src/android/widget/espresso/DragOnTextViewActions.java
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000000..a0cd848a53f59
--- /dev/null
+++ b/core/tests/coretests/src/android/widget/espresso/DragOnTextViewActions.java
@@ -0,0 +1,281 @@
+/*
+ * 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
+ */
+
+package android.widget.espresso;
+
+import static android.support.test.espresso.matcher.ViewMatchers.isAssignableFrom;
+import static android.support.test.espresso.matcher.ViewMatchers.isCompletelyDisplayed;
+import static com.android.internal.util.Preconditions.checkNotNull;
+import static org.hamcrest.Matchers.allOf;
+
+import android.annotation.Nullable;
+import android.os.SystemClock;
+import android.support.test.espresso.UiController;
+import android.support.test.espresso.PerformException;
+import android.support.test.espresso.ViewAction;
+import android.support.test.espresso.action.CoordinatesProvider;
+import android.support.test.espresso.action.GeneralClickAction;
+import android.support.test.espresso.action.MotionEvents;
+import android.support.test.espresso.action.PrecisionDescriber;
+import android.support.test.espresso.action.Press;
+import android.support.test.espresso.action.Swiper;
+import android.support.test.espresso.action.Tap;
+import android.support.test.espresso.util.HumanReadables;
+import android.util.Log;
+import android.view.MotionEvent;
+import android.view.View;
+import android.view.ViewConfiguration;
+import android.widget.TextView;
+import org.hamcrest.Matcher;
+
+
+/**
+ * Drags on text in a TextView using touch events.<br>
+ * <br>
+ * View constraints:
+ * <ul>
+ * <li>must be a TextView displayed on screen
+ * <ul>
+ */
+public final class DragOnTextViewActions implements ViewAction {
+
+    /**
+     * Executes different "drag on text" types to given positions.
+     */
+    public enum Drag implements Swiper {
+
+        /**
+         * Starts a drag with a long-press.
+         */
+        LONG_PRESS {
+            private DownMotionPerformer downMotion = new DownMotionPerformer() {
+                @Override
+                public MotionEvent perform(
+                        UiController uiController, float[] coordinates, float[] precision) {
+                    MotionEvent downEvent = MotionEvents.sendDown(
+                            uiController, coordinates, precision)
+                            .down;
+                    // Duration before a press turns into a long press.
+                    // Factor 1.5 is needed, otherwise a long press is not safely detected.
+                    // See android.test.TouchUtils longClickView
+                    long longPressTimeout = (long) (ViewConfiguration.getLongPressTimeout() * 1.5f);
+                    uiController.loopMainThreadForAtLeast(longPressTimeout);
+                    return downEvent;
+                }
+            };
+
+            @Override
+            public Status sendSwipe(
+                    UiController uiController,
+                    float[] startCoordinates, float[] endCoordinates, float[] precision) {
+                return sendLinearDrag(
+                        uiController, downMotion, startCoordinates, endCoordinates, precision);
+            }
+
+            @Override
+            public String toString() {
+                return "long press and drag to select";
+            }
+        },
+
+        /**
+         * Starts a drag with a double-tap.
