android retrofit2, dagger2 unit test - android

I learn how to test the presenter layer of MVP architecture in android, my presenter using retrofit 2 and in my activity I used dagger 2 as dependency injection to my presenter, this is my Dagger and presenter injection looks like:
#Inject
AddScreenPresenter addScreenPresenter;
This is the Dagger builder :
DaggerAddScreenComponent.builder()
.netComponent(((App) getApplicationContext()).getNetComponent())
.addScreenModule(new AddScreenModule(this, new ContactDatabaseHelper(this)))
.build().inject(this);
and this is my presenter constructor :
#Inject
public AddScreenPresenter(Retrofit retrofit, AddScreenContact.View view, ContactDatabaseHelper contactDatabaseHelper)
{
this.retrofit = retrofit;
this.view = view;
this.contactDatabaseHelper = contactDatabaseHelper;
}
I have write the unit test class and mock the Retrofit class, but when I run it, the error appears :
Mockito cannot mock/spy following:
- final classes
- anonymous classes
- primitive types
This is the test class :
#RunWith(MockitoJUnitRunner.class)
public class AddScreenPresenterTest {
private AddScreenPresenter mAddPresenter;
#Mock
private Retrofit mRetrofit;
#Mock
private Context mContext;
#Mock
private AddScreenContact.View mView;
#Mock
private ContactDatabaseHelper mContactDatabaseHelper;
String firstName, phoneNumber;
Upload upload;
#Before
public void setup() {
mAddPresenter = new AddScreenPresenter(mRetrofit, mView, mContactDatabaseHelper);
firstName = "aFirstName";
phoneNumber = "998012341234";
Uri path = Uri.parse("android.resource://"+BuildConfig.APPLICATION_ID+"/" + R.drawable.missing);
upload = new Upload();
upload.title = firstName;
upload.description = "aDescription";
upload.albumId = "XXXXX";
upload.image = new File(path.getPath());
}
#Test
public void checkValidationTest() {
verify(mAddPresenter).checkValidation(firstName, phoneNumber);
}
#Test
public void uploadMultiPartTest() {
verify(mAddPresenter).uploadMultiPart(upload);
}
}
this is my module :
#Module
public class AddScreenModule {
private final AddScreenContact.View mView;
private final ContactDatabaseHelper mContactDatabaseHelper;
public AddScreenModule (AddScreenContact.View view, ContactDatabaseHelper contactDatabaseHelper)
{
this.mView = view;
this.mContactDatabaseHelper = contactDatabaseHelper;
}
#Provides
#CustomScope
AddScreenContact.View providesAddScreenContactView() {
return mView;
}
#Provides
#CustomScope
ContactDatabaseHelper providesContactDatabaseHelper() {
return mContactDatabaseHelper;
}
}
I know that Retrofit class is a final class, and now I stuck and don't know how to create the presenter object in my test class. Please help me, how to create the object of the presenter class with retrofit in the constructor. Feel free to ask if my question is not clear enough, and thank you very much for your help.

