I've implemented Content Provider that retrieves data from a service installed on network. The content provider takes required parameters from shared preferences (user credentials, app name, etc.)
SharedPreferences settings = getContext().getSharedPreferences(NET_PREFS, 0);
I use unit test for this Content provider:
public class ResearchProviderTest extends ProviderTestCase2<MyProvider>{
public ResearchProviderTest() {
super(MyProvider.class, MyProvider.CONTENT_AUTHORITY);
}
public void testInsert() {
ContentValues values = new ContentValues();
values.put(QueryFields.FIELD_QUERY_TEXT, "query" );
Uri newUri = getMockContentResolver().insert(MyProvider.CONTENT_URI, values);
Cursor readMessagesCursor = getMockContentResolver().query(
newUri ,
new String[] { FIELD_SR_TITLE },
null, null, null );
assertTrue("The cursor should contain some entries", readMessagesCursor.moveToFirst());
}
}
During execution of the unit test. The exception is thrown:
java.lang.UnsupportedOperationException
at android.test.mock.MockContext.getSharedPreferences(MockContext.java:127)
at android.content.ContextWrapper.getSharedPreferences(ContextWrapper.java:146)
at android.content.ContextWrapper.getSharedPreferences(ContextWrapper.java:146)
at com.company.mobile.android.net.RemoteExecutor.retrieveCredentials(RemoteExecutor.java:171)
at com.company.mobile.android.net.service.Adapter.executeSearch(Adapter.java:33)
at com.company.mobile.android.provider.MyProvider.insert(MyProvider.java:167)
at android.content.ContentProvider$Transport.insert(ContentProvider.java:174)
...
Does anybody know how to pass Shared Preferences to the MockContext? Should I use other approach if I need Context during testing Content Provider?
You have to inject a Context
that extends MockContext
using AndroidTestCase.setContext() and overrides at least getPackageName()
and getSharedPreferences()
.
Unfortunately, it's not possible to inject a MockContext
to ProviderTestCase2
because setContext() is not honored. Then, the solution is to override setUp()
not invoking the super method.
package com.example.aatg.ps.test;
import android.test.ProviderTestCase2;
import com.example.aatg.ps.ProviderSample;
public class ProviderSampleTests extends ProviderTestCase2<ProviderSample> {
private ResolverRenamingMockContext mProviderContext;
private Class<ProviderSample> mProviderClass;
private ProviderSample mProvider;
private String mProviderAuthority;
public ProviderSampleTests() {
super(ProviderSample.class, ProviderSample.AUTHORITY);
setName("ProviderSampleTests");
mProviderClass = ProviderSample.class;
mProviderAuthority = ProviderSample.AUTHORITY;
}
@Override
protected void setUp() throws Exception {
// We should not invoke super.setUp() here to avoid the UnsupportedOperationException.
//super.setUp();
// This is needed to support getSharedPreferences() in ProviderSample.onCreate()
mProviderContext = new ResolverRenamingMockContext(getContext());
mProvider = mProviderClass.newInstance();
assertNotNull(mProvider);
mProvider.attachInfo(mProviderContext, null);
mProviderContext.addProvider(mProviderAuthority, mProvider);
}
@Override
public ProviderSample getProvider() {
return mProvider;
}
protected void tearDown() throws Exception {
super.tearDown();
}
public void testProviderSampleCreation() {
ProviderSample provider = getProvider();
assertNotNull(provider);
}
}
And this is ResolverRenamingMockContext
:
package com.example.aatg.ps.test;
import java.io.File;
import android.content.ContentProvider;
import android.content.Context;
import android.content.SharedPreferences;
import android.content.res.Resources;
import android.test.IsolatedContext;
import android.test.mock.MockContentResolver;
import android.test.mock.MockContext;
/**
* @author diego
*
*/
public class ResolverRenamingMockContext extends IsolatedContext {
/**
* The renaming prefix.
*/
private static final String PREFIX = "test.";
/**
* The resolver.
*/
private static final MockContentResolver RESOLVER = new MockContentResolver();
/**
* Constructor.
* @param context
*/
public ResolverRenamingMockContext(Context context) {
super(RESOLVER, new DelegatedMockContext(context));
}
public MockContentResolver getResolver() {
return RESOLVER;
}
public void addProvider(String name, ContentProvider provider) {
RESOLVER.addProvider(name, provider);
}
/**
* The DelegatedMockContext.
*
*/
private static class DelegatedMockContext extends MockContext {
private Context mDelegatedContext;
public DelegatedMockContext(Context context) {
mDelegatedContext = context;
}
@Override
public SharedPreferences getSharedPreferences(String name, int mode) {
return mDelegatedContext.getSharedPreferences(PREFIX + name, mode);
}
}
}
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