+         */
+        DOUBLE_TAP {
+            private DownMotionPerformer downMotion = new DownMotionPerformer() {
+                @Override
+                @Nullable
+                public MotionEvent perform(
+                        UiController uiController,  float[] coordinates, float[] precision) {
+                    MotionEvent downEvent = MotionEvents.sendDown(
+                            uiController, coordinates, precision)
+                            .down;
+                    try {
+                        if (!MotionEvents.sendUp(uiController, downEvent)) {
+                            String logMessage = "Injection of up event as part of the double tap " +
+                                    "failed. Sending cancel event.";
+                            Log.d(TAG, logMessage);
+                            MotionEvents.sendCancel(uiController, downEvent);
+                            return null;
+                        }
+
+                        long doubleTapMinimumTimeout = ViewConfiguration.getDoubleTapMinTime();
+                        uiController.loopMainThreadForAtLeast(doubleTapMinimumTimeout);
+
+                        return MotionEvents.sendDown(uiController, coordinates, precision).down;
+                    } finally {
+                        downEvent.recycle();
+                    }
+                }
+            };
+
+            @Override
+            public Status sendSwipe(
+                    UiController uiController,
+                    float[] startCoordinates, float[] endCoordinates, float[] precision) {
+                return sendLinearDrag(
+                        uiController, downMotion, startCoordinates, endCoordinates, precision);
+            }
+
+            @Override
+            public String toString() {
+                return "double-tap and drag to select";
+            }
+        };
+
+        private static final String TAG = Drag.class.getSimpleName();
+
+        /** The number of move events to send for each drag. */
+        private static final int DRAG_STEP_COUNT = 10;
+
+        /** Length of time a drag should last for, in milliseconds. */
+        private static final int DRAG_DURATION = 1500;
+
+        private static Status sendLinearDrag(
+                UiController uiController, DownMotionPerformer downMotion,
+                float[] startCoordinates, float[] endCoordinates, float[] precision) {
+            float[][] steps = interpolate(startCoordinates, endCoordinates);
+            final int delayBetweenMovements = DRAG_DURATION / steps.length;
+
+            MotionEvent downEvent = downMotion.perform(uiController, startCoordinates, precision);
+            if (downEvent == null) {
+                return Status.FAILURE;
+            }
+
+            try {
+                for (int i = 0; i < steps.length; i++) {
+                    if (!MotionEvents.sendMovement(uiController, downEvent, steps[i])) {
+                        String logMessage = "Injection of move event as part of the drag failed. " +
+                                "Sending cancel event.";
+                        Log.e(TAG, logMessage);
+                        MotionEvents.sendCancel(uiController, downEvent);
+                        return Status.FAILURE;
+                    }
+
+                    long desiredTime = downEvent.getDownTime() + delayBetweenMovements * i;
+                    long timeUntilDesired = desiredTime - SystemClock.uptimeMillis();
+                    if (timeUntilDesired > 10) {
+                        // If the wait time until the next event isn't long enough, skip the wait
+                        // and execute the next event.
+                        uiController.loopMainThreadForAtLeast(timeUntilDesired);
+                    }
+                }
+
+                if (!MotionEvents.sendUp(uiController, downEvent, endCoordinates)) {
+                    String logMessage = "Injection of up event as part of the drag failed. " +
+                            "Sending cancel event.";
+                    Log.e(TAG, logMessage);
+                    MotionEvents.sendCancel(uiController, downEvent);
+                    return Status.FAILURE;
+                }
+            } finally {
+                downEvent.recycle();
+            }
+            return Status.SUCCESS;
+        }
+
+        private static float[][] interpolate(float[] start, float[] end) {
+            float[][] res = new float[DRAG_STEP_COUNT][2];
+
+            for (int i = 1; i < DRAG_STEP_COUNT + 1; i++) {
+                res[i - 1][0] = start[0] + (end[0] - start[0]) * i / (DRAG_STEP_COUNT + 2f);
+                res[i - 1][1] = start[1] + (end[1] - start[1]) * i / (DRAG_STEP_COUNT + 2f);
+            }
+
+            return res;
+        }
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * Interface to implement different "down motion" types.
+     */
+    private interface DownMotionPerformer {
+        /**
+         * Performs and returns a down motion.
+         *
+         * @param uiController a UiController to use to send MotionEvents to the screen.
+         * @param coordinates a float[] with x and y values of center of the tap.
+         * @param precision  a float[] with x and y values of precision of the tap.
+         * @return the down motion event or null if the down motion event failed.