Personally I'd make the presenter not depend on the Retrofit class but rather on the services created by Retrofit - These are mockable.
It's hard to say from the code you posted which services your presenter actually uses, but for the sake of simplicity let's say it uses only one and let's say it's AddsService - This is an interface ready to work with Retrofit. Something like this for example
public interface AddsService {
#GET(...)
Call<List<Adds>> getAllAdds();
}
Now you can make your presenter depend on this rather than Retrofit
#Inject
public AddScreenPresenter(AddsService addsService,
AddScreenContact.View view,
ContactDatabaseHelper contactDatabaseHelper){
this.addsService = addsService;
this.view = view;
this.contactDatabaseHelper = contactDatabaseHelper;
}
You now need to provide this dependency. I'm guessing you have also a NetModule since you have a NetComponent, so I assume you can just do:
#Module
public class NetModule {
// Methods providing Retrofit
#Provides
#Singleton
public AddsService providesAddsService(Retrofit retrofit) {
return retrofit.create(AddsService.class);
}
}
Notice how the providesAddsService depends on retrofit? This should be already provided since your presenter is depending on it. You shouldn't need to change anything for that. Dagger is able to figure out how to provide Retrofit to the method providesAddsService.
Please notice also that I'm assuming you can provide these in a Singleton scope. I assume this because in your code you retrieve the component from the application, which should handle the singleton scope.
Now in your tests you can simply mock AddsService and test your presenter.
If your presenter depends on more services, I'd also pass them in the constructor and provide the implementations with Dagger.
As a bonus, let me also say that the retrofit instance and the retrofit services should only be created once (or at least as less times as possible). This is because they're usually expensive operations and you usually always query the same endpoints with different parameters.
EDIT
To answer some of the questions in the comments. First the easy one: How to create the presenter in the test classes? Like you I too try to get away from Dagger during tests, that's why I prefer constructor dependency injection just like you show you're using. So in my test class I'd have something very similar like you:
#RunWith(MockitoJUnitRunner.class)
public class AddScreenPresenterTest {
private AddScreenPresenter mAddPresenter;
#Mock
private AddsService addsService;
// ...
#Before
public void setUp() throws Exception {
mAddPresenter = new AddScreenPresenter(addsService,
mView, mContactDatabaseHelper);
// ...
}
}
So basically the only difference is that I would pass the mock to the service.
Now the second question: How to call the presenter constructor from the activity? Well you don't... that's the whole idea of dependency injection. You should use dagger to provide your presenter. I think this is already what you do and I guess this is what it's in your activity:
#Inject
AddScreenPresenter addScreenPresenter;
So all you need to do is have a provider method in your module that provides this and is able to inject it.
You can also make the component return the presenter provided by the module:
#Component(...)
public interface AddScreenComponent {
AddScreenPresenter getPresenter();
}
And then in your activity you'd do something like:
addScreenPresenter = component.getPresenter();
I don't really have any preference here. The key point is to understand that you should not build the objects yourself (unless inside #Modules). As a rule of thumb any time you see new being used that means you have a tight dependency on that object and you should extract it to be injected. So this is why you should avoid creating the presenter inside your activity. It will couple the presenter to the activity.

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Dagger2 dependency injection: How does it work in an android app?

I am trying to understand an example for an app with offline support using retrofit and room:
You can find the code for it here:
This project is using dependency injections with Dagger2. I've never worked with it so I am trying to understand how things work together. I understand the purpose of dependency injection but I don't understand the implementation of the project above.
I found a very good introduction into Dagger2 here:
A Friendly Introduction to Dagger 2
Dagger 2 example Code:
I worked through it and got most of it. Back to the actual project I am trying to understand (link 2). It still doesn't make sense to me and here is why:
The interface AppComponent has one method which is used:
public void inject(MainActivity2ViewModel viewModelModule); The return type is void. In the Dagger2 sample project (link 3 and 4) they use WeatherReporter getWeatherReporter(); which makes sense because later they call this method to get a WeatherReporter-Instance and Dagger2 manages all of the instantation process in the background. But I get nothing if the return type is void. Why is the return type not an object?
There is one #Inject in MainActivity2ViewModel:
#Inject
public void setRepository(GitHubRepository2 repository) {
this.repository = repository;
}
repository is the only field of MainActivity2ViewModel so it is a dependency. The GitHubRepository2 constructor has 3 parameters:
#Inject
public GitHubRepository2(GitHubApi api, GitHubDao dao, Executor executor)
For each of them there is a module explaining how to create those objects. But why is there an AppModule and a NetModule? Maybe the AppModule is there because DaoModule needs an Application reference but why is there a NetModule and where is it used?
There's a lot of comprehensive tutorials about Dagger2 in Android. But I'll show you a glimpse of what it's used for. And minimal usage.
Ultimately, dagger will use the annotation #Inject which will provide(reference to the object or value) to the variable.
Injection is usually used on reusable or boilerplate objects like Dao, Repository, ViewModel, NetworkAdapter
class SomethingThatRequiresNetwork { // Activity, Fragment
#Inject
MyReusableNetworkAdapter myReusableNetworkAdapter;
String baseUrl; // for example purpose only
SomeDependency someDependency;
void init() {
// #NOTE: DaggerMyExampleComponent is a generated class. It will be red before compilation.
MyExampleComponent MyExampleComponent = DaggerMyExampleComponent.builder().build();
MyExampleComponent.inject(this); // the actual injection happens here
}
// yes, you can just use #Inject on the variables directly but this is another use.
#Inject
void methodInjection(String baseUrl, SomeDependency someDependency) {
this.baseUrl = baseUrl;
this.someDependency = someDependency;
}
}
// ANSWER to the two questions
// this is a pseudocode of the generated code. You do not write this
// MyExampleComponent class
void inject(SomethingThatRequiresNetwork obj) {
// #NOTE: modules are actually instantiated by MyExampleComponent. Not called statically. I just shortened it
obj.myReusableNetworkAdapter = NetModule.provideNetworkAdapter();
obj.methodInjection(NetModule.provideBaseUrl(), SomeModule.provideSomeDependency());
}
// these here are modules that provide by return TYPE
// you write these
#Module
class NetModule {
#Provides
#Singleton
String provideBaseUrl() {
return "www.some-url.com";
}
#Provides
#Singleton // will store the object and reuse it.
// #NOTE: provision can work internally within modules or inter-module. the input here is provided by provideBaseUrl
MyReusableNetworkAdapter provideNetworkAdapter(String baseUrl) {
return new MyReusableNetworkAdapter(baseUrl);
}
}
#Modules
class SomeModule {
#Provides
#Singleton
SomeDependency provideSomeDependency() {
return new SomeDependency();
}
}
// Component. uses modules
#Singleton // .build() will reuse
#Component(modules = {NetModule.class, SomeModule.class})
interface MyExampleComponent {
// the method name doesn't matter
// the class type does matter though.
void inject(SomethingThatRequiresNetwork somethingThatRequiresNetwork);
// some other class that needs injection. #NOTE: I did not give example for this
void inject(SomethingThatRequiresDependency some);
}
NOTE. This code is usually written from bottom to top lol. You start writing the Component then Module then Injections.
Just follow the calls from the top of this answer and you'll figure out how Dagger2 works.

