test

Synopsis#

Run integration tests.

patrol test

To see all available options and flags, run patrol test --help.

Description#

This command is the one use you'll be using most often.

patrol test does the following things:

1. Builds the app under test (AUT) and the instrumentation app
2. Installs the AUT and the instrumentation on the selected device
3. Runs the tests natively, and reports results back in native format.

Under the hood, it calls Gradle (when testing on Android) and xcodebuild (when testing on iOS).

Discussion#

By default, patrol test runs all integration tests (files ending with _test.dart located in the integration_test directory).

To run a single test, use --target:

patrol test --target integration_test/login_test.dart

You can use --target more than once to run multiple tests:

patrol test \
  --target integration_test/login_test.dart \
  --target integration_test/app_test.dart

Or alternatively:

patrol test --targets integration_test/login_test.dart,integration_test/app_test.dart

Test files must end with _test.dart. Otherwise the file is not considered a test and is not run.

To delay app uninstallation for 5 seconds after the test finishes:

patrol test --target integration_test/app_test.dart --wait 5

Under the hood#

patrol test basically calls patrol build and then runs the built app binaries. For more info, read docs of patrol build.