I am writing unit tests for my viewModel, but having trouble executing the tests. The runBlocking { ... } block doesn't actually wait for the code inside to finish, which is surprising to me.
The test fails because result is null. Why doesn't runBlocking { ... } run the launch block inside the ViewModel in blocking fashion?
I know if I convert it to a async method that returns a Deferred object, then I can get the object by calling await(), or I can return a Job and call join(). But, I'd like to do this by leaving my ViewModel methods as void functions, is there a way to do this?
// MyViewModel.kt
class MyViewModel(application: Application) : AndroidViewModel(application) {
val logic = Logic()
val myLiveData = MutableLiveData<Result>()
fun doSomething() {
viewModelScope.launch(MyDispatchers.Background) {
System.out.println("Calling work")
val result = logic.doWork()
System.out.println("Got result")
myLiveData.postValue(result)
System.out.println("Posted result")
}
}
private class Logic {
suspend fun doWork(): Result? {
return suspendCoroutine { cont ->
Network.getResultAsync(object : Callback<Result> {
override fun onSuccess(result: Result) {
cont.resume(result)
}
override fun onError(error: Throwable) {
cont.resumeWithException(error)
}
})
}
}
}
// MyViewModelTest.kt
@RunWith(RobolectricTestRunner::class)
class MyViewModelTest {
lateinit var viewModel: MyViewModel
@get:Rule
val rule: TestRule = InstantTaskExecutorRule()
@Before
fun init() {
viewModel = MyViewModel(ApplicationProvider.getApplicationContext())
}
@Test
fun testSomething() {
runBlocking {
System.out.println("Called doSomething")
viewModel.doSomething()
}
System.out.println("Getting result value")
val result = viewModel.myLiveData.value
System.out.println("Result value : $result")
assertNotNull(result) // Fails here
}
}