Per scope dependency / overrideing dependencies per scope in Dagger2

I think the easiest way to explain is with a code example that includes RxJava
class SomeClass {
CompositeSubscriptions subscriptions;
public SomeClass(CompositeSubscription subscriptions) {
this.subscriptions = subscriptions;
subscriptions.add(...);
subscriptions.add(...);
subscriptions.add(...);
subscriptions.add(...);
subscriptions.add(...);
}
public void destory() {
subscriptions.unsubscribe();
}
}
So what I want to be able to do is to have classes just be able to ask for a CompositeSubscription and they get the one for there scope. That way they can freely unsubscribe the whole CompositeSubscription. This would be needed so that my Singletons don't interfere with my Activities which don't interfere with my Fragments.
You cannot have the same class provided in multiple scopes. You get an error {Class} is bound multiple times.
So the following setup is not valid
#Module
public class ActivityRxJavaModule {
#Provides
#PerActivity
CompositeSubscription providesCompositeSubscription() {
return new CompositeSubscription();
}
}
#Module
public class FragmentRxJavaModule {
#Provides
#PerFragment
CompositeSubscription providesCompositeSubscription() {
return new CompositeSubscription();
}
}
So there are two solutions that I know of.
Subclass per scope
a. Singleton{Class}, PerWhatever{Class}
Using the name annotation
a. #Named("singleton"), #Named("perwhatever")
I seem to prefer the Subclass per scope because I feel like it is a bit safer when refactoring, but both should work.

how can I inject a dependency in a method?

I'm a beginner with dependency injection.. specifically Dagger 2. I'm trying to figure out if/how I can do something like this:
#Inject
public void someMethodName(int someInteger, SomeObject dependency){
// do something with the dependency.
}
Or do I need to put that dependency in as a class var? any help with this would be greatly appreciated. also in this case the variable someInteger is not a dependency, but is being added by the caller... does that matter?
can I call it like this:
this.someMethodName(5);
android studio does not like the above calling method (I'm assuming because I'm doing something wrong)
You need to create component which is annotated by #Component.
The Component accepts module which provides dependencies.
Every component's name that you create starts with Dagger prefix, e.g. for MyComponent.
Let's look at the following example:
#Singleton
#Component(modules = DemoApplicationModule.class)
public interface ApplicationComponent {
void inject(DemoApplication application);
}
We created ApplicationComponent with single injection method. What we're saying is that we want to inject certain dependencies in DemoApplication.
Moreover, in the #Component annotations we specify module with provision methods.
This is like our module looks like:
#Module
public class DemoApplicationModule {
private final Application application;
public DemoApplicationModule(Application application) {
this.application = application;
}
#Provides #Singleton SomeIntegerHandler provideIntegerHandler() {
return new MySomeIntegerHandlerImpl();
}
}
What we're saying by creating DemoApplicationModule is that the module can provide desired dependencies in the injection place specified by our Component.
public class DemoApplication extends Application {
private ApplicationComponent applicationComponent;
#Inject SomeIntegerHandler handler;
#Override public void onCreate() {
super.onCreate();
applicationComponent = DaggerApplicationComponent.builder()
.demoApplicationModule(new DemoApplicationModule(this))
.build();
applicationComponent.inject(this);
handler.someMethodName(5);
}
}
See documentation what you kind of dependencies you can obtain. Additionally to obtaining just raw instance you can obtain Provider, Factory or Lazy instance.
http://google.github.io/dagger/api/latest/dagger/Component.html
You can also create scoped dependencis, the lifecycles of which depend on the lifecycle of injection places, like Activities or Fragments.
Hope I gave you the basic notion of what Dagger is.
YOU CAN USE SOME INTERFACE
public interface myDependence{
int myFunction(int value);
}
NOW IMPLEMENT IN YOU CLASS
public myClass implements MyDependence{
#Override
int myFunction(int value){
// do something
}
}

