I can't seem to figure out how to test BottomBar Navigation

I'm using the material BottomNavigationView and I'm trying to test the navigation:

Test:

    @Test //fails
    fun navigationMenu_contractClicked_openContractFragment() {
        Espresso.onView(ViewMatchers.withId(R.id.nav_view)).perform(NavigationViewActions.navigateTo(R.id.contractFragment))
        Espresso.onView(ViewMatchers.withId(R.id.constraint_contract_overview))
    }

XML:

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
<layout xmlns:android="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res/android"
    xmlns:app="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res-auto">

    <androidx.constraintlayout.widget.ConstraintLayout
        android:id="@+id/container"
        android:layout_width="match_parent"
        android:layout_height="match_parent">

        <com.google.android.material.bottomnavigation.BottomNavigationView
            android:id="@+id/nav_view"
            android:layout_width="0dp"
            android:layout_height="wrap_content"
            android:background="@color/raisingBlack"
            app:itemBackground="@color/raisingBlack"
            app:itemIconTint="@color/white"
            app:itemTextColor="@color/white"
            app:layout_constraintBottom_toBottomOf="parent"
            app:layout_constraintLeft_toLeftOf="parent"
            app:layout_constraintRight_toRightOf="parent"
            app:menu="@menu/bottom_nav_menu" />

        <fragment
            android:id="@+id/nav_host_fragment"
            android:name="androidx.navigation.fragment.NavHostFragment"
            android:layout_width="match_parent"
            android:layout_height="0dp"
            app:defaultNavHost="true"
            app:layout_constraintBottom_toTopOf="@id/nav_view"
            app:layout_constraintLeft_toLeftOf="parent"
            app:layout_constraintRight_toRightOf="parent"
            app:layout_constraintTop_toTopOf="parent"
            app:navGraph="@navigation/mobile_navigation" />

    </androidx.constraintlayout.widget.ConstraintLayout>
</layout>

but I get thrown this error:

androidx.test.espresso.PerformException: Error performing 'click on menu item with id' on view 'Animations or transitions are enabled on the target device.

Since I'm very new to android and kotlin, I have absolutely no clue what to do to fix this.