What is the best way to await functions in UI testing in Android Studio without Thread.Sleep()?

I'm using Espresso to write some automated tests for an Android app that I've developed. All the tests are automated and are passing/failing according to what happens with the UI. I've ran the code through SonarQube to detect bad coding practices and it's informed me that Thread.Sleep() should not be used.

I'm mainly using Thread.sleep() in instances where I'm typing out a form and need to hide the keyboard to scroll down to tap the next form field etc. From my understanding, using something like awaitility is for big async functions like fetching data etc. but what should I use in my case where something is not being fetched but more so for just interacting with the UI?

Here is an example of a log in test that I have created that uses Thread.Sleep():

        onView(withId(R.id.fieldEmail)).perform(typeText("shelley@gmail.com"));
        Thread.sleep(SHORT_WAIT);
        onView(withId(R.id.fieldPassword)).perform(click());
        onView(withId(R.id.fieldPassword)).perform(typeText("password"));
        Thread.sleep(SHORT_WAIT);
        onView(isRoot()).perform(pressBack());
        Thread.sleep(SHORT_WAIT);
        onView(withId(R.id.signIn)).perform(click());
        Thread.sleep(LONG_WAIT);