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cucumber-jvm and Android Studio


During this Winter holidays, I've been exploring a Behavior Driven Development and experimented with a couple of testing frameworks: Calabash and cucumber-jvm.

In this post, I would like to describe setting up cucumber-jvm for Android Studio projects.

I've extended cucumber-jvm examples with a version for Android Studio. Here is a copy in my github branch: https://github.com/mdzyuba/cucumber-jvm/tree/add_android_studio_example/examples/android/android-studio/Cukeulator.

In addition to the example code, here is some details on how it was created.

Dependencies


The cucumber-jvm requires several libraries to be added to a project: https://github.com/cucumber/cucumber-jvm/tree/master/android

I've found it's easier to add those dependencies with the Android Studio project setup dialog because it takes care of the jar versions for you.

File > Project Structure > Modules > app > Dependencies > + > Library dependency
  > type "cucumber" in the search dialog and submit a search request
  > select
      cucumber-core.jar,
      cucumber-html.jar,
      cucumber-java.jar,
      cucumber-junit.jar,
      cucumber-jvm-deps.jar,
      gherkin.jar.

 Make sure to set the scope for the libs as Test compile:


The cucumber-android.jar contains an apklib. Turns out Android Studio does not support it yet. Please see this post for more details.

A workaround is to build the jar yourself or just append @jar to the dependency:

androidTestCompile 'info.cukes:cucumber-android:1.2.0@jar'

Note, the `@jar` suffix is required in order to use the embedded jar file.

If you like to build the jar yourself, make a copy of cucumber-jvm

git clone https://github.com/cucumber/cucumber-jvm.git

Build cucumber-android jar following the steps described here: https://github.com/cucumber/cucumber-jvm/tree/master/android

Copy the jar:

cp android/target/cucumber-android-1.2.1-SNAPSHOT.jar you_project/app/libs

Add a dependency on a jar file to your project

File > Project Structure > Modules > app > Dependencies > + > File dependency
> select the cucumber-android-1.2.1-SNAPSHOT.jar
> select Test compile scope.

Once this is done, the build.gradle should have something like this:

dependencies {
    androidTestCompile 'info.cukes:cucumber-core:1.2.0'
    androidTestCompile 'info.cukes:cucumber-html:0.2.3'
    androidTestCompile 'info.cukes:cucumber-java:1.2.0'
    androidTestCompile 'info.cukes:cucumber-junit:1.2.0'
    androidTestCompile 'info.cukes:cucumber-jvm-deps:1.0.3'
    androidTestCompile 'info.cukes:cucumber-picocontainer:1.2.0'
    androidTestCompile 'info.cukes:gherkin:2.12.2'
    androidTestCompile 'junit:junit:4.12'
    androidTestCompile files('libs/cucumber-android-1.2.1-SNAPSHOT.jar')
}


assets/features


The cucumber tests are stored in a assets/features folder. I placed them under androidTest folder:

Project/app/src/androidTest/assets

Then updated build.gradle with assets.srcDirs for androidTest:

android {
    compileSdkVersion 21
    buildToolsVersion "21.1.1"

    defaultConfig {
        applicationId "cukeulator.android.example.cucumber.cukeulator"
        minSdkVersion 19
        targetSdkVersion 21
        versionCode 1
        versionName "1.0"

        testApplicationId "cukeulator.android.example.cucumber.cukeulator.test"
        testInstrumentationRunner "cucumber.api.android.CucumberInstrumentation"
    }
    sourceSets {
        androidTest {
            assets.srcDirs = ['src/androidTest/assets']
        }
    }

At this point the project should build with no errors.

Test Code


The actual tests code is described here:
https://github.com/cucumber/cucumber-jvm/tree/master/android
and in the project examples.

There are two things required by cucumber-jvm: the tests code should be in the same package as the test packageId, and the test runner should be cucumber.api.android.CucumberInstrumentation. Therefore, I've added these two lines to the defaultConfig part of the build.gradle:

 testApplicationId "cukeulator.android.example.cucumber.cukeulator.test"
 testInstrumentationRunner "cucumber.api.android.CucumberInstrumentation"

Test Run Configuration


In order to create a new test run configuration for cucumber tests in Android Studio, select

Run > Edit Configurations
Click + and Select Android Tests
Specify:
- Test name: CalculatorTest
- Module: app
- Specific instrumentation runner: cucumber.api.android.CucumberInstrumentation
Click Ok



If you like, you can  run the tests from a command line:

cd your_project_folder
./gradlew connectedCheck

Test Run Results


The test results are displayed in the Android Studio:



Comments

Tomasio said…
thanks man, now it works in my project ;)

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