what’s the suggested test framework to use for kotlin based android app

There are plenty of them. JUnit is de facto standard.

I'd try spek

alright thanks let me take a look at them now

Spek experience can be not so smooth (especially on android) for now until 2.0 release, you can check talk about Spek on KotlinConf. Also, you cannot use it for instrumentation tests

i like Spek

still looking into spek, looks concise though

Kappuccino makes use of alot of high order functions but none of them are inline🤔

thinking though i can still write espresso in kotlin without using kappacinno

yea

@rkeazor I didn’t get your point. Spek requires Junit 5 and Junit 5 required Java 8, so you cannot use it for Instrumentation tests on Android until API level 26. Also Espresso is just view manipulation library, that allow to work with Android UI + integration with hamercrest assertions, so you can use any test runner, so don’t think that we should mix those different not-comparable tools I didn’t use Spek, I just know that it’s not so stable and even main contributors recommend to wait until version 2.0 dev preview. But I like concept and will probably use it in future I just think, that if you not familiar with testing in general and for first try just better to use Junit, it stable, works everywhere, part of instrumentation runner on Android and has great tooling support for every build system and every IDE. And when you will be more familiar with testing you will find better option yourself without asking other developers who, probably, has different requirements

@gildor isn’t for instrumentation tests

Spek is just specication framework integrated with Junit 5 test runner it doesn’t force to use particular test type (unit, instrumentation, integration). You can use it for any type of tests if you can run them, but you cannot do that on Android before api livel 26

lol which open source library isn’t under active development.I don’t know I used it and without problem .

under active, backward incompatable, development

when you say backwards incompatible what are you referring to? Junit 4?

Again, It’s good for you if you ready to use such library, even help with contribution, bug reporting etc. My point that it can be not so good for others, especially newbies

You should try and make judgement about it

I have nothing against Spek and want to use it. I judge only because main contributors of Spek telling about it and read #spek channel

I think its fine, I haven’t ran into problems.Except for robolectric issue. But like I said the main focus was pure junit. And at KotlinConf the main contributor encourage people to give it a shot

Yes, after version 2.0 dev preview

lol even before

Time

Perhaps, but it works .

No, I don’t, we use only pure unit + instrumentation

best thing, Robolectric has been the source of all my Nightmares 😂