Custom jest matchers to test the state of React Native.
Table of ContentsYou want to use jest to write tests that assert various things about the state of a React Native app. As part of that goal, you want to avoid all the repetitive patterns that arise in doing so like checking for a native element's props, its text content, its styles, and more.
This solutionThe jest-native
library provides a set of custom jest matchers that you can use to extend jest. These will make your tests more declarative, clear to read and to maintain.
These matchers should, for the most part, be agnostic enough to work with any React Native testing utilities, but they are primarily intended to be used with React Native Testing Library. Any issues raised with existing matchers or any newly proposed matchers must be viewed through compatibility with that library and its guiding principles first.
InstallationThis module should be installed as one of your project's devDependencies
:
yarn
yarn add --dev @testing-library/jest-nativeUsing
npm
npm install --save-dev @testing-library/jest-native
You will need react-test-renderer
, react
, and react-native
installed in order to use this package.
Import @testing-library/jest-native/extend-expect
once (for instance in your tests setup file) and you're good to go:
import '@testing-library/jest-native/extend-expect';
Alternatively, you can selectively import only the matchers you intend to use, and extend jest's expect
yourself:
import { toBeEmptyElement, toHaveTextContent } from '@testing-library/jest-native'; expect.extend({ toBeEmptyElement, toHaveTextContent });TypeScript support
In order to setup proper TypeScript type checking use either one of the following approches.
1. Use TypeScript Jest setup file.Use jest-setup.ts
file (instead of jest-setup.js
file) which is added to Jest config's setupFilesAfterEnv
option.
The Jest setup file should contain following line:
import '@testing-library/jest-native/extend-expect';
This should enable TypeScript checkign for both tsc
and VS Code intellisense.
declarations.d.ts
file
Alternatively, create declarations.d.ts
file at the root level of your project, if it does not exist already.
Add following line at the top of your declarations.d.ts
:
/// <reference types="@testing-library/jest-native" />
This should enable TypeScript checkign for both tsc
and VS Code intellisense.
jest-native
has only been tested to work with React Native Testing Library. Keep in mind that these queries are intended only to work with elements corresponding to host components.
toBeDisabled
Check whether or not an element is disabled from a user perspective.
This matcher will check if the element or its parent has any of the following props :
disabled
accessibilityState={{ disabled: true }}
editable={false}
(for TextInput
only)const { getByTestId } = render( <View> <Button disabled testID="button" title="submit" onPress={(e) => e} /> <TextInput accessibilityState={{ disabled: true }} testID="input" value="text" /> </View>, ); expect(getByTestId('button')).toBeDisabled(); expect(getByTestId('input')).toBeDisabled();
toBeEnabled
Check whether or not an element is enabled from a user perspective.
Works similarly to expect().not.toBeDisabled()
.
const { getByTestId } = render( <View> <Button testID="button" title="submit" onPress={(e) => e} /> <TextInput testID="input" value="text" /> </View>, ); expect(getByTestId('button')).toBeEnabled(); expect(getByTestId('input')).toBeEnabled();
toBeEmptyElement
Check that the given element has no content.
Examplesconst { getByTestId } = render(<View testID="empty" />); expect(getByTestId('empty')).toBeEmptyElement();
Note
This matcher has been previously namedtoBeEmpty()
, but we changed that name in order to avoid conflict with Jest Extendend matcher with the same name.
toContainElement
toContainElement(element: ReactTestInstance | null);
Check if an element contains another element as a descendant. Again, will only work for native elements.
Examplesconst { queryByTestId } = render( <View testID="grandparent"> <View testID="parent"> <View testID="child" /> </View> <Text testID="text-element" /> </View>, ); const grandparent = queryByTestId('grandparent'); const parent = queryByTestId('parent'); const child = queryByTestId('child'); const textElement = queryByTestId('text-element'); expect(grandparent).toContainElement(parent); expect(grandparent).toContainElement(child); expect(grandparent).toContainElement(textElement); expect(parent).toContainElement(child); expect(parent).not.toContainElement(grandparent);
toBeOnTheScreen
Check that the element is present in the element tree.
You can check that an already captured element has not been removed from the element tree.
ExamplesNote
This matcher requires React Native Testing Library v10.1 or later, as it includes thescreen
object.Note
If you're using React Native Testing Library v12 or later, you need to install Jest Native v5.4.2 or later.
render( <View> <View testID="child" /> </View>, ); const child = screen.getByTestId('child'); expect(child).toBeOnTheScreen(); screen.update(<View />); expect(child).not.toBeOnTheScreen();
toHaveProp
toHaveProp(prop: string, value?: any);
Check that the element has a given prop.
You can optionally check that the attribute has a specific expected value.
Examplesconst { queryByTestId } = render( <View> <Text allowFontScaling={false} testID="text"> text </Text> <Button disabled testID="button" title="ok" /> </View>, ); expect(queryByTestId('button')).toHaveProp('accessible'); expect(queryByTestId('button')).not.toHaveProp('disabled'); expect(queryByTestId('button')).not.toHaveProp('title', 'ok');
toHaveTextContent
toHaveTextContent(text: string | RegExp, options?: { normalizeWhitespace: boolean });
Check if an element or its children have the supplied text.
This will perform a partial, case-sensitive match when a string match is provided. To perform a case-insensitive match, you can use a RegExp
with the /i
modifier.
To enforce matching the complete text content, pass a RegExp
.
const { queryByTestId } = render(<Text testID="count-value">2</Text>); expect(queryByTestId('count-value')).toHaveTextContent('2'); expect(queryByTestId('count-value')).toHaveTextContent(2); expect(queryByTestId('count-value')).toHaveTextContent(/2/); expect(queryByTestId('count-value')).not.toHaveTextContent('21');
toHaveStyle
toHaveStyle(style: object[] | object);
Check if an element has the supplied styles.
You can pass either an object of React Native style properties, or an array of objects with style properties. You cannot pass properties from a React Native stylesheet.
Examplesconst styles = StyleSheet.create({ text: { fontSize: 16 } }); const { queryByText } = render( <Text style={[ { color: 'black', fontWeight: '600', transform: [{ scale: 2 }, { rotate: '45deg' }] }, styles.text, ]} > Hello World </Text>, ); expect(getByText('Hello World')).toHaveStyle({ color: 'black' }); expect(getByText('Hello World')).toHaveStyle({ fontWeight: