- Set up end-to-end (E2E) tests for your React Native application.
- Use Maestro to write and run automated E2E tests.
End-to-end (E2E) testing involves testing the complete functionality of an application from the user's perspective, ensuring all components work together as expected.
Maestro is a library for automating user interactions in your React Native app, allowing you to write and run E2E tests.
- Check the Maestro documentation.
- Install Maestro
Follow the getting started guide to install Maestro on your laptop.
- Create a Tests Folder:
- At the root of your project, create a
e2efolder.
- Create a Test File:
- Create a file named
process.yamlin thee2efolder.
- Add Maestro Script:
- Add the following script to your
package.json:
"scripts": {
"e2e": "maestro test e2e/process.yaml"
}- Write Your Test:
- Write a test in the
process.yamlfile.
You should have something like this:
appId: host.exp.Exponent
---
- launchApp
- tapOn: "Email"
- inputText: "[email protected]"
- tapOn: "Password"
- inputText: "123456"
- tapOn: "Login"
- waitFor: "Welcome"
- tapOn: "Buy this ship"
- tapOn: "Confirm"- Run Your Test:
- Run your test by lanching your project on a simulator and executing the following command:
npm run e2e- Check the Results: You should see the test running on your simulator.
- Write more tests for your application.
- Explore Maestro's documentation to learn more about its capabilities.
- Write a more complex test that involves
testIDs.