What does #Module means in dagger for android?

I have read many blogs but still i am not able to figure out #Module annotation functioning in dagger.
#Inject i got that it provides dependency injection at runtime. But what does #Module does.
since the object graph is also built on module.
For ex i.e i have this snippet of code from https://github.com/AndroidBootstrap/android-bootstrap.
#Module(
complete = false,
injects = {
BootstrapApplication.class,
BootstrapAuthenticatorActivity.class,
MainActivity.class,
BootstrapTimerActivity.class,
}
)
public class BootstrapModule {
}
so what does it basically does. since i am also trying to build one application using dagger as dependency injection for android.But since I am not able to get #Module concept clearly I am just stuck.
Can anyone please help me out with some basic example or concept. I think this will be helpful for all who is using dagger.
If you have a look to the docs for the annotation, a #Module annotated class defines a class that contributes to the dagger object graph. In the Spring framework for example, the equivalent would be the #Configuration anntotation. It defines a configuration point for your object graph, where you declare which objects you want to be available for injection and their scopes.
As a simple example, let's say we want a singleton object to be used by any Activity in the app. It has to be created in the module:
#dagger.Module(injects = {MyActivity.class})
public class Module {
#Provides
#Singleton
public MySinletonBean provideMySingleton() {
return new MySinletonBean();
}
}
This will create a MySingleton object which can be injected in MyActivity. This is a very basic example, but we can perform other actions in the graph there, like using dependencies in the constructors:
#dagger.Module(injects = {MyActivity.class})
public class Module {
private DependencyBean dependency = new DependencyBean();
#Provides
#Singleton
public MySinletonBean provideMySingleton() {
return new MySinletonBean(dependency);
}
#Provides
#Singleton
public MySinletonBean provideMyOtherSingleton() {
return new MyOtherSinletonBean(dependency);
}
}
Then, in MyActivity we need to access the graph for the application in the onCreate method:
#Inject
MySingletonBean singleton;
#Override
protected void onCreate(Bundle savedInstanceState) {
super.onCreate(savedInstanceState);
setContentView(R.layout.my_activity);
((MyApplication) getApplication()).getGraph().inject(this);
}
So, who does create the object graph here? The MyApplication class does it when your application starts (don't forger to add it in your androidManifest.xml):
public class MyApplication extends Application {
private ObjectGraph graph;
public ObjectGraph getGraph() {
return graph;
}
#Override
public void onCreate() {
super.onCreate();
graph = ObjectGraph.create(new Module(this));
graph.inject(this);
}
}
So the execution flow in a dagger app would be:
The android app starts and the MyApplication class builds the graph, parsing the #Module annotated classes and keeping an instance of it.
Then, the classes declared in the module can access its objects just injecting themselves in the object graph. Gradle then will evaluate their #Inject annotations and perform the dependency injections.
I guess Annotation Processing Tool requires that to generate code at the compile time.
This makes it Dagger can provide validation at compile time and not only at runtime.