+         */
+        @Nullable
+        MotionEvent perform(UiController uiController, float[] coordinates, float[] precision);
+    }
+
+    private final Swiper mDragger;
+    private final CoordinatesProvider mStartCoordinatesProvider;
+    private final CoordinatesProvider mEndCoordinatesProvider;
+    private final PrecisionDescriber mPrecisionDescriber;
+
+    public DragOnTextViewActions(
+            Swiper dragger,
+            CoordinatesProvider startCoordinatesProvider,
+            CoordinatesProvider endCoordinatesProvider,
+            PrecisionDescriber precisionDescriber) {
+        mDragger = checkNotNull(dragger);
+        mStartCoordinatesProvider = checkNotNull(startCoordinatesProvider);
+        mEndCoordinatesProvider = checkNotNull(endCoordinatesProvider);
+        mPrecisionDescriber = checkNotNull(precisionDescriber);
+    }
+
+    @Override
+    @SuppressWarnings("unchecked")
+    public Matcher<View> getConstraints() {
+        return allOf(isCompletelyDisplayed(), isAssignableFrom(TextView.class));
+    }
+
+    @Override
+    public void perform(UiController uiController, View view) {
+        checkNotNull(uiController);
+        checkNotNull(view);
+
+        float[] startCoordinates = mStartCoordinatesProvider.calculateCoordinates(view);
+        float[] endCoordinates = mEndCoordinatesProvider.calculateCoordinates(view);
+        float[] precision = mPrecisionDescriber.describePrecision();
+
+        Swiper.Status status;
+
+        try {
+            status = mDragger.sendSwipe(
+                    uiController, startCoordinates, endCoordinates, precision);
+        } catch (RuntimeException re) {
+            throw new PerformException.Builder()
+                    .withActionDescription(this.getDescription())
+                    .withViewDescription(HumanReadables.describe(view))
+                    .withCause(re)
+                    .build();
+        }
+
+        int duration = ViewConfiguration.getPressedStateDuration();
+        // ensures that all work enqueued to process the swipe has been run.
+        if (duration > 0) {
+            uiController.loopMainThreadForAtLeast(duration);
+        }
+
+        if (status == Swiper.Status.FAILURE) {
+            throw new PerformException.Builder()
+                    .withActionDescription(getDescription())
+                    .withViewDescription(HumanReadables.describe(view))
+                    .withCause(new RuntimeException(getDescription() + " failed"))
+                    .build();
+        }
+    }
+
+    @Override
+    public String getDescription() {
+        return mDragger.toString();
+    }
+}
diff --git a/core/tests/coretests/src/android/widget/espresso/TextViewActions.java b/core/tests/coretests/src/android/widget/espresso/TextViewActions.java
index 425dccdf4936d..7e4735b298fe2 100644
--- a/core/tests/coretests/src/android/widget/espresso/TextViewActions.java
+++ b/core/tests/coretests/src/android/widget/espresso/TextViewActions.java
@@ -18,7 +18,6 @@ package android.widget.espresso;
 
 import static android.support.test.espresso.action.ViewActions.actionWithAssertions;
 
-import android.content.res.Resources;
 import android.support.test.espresso.PerformException;
 import android.support.test.espresso.ViewAction;
 import android.support.test.espresso.action.CoordinatesProvider;
@@ -27,8 +26,6 @@ import android.support.test.espresso.action.Press;
 import android.support.test.espresso.action.Tap;
 import android.support.test.espresso.util.HumanReadables;
 import android.text.Layout;
-import android.util.DisplayMetrics;
-import android.util.TypedValue;
 import android.view.View;
 import android.widget.TextView;
 
@@ -40,18 +37,62 @@ public final class TextViewActions {
     private TextViewActions() {}
 
     /**
-     * Returns an action that clicks on text at an index on the text view.<br>
+     * Returns an action that clicks on text at an index on the TextView.<br>
      * <br>
      * View constraints:
      * <ul>
-     * <li>must be a text view displayed on screen
+     * <li>must be a TextView displayed on screen
      * <ul>
+     *
+     * @param index The index of the TextView's text to click on.
