I found this framework to be pretty interesting when getting started with it, but unless I am missing something here, it doesn't seem to support anything beyond the most basic use cases

:-) check docs. A lot of cases are supported. https://mockk.io I dont know your needs ofc, but probably something is wrong. It is just not that easy do debug remotely via chat

i've been neck deep in the docks for 2 days

I see

as an example, say I want to mock a method that takes an Android context as an argument. what is the proper way to do so?

I’ve definitely noticed more issues w/android instrumentation tests - not sure if the 1.10.0 fixes any of them, but one workaround is to just use Robolectric w/jvm tests instead

the tests I am writing are run both ways

Android instrumented tests before 28 level doesnt work properly