Dagger not injecting Android Annotations class

Alright, I'm having an issue trying to mix frameworks.
So, I have a #SharedPref annotated class that should generate a Shared Preferences manager from Android Annotations. The class looks a bit something like this:
DownloadPrefs.java
#SharedPref(value= SharedPref.Scope.UNIQUE)
public interface DownloadPrefs {
#DefaultBoolean(false)
boolean hasEnabledDownload();
#DefaultBoolean(false)
boolean showedDownloadDialog();
#DefaultLong(0)
long downloadRefreshedOn();
}
Now, I'd like to inject the resulting class (which will be DownloadPrefs_) into a Fragment to make use of it. The fragment has had working injection before adding the new module, so I'm only going to write here what I added:
Fragment.java
#Inject DownloadPrefs_ downloadPrefs;
Now, since the actual DownloadPrefs_ class is generated at runtime, it would make the most sense to create an #Provides annotation for it, since I can't mark a constructor as injected. Nor does the DownloadPrefs_ have a no-arg constructor. The module I'm using then receives the new #Provides:
DownloaderModule.java
#Provides //#Singleton // Does not work with/out #Singleton
DownloadPrefs_ provideDownloadPrefs() {
return new DownloadPrefs_(MinimalBible.getApplication());
}
To be technical about it, the DownloadPrefs_ constructor that gets generated by Android Annotations expects a Context passed to it, I would have guessed that the Application context would be suitable. Otherwise, I'm not sure how I could possibly get access to the Activity context. Or whether that would actually break the ObjectGraph.
However, when I go to run the actual injection, I get the following message:
Caused by: java.lang.IllegalStateException: Errors creating object graph:
org.bspeice.minimalbible.activities.downloader.DownloadPrefs_ has no injectable members. Do you want to add an injectable constructor? required by class org.bspeice.minimalbible.activities.downloader.BookListFragment
Any clue on what's going on? It doesn't seem like the questions asking about "no injectable members" on other SO questions answered my case. I had a working app before adding the code above.
UPDATE: After doing some double-checking, I came across the following weird behavior. If I copy out the pre-built Android Annotations class, rename it, and inject that, everything works. Additionally, I can verify that the original built Android Annotations class (the DownloadPrefs_.java) does in fact exist in the .dex, so Dagger should have no reason to not be able to find it. Everything is doing a debug build, so I can't imagine ProGuard is messing anything up.
At this point, I'm going to create a minimal project to demonstrate the error, and file an issue with Dagger. In the mean time, just need to rewrite the Prefs class until I can get this sorted out.
UPDATE 5/12/2014
Here are the modules responsible for injection:
MinimalBibleModules.java
#Module(
injects = {
MinimalBible.class
},
includes = {
ActivityModules.class
}
)
public class MinimalBibleModules {
}
ActivityModules.java
#Module(
includes = {
ActivityDownloaderModule.class
}
)
public class ActivityModules {
}
ActivityDownloaderModule.java
#Module(
injects = {
BookListFragment.class,
DownloadManager.class,
BookRefreshTask.class
}
)
public class ActivityDownloaderModule {
#Provides #Singleton
DownloadManager provideDownloadManager() {
return new DownloadManager();
}
#Provides
EventBus provideBus() {
return new EventBus();
}
#Provides //#Singleton
DownloadPrefs_ provideDownloadPrefs() {
return new DownloadPrefs_(MinimalBible.getApplication());
}
}
Also, how the graph gets created:
MinimalBible.java
public class MinimalBible extends Application {
private ObjectGraph graph;
private static MinimalBible instance;
public MinimalBible() {
instance = this;
}
#Override
public void onCreate() {
graph = ObjectGraph.create(new MinimalBibleModules());
graph.inject(this);
}
There are two parts here. First, how you get access to the Context. You can do static things as you are, though that's not advisable. Generally, you should configure your graph with a stateful module that carries the context, like this:
#Module
class ApplicationModule {
private final Application application;
public ApplicationModule(Application app) {
this.application = app;
}
// you can mark this singleton, but it's minor overhead
// and the fact that you have a single instance stored
// means it's semantically equivalent. But for clarity
// it's sometimes good to make the point.
#Provides
#Singleton
Application application() {
return application;
}
// optionally: bind it as a Context with a qualifier.
// note: never bind Context without a qualifier annotation
// as Activity and Application are both Context subtypes.
#Provides
#Singleton
#PerApplication
Context appContext(Application app) {
// Doing this instead of returning this.application is
// semantically equivalent but links #PerApplication Context
// to Application, so in graph analysis and error reporting
// the link is clearer. That's a personal choice.
return app;
}
}
At any rate, you then when you create the graph:
Application appInstance = ...;
ObjectGraph appGraph = ObjectGraph.create(
MyAppModule.class,
new ApplicationModule(appInstance));
The Application is then seeded into the graph and can be depended-upon by other types that declare it as a dependency.

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