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I am having a hard time in mocking static methods for instrumentation (Espresso) tests. For mocking objects, I am using Mockito. But, since Mockito cannot mock static methods , I am using Powermock on top of it. This works fine for tests running on the JVM machine, but for UI Tests, this combination does not work fine. I have declared the following dependencies for instrumentation tests.
androidTestCompile 'org.mockito:mockito-core:1.10.19'
androidTestCompile 'org.powermock:powermock-api-mockito:1.6.5'
androidTestCompile 'org.powermock:powermock-module-junit4:1.6.5'
androidTestCompile 'com.google.dexmaker:dexmaker:1.2'
androidTestCompile 'com.google.dexmaker:dexmaker-mockito:1.2'
androidTestCompile 'com.android.support.test:runner:0.5'
androidTestCompile 'com.android.support.test.espresso:espresso-core:2.2.2'
I am writing a sample test as below.
@RunWith(PowerMockRunner.class)
@PowerMockRunnerDelegate(AndroidJUnit4.class)
public class SampleTest {
@Test
public void test(){
//Test Code.
}
}
The code compiles successfully, but on run time, it gives me the following exception
java.lang.IllegalStateException: Extension API internal error: org.powermock.api.extension.proxyframework.ProxyFrameworkImpl could not be located in classpath.
at org.powermock.reflect.proxyframework.ProxyFrameworkHelper.register(ProxyFrameworkHelper.java:35)
at org.powermock.reflect.proxyframework.ClassLoaderRegisterProxyFramework.registerProxyframework(ClassLoaderRegisterProxyFramework.java:28)
at org.powermock.tests.utils.impl.AbstractCommonTestSuiteChunkerImpl.registerProxyframework(AbstractCommonTestSuiteChunkerImpl.java:101)
at org.powermock.tests.utils.impl.AbstractCommonTestSuiteChunkerImpl.chunkClass(AbstractCommonTestSuiteChunkerImpl.java:114)
at org.powermock.tests.utils.impl.AbstractCommonTestSuiteChunkerImpl.<init>(AbstractCommonTestSuiteChunkerImpl.java:60)
at org.powermock.tests.utils.impl.AbstractCommonTestSuiteChunkerImpl.<init>(AbstractCommonTestSuiteChunkerImpl.java:54)
at org.powermock.tests.utils.impl.AbstractTestSuiteChunkerImpl.<init>(AbstractTestSuiteChunkerImpl.java:58)
at org.powermock.modules.junit4.common.internal.impl.JUnit4TestSuiteChunkerImpl.<init>(JUnit4TestSuiteChunkerImpl.java:59)
at org.powermock.modules.junit4.common.internal.impl.AbstractCommonPowerMockRunner.<init>(AbstractCommonPowerMockRunner.java:32)
at org.powermock.modules.junit4.PowerMockRunner.<init>(PowerMockRunner.java:34)
at java.lang.reflect.Constructor.newInstance(Native Method)
at org.junit.internal.builders.AnnotatedBuilder.buildRunner(AnnotatedBuilder.java:104)
at org.junit.internal.builders.AnnotatedBuilder.runnerForClass(AnnotatedBuilder.java:86)
at android.support.test.internal.runner.junit4.AndroidAnnotatedBuilder.runnerForClass(AndroidAnnotatedBuilder.java:77)
at org.junit.runners.model.RunnerBuilder.safeRunnerForClass(RunnerBuilder.java:59)
at org.junit.internal.builders.AllDefaultPossibilitiesBuilder.runnerForClass(AllDefaultPossibilitiesBuilder.java:26)
at org.junit.runner.Computer.getRunner(Computer.java:40)
at org.junit.runner.Computer$1.runnerForClass(Computer.java:31)
at org.junit.runners.model.RunnerBuilder.safeRunnerForClass(RunnerBuilder.java:59)
at org.junit.runners.model.RunnerBuilder.runners(RunnerBuilder.java:101)
at org.junit.runners.model.RunnerBuilder.runners(RunnerBuilder.java:87)
at org.junit.runners.Suite.<init>(Suite.java:81)
at org.junit.runner.Computer.getSuite(Computer.java:28)
at android.support.test.internal.runner.TestRequestBuilder.classes(TestRequestBuilder.java:789)
at android.support.test.internal.runner.TestRequestBuilder.build(TestRequestBuilder.java:753)
at android.support.test.runner.AndroidJUnitRunner.buildRequest(AndroidJUnitRunner.java:354)
at android.support.test.runner.AndroidJUnitRunner.onStart(AndroidJUnitRunner.java:260)
at android.app.Instrumentation$InstrumentationThread.run(Instrumentation.java:1879)
What else am I missing? Is there any way in which static methods can be mocked in Espresso tests?
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In some cases, static methods can be difficult to test, especially if they need to be mocked, which is why most mocking frameworks don't support them.
Since static method belongs to the class, there is no way in Mockito to mock static methods. However, we can use PowerMock along with Mockito framework to mock static methods.
Note that static methods cannot be mocked easily. As an example, if you have two classes named A and B and class A uses a static member of class B, you wouldn't be able to unit test class A in isolation.
Mocking a No Argument Static Method 0, we can use the Mockito. mockStatic(Class<T> classToMock) method to mock invocations to static method calls. This method returns a MockedStatic object for our type, which is a scoped mock object.
PowerMock doesn't work with Espresso see this issue
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