diff --git a/android/app/build.gradle.kts b/android/app/build.gradle.kts
index 4e72d441..628b03b1 100644
--- a/android/app/build.gradle.kts
+++ b/android/app/build.gradle.kts
@@ -80,6 +80,19 @@ android {
         buildConfig = true
     }
 
+    testOptions {
+        unitTests {
+            // JVM unit tests run against android.jar's stub methods,
+            // which throw `RuntimeException("Method ... not mocked")`
+            // when touched (including statics like Bundle.EMPTY).
+            // Return defaults instead so tests that pass Bundles
+            // through without inspecting them (e.g. SessionCommand
+            // construction in LikeMediaCallbackTest) just work,
+            // without dragging in Robolectric.
+            isReturnDefaultValues = true
+        }
+    }
+
     packaging {
         resources.excludes +=
             setOf(