diff --git a/packages/e2e/example/android/app/build.gradle b/packages/e2e/example/android/app/build.gradle
index 527ed2dd38e0..f6d35e213d40 100644
--- a/packages/e2e/example/android/app/build.gradle
+++ b/packages/e2e/example/android/app/build.gradle
@@ -56,6 +56,8 @@ flutter {
 
 dependencies {
     testImplementation 'junit:junit:4.12'
-    androidTestImplementation 'androidx.test:runner:1.2.0'
-    androidTestImplementation 'androidx.test.espresso:espresso-core:3.2.0'
-}
+    testImplementation "com.google.truth:truth:1.0"
+    androidTestImplementation 'androidx.test:runner:1.1.1'
+    androidTestImplementation 'androidx.test.espresso:espresso-core:3.1.1'
+    api 'androidx.test:core:1.2.0'
+}
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diff --git a/packages/e2e/example/android/app/src/androidTest/java/com/example/e2e_example/MainActivityEspressoTest.java b/packages/e2e/example/android/app/src/androidTest/java/com/example/e2e_example/MainActivityEspressoTest.java
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..4f05fcdf7104
--- /dev/null
+++ b/packages/e2e/example/android/app/src/androidTest/java/com/example/e2e_example/MainActivityEspressoTest.java
@@ -0,0 +1,36 @@
+package com.example.e2e_example;
+
+import static androidx.test.espresso.Espresso.pressBackUnconditionally;
+import static androidx.test.espresso.flutter.EspressoFlutter.onFlutterWidget;
+import static androidx.test.espresso.flutter.action.FlutterActions.click;
+import static androidx.test.espresso.flutter.assertion.FlutterAssertions.matches;
+import static androidx.test.espresso.flutter.matcher.FlutterMatchers.withText;
+import static androidx.test.espresso.flutter.matcher.FlutterMatchers.withTooltip;
+import static androidx.test.espresso.flutter.matcher.FlutterMatchers.withValueKey;
+
+import androidx.test.core.app.ActivityScenario;
+import androidx.test.ext.junit.runners.AndroidJUnit4;
+import androidx.test.rule.ActivityTestRule;
+import org.junit.Before;
+import org.junit.Rule;
+import org.junit.Test;
+import org.junit.runner.RunWith;
+
+@RunWith(AndroidJUnit4.class)
+public final class MainActivityEspressoTest {
+
+    @Rule
+    public ActivityTestRule<MainActivity> myActivityTestRule =
+            new ActivityTestRule<>(MainActivity.class, true, false);
+
+    @Before
+    public void setUp() {
+        ActivityScenario.launch(MainActivity.class);
+    }
+
+    @Test
+    public void checkText() throws Exception {
+        onFlutterWidget(withValueKey("ResultText"))
+                .check(matches(withText("Platform: android")));
+    }
+}
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diff --git a/packages/e2e/example/android/app/src/debug/AndroidManifest.xml b/packages/e2e/example/android/app/src/debug/AndroidManifest.xml
index 5d4aea26b1dd..4ae66cfc2cdb 100644
--- a/packages/e2e/example/android/app/src/debug/AndroidManifest.xml
+++ b/packages/e2e/example/android/app/src/debug/AndroidManifest.xml
@@ -4,4 +4,5 @@
          to allow setting breakpoints, to provide hot reload, etc.
     -->
     <uses-permission android:name="android.permission.INTERNET"/>
+    <application android:usesCleartextTraffic="true"/>
 </manifest>
diff --git a/packages/e2e/example/pubspec.yaml b/packages/e2e/example/pubspec.yaml
index 9ef6098477e3..9ceb07b688ff 100644
--- a/packages/e2e/example/pubspec.yaml
+++ b/packages/e2e/example/pubspec.yaml
@@ -9,7 +9,7 @@ environment:
 dependencies:
   flutter:
     sdk: flutter
-
+  espresso: ^0.0.1+3
   cupertino_icons: ^0.1.2
 
 dev_dependencies:
diff --git a/packages/e2e/lib/e2e.dart b/packages/e2e/lib/e2e.dart
index eef594a6f99e..ebd1ffcd5d30 100644
--- a/packages/e2e/lib/e2e.dart
+++ b/packages/e2e/lib/e2e.dart
@@ -3,6 +3,7 @@
 // found in the LICENSE file.
 
 import 'dart:async';
+import 'package:flutter_driver/driver_extension.dart';
 import 'package:flutter_test/flutter_test.dart';
 import 'package:flutter/foundation.dart';
 import 'package:flutter/services.dart';
@@ -10,6 +11,9 @@ import 'package:flutter/widgets.dart';
 
 import '_extension_io.dart' if (dart.library.html) '_extension_web.dart';
 
+const String _extensionMethodName = 'driver';
+const String _extensionMethod = 'ext.flutter.$_extensionMethodName';
+
 /// A subclass of [LiveTestWidgetsFlutterBinding] that reports tests results
 /// on a channel to adapt them to native instrumentation test format.
 class E2EWidgetsFlutterBinding extends LiveTestWidgetsFlutterBinding {
@@ -56,33 +60,18 @@ class E2EWidgetsFlutterBinding extends LiveTestWidgetsFlutterBinding {
   @override
   void initServiceExtensions() {
     super.initServiceExtensions();
-    Future<Map<String, dynamic>> callback(Map<String, String> params) async {
-      final String command = params['command'];
-      Map<String, String> response;
-      switch (command) {
-        case 'request_data':
-          final bool allTestsPassed = await _allTestsPassed.future;
-          response = <String, String>{
-            'message': allTestsPassed ? 'pass' : 'fail',
-          };
-          break;
-        case 'get_health':
-          response = <String, String>{'status': 'ok'};
-          break;
-        default:
-          throw UnimplementedError('$command is not implemented');
-      }
-      return <String, dynamic>{
-        'isError': false,
-        'response': response,
-      };
+    Future<String> handler(_) async {
+      final bool allTestsPassed = await _allTestsPassed.future;
+      return allTestsPassed ? 'pass' : 'fail';
     }
-
+    final FlutterDriverExtension extension = FlutterDriverExtension(handler, false);
+    registerServiceExtension(
+      name: _extensionMethodName,
+      callback: extension.call,
+    );
     if (kIsWeb) {
-      registerWebServiceExtension(callback);
+      registerWebServiceExtension(extension.call);
     }
-
-    registerServiceExtension(name: 'driver', callback: callback);
   }
 
   @override