So jetbrain's super amazing kmp plugin includes ab...

# kotest

[Vishnu Shrikar]

So jetbrain's super amazing kmp plugin includes absolutely zero test setup. Include tests so that all developers can be encouraged to write well made code? Jetbrains would rather just give you a ktor server. This means I have to try and set up kotest on my own without a common test. It does not seem to work so I am reaching out for some help. Let me show you what I did

first I added this in the build.gradle in the sourceSets section

val commonTest by getting {
            dependencies {
                implementation(kotlin("test"))
                implementation("io.kotest:kotest-assertions-core:${project.property("kotest-assertions-version")}")
                implementation("io.kotest:kotest-framework-engine:${project.property("kotest-assertions-version")}")
            }
        }

I then created the commonTest directory under the src folder so it looks like the included image. I also created a class called DatabaseTest.

Then I wrote this test

class DatabaseTest : FreeSpec() {

    init {

        "test" {
            0 shouldBe 0
            fail("ssp")
        }


    }


}

Doing ./gradlew test shows successful which means its not running the test.

Running the test through the kotest plugin gives me this error

Cannot locate tasks that match ':composeApp:compileJava' as task 'compileJava' is ambiguous in project ':composeApp'. Candidates are: 'compileDebugAndroidTestJavaWithJavac', 'compileDebugJavaWithJavac', 'compileDebugUnitTestJavaWithJavac', 'compileReleaseJavaWithJavac', 'compileReleaseUnitTestJavaWithJavac'.

Any clue on how to solve this annoyance?

[Distractic]

For JVM, you need to import io.kotest:kotest-runner-junit5:$version in JvmTest module

[Distractic]

val jvmTest by getting {
            dependencies {
                implementation("io.kotest:kotest-runner-junit5:$version")
            }
        }

[Distractic]

$version is the kotest version of course

[Vishnu Shrikar]

do i need to import different things per platform?

[Distractic]

just for JVM

[Distractic]

For Common & Native, the dependencies in commonTest added are enough

[Vishnu Shrikar]

What about android

[Distractic]

hum .. probably same than JVM

[Vishnu Shrikar]

Ok ill try that after work today thanks

[Vishnu Shrikar]

I still have the same problems and I think i got the dependancies sorted. It may be Intellij being weird thought intellij seldom does this type of stuff