      */
     public static ViewAction clickOnTextAtIndex(int index) {
         return actionWithAssertions(
                 new GeneralClickAction(Tap.SINGLE, new TextCoordinates(index), Press.FINGER));
     }
 
+    /**
+     * Returns an action that long presses then drags on text from startIndex to endIndex on the
+     * TextView.<br>
+     * <br>
+     * View constraints:
+     * <ul>
+     * <li>must be a TextView displayed on screen
+     * <ul>
+     *
+     * @param startIndex The index of the TextView's text to start a drag from
+     * @param endIndex The index of the TextView's text to end the drag at
+     */
+    public static ViewAction longPressAndDragOnText(int startIndex, int endIndex) {
+        return actionWithAssertions(
+                new DragOnTextViewActions(
+                        DragOnTextViewActions.Drag.LONG_PRESS,
+                        new TextCoordinates(startIndex),
+                        new TextCoordinates(endIndex),
+                        Press.FINGER));
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * Returns an action that double taps then drags on text from startIndex to endIndex on the
+     * TextView.<br>
+     * <br>
+     * View constraints:
+     * <ul>
+     * <li>must be a TextView displayed on screen
+     * <ul>
+     *
+     * @param startIndex The index of the TextView's text to start a drag from
+     * @param endIndex The index of the TextView's text to end the drag at
+     */
+    public static ViewAction doubleTapAndDragOnText(int startIndex, int endIndex) {
+        return actionWithAssertions(
+                new DragOnTextViewActions(
+                        DragOnTextViewActions.Drag.DOUBLE_TAP,
+                        new TextCoordinates(startIndex),
+                        new TextCoordinates(endIndex),
+                        Press.FINGER));
+    }
+
     /**
      * A provider of the x, y coordinates of the text at the specified index in a text view.
      */
diff --git a/core/tests/coretests/src/android/widget/espresso/TextViewAssertions.java b/core/tests/coretests/src/android/widget/espresso/TextViewAssertions.java
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000000..dce3182693a62
--- /dev/null
+++ b/core/tests/coretests/src/android/widget/espresso/TextViewAssertions.java
@@ -0,0 +1,98 @@
+/*
+ * 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
+ */
+
+package android.widget.espresso;
+
+import static android.support.test.espresso.matcher.ViewMatchers.assertThat;
+import static com.android.internal.util.Preconditions.checkNotNull;
+import static org.hamcrest.Matchers.is;
+
+import android.support.test.espresso.NoMatchingViewException;
+import android.support.test.espresso.ViewAssertion;
+import android.view.View;
+import android.widget.TextView;
+
+import junit.framework.AssertionFailedError;
+import org.hamcrest.Matcher;
+
+/**
+ * A collection of assertions on a {@link android.widget.TextView}.
+ */
+public final class TextViewAssertions {
+
+    private TextViewAssertions() {}
+
+    /**
+     * Returns a {@link ViewAssertion} that asserts that the text view has a specified
+     * selection.<br>
+     * <br>
+     * View constraints:
+     * <ul>
+     * <li>must be a text view displayed on screen
+     * <ul>
+     *
+     * @param selection  The expected selection.
+     */
+    public static ViewAssertion hasSelection(String selection) {
+        return new TextSelectionAssertion(is(selection));
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * Returns a {@link ViewAssertion} that asserts that the text view has a specified
+     * selection.<br>
+     * <br>
+     * View constraints:
+     * <ul>
+     * <li>must be a text view displayed on screen
+     * <ul>
+     *
+     * @param selection  A matcher representing the expected selection.
+     */
+    public static ViewAssertion hasSelection(Matcher<String> selection) {
+        return new TextSelectionAssertion(selection);
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * A {@link ViewAssertion} to check the selected text in a {@link TextView}.
+     */
+    private static final class TextSelectionAssertion implements ViewAssertion {
+
+        private final Matcher<String> mSelection;
+
+        public TextSelectionAssertion(Matcher<String> selection) {
+            mSelection = checkNotNull(selection);
+        }
+
+        @Override
+        public void check(View view, NoMatchingViewException exception) {
+            if (view instanceof TextView) {
+                TextView textView = (TextView) view;
+                int selectionStart = textView.getSelectionStart();
+                int selectionEnd = textView.getSelectionEnd();
+                try {
+                    String selectedText = textView.getText()
+                            .subSequence(selectionStart, selectionEnd)
+                            .toString();
+                    assertThat(selectedText, mSelection);
+                } catch (IndexOutOfBoundsException e) {
+                    throw new AssertionFailedError(e.getMessage());
+                }
+            } else {
+                throw new AssertionFailedError("TextView not found");
+            }
+        }
+    }
+}