i.e. both dependant on internet as part of the tes...
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ursus
12/04/2019, 11:06 AMi.e. both dependant on internet as part of the test.. good? bad?
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tenprint
12/04/2019, 8:32 PM🤔 to me it's not the same
having tests against a real REST api, there are numerous reasons things can fail that are not related to your code, like you mentioned internet, server goes down, the API changes, etc
Firebase Test Lab will run your instrumented tests on emulators or real devices, but it's still running your test code. These could be espresso tests, activity/fragment scenarios, etc. So it's still your environment to control. However, yes it's possible that there's service interruption (it did happen to me before)
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ursus
12/05/2019, 6:58 AMisnt the same for test lab? its comunicating from client to server via some api, it can be dont, new version etc
ursus
12/05/2019, 6:58 AMbut we just wave hand since its considered stable
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tenprint
12/05/2019, 6:16 PMyeah true
honestly I have written tests against a remote REST API 🙂
tenprint
12/05/2019, 6:17 PMmaybe when ppl say you shouldn't do that, it is in cases where you do not control the remote REST service
with firebase test lab you have control over the environment (i think? it's been 6-7 months since i used it, starting to forget 😞 )
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ursus
12/05/2019, 10:08 PMWell, tests are fine, but should they fail a merge? Probably not
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tenprint
12/06/2019, 4:39 PMI believe in our set up, they did not block merging
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