hi Compose experts. With the release of the Compos...

# compose

[michaelv]

hi Compose experts. With the release of the Compose date picker in material 3 version 1.1.0, should I expect to be able to select dates from a UI test? Nothing shows up in the layout inspector to click on. Is there another way I’m supposed to be doing it?

[czuckie]

I've not personally tried, but a few go-to-tricks I like to use when I'm pulling my hair out are:

• rule.onRoot().printToString(...) - lets me see the hierarchy of composables the test framework can see
• rule.onRoot(useUnmergedTree = true).printToString(...) let's me see if there are things I can select against when the mergeDescendants modifier is ignored
I wish I had more tricks, but 😞

[michaelv]

yeah I actually tried that already too. for some reason it doesn’t actually print anything if I’ve opened the datepicker. thanks anyway. I would have thought if it was stable now that it would be visible in the layout inspector so we can click on stuff in the UI tests.

[czuckie]

hmm, maybe try:

rule.onAllNodes(isRoot()).printToString(...)

[czuckie]

or maybe rule.onAllNodes(isDialog()).printToString(...) I've not actually used the date picker so I have no idea how it's implemented 😞

[michaelv]

I think it’s just not supported yet for testing. a bit weird. every composable should be visible in the layout inspector for anything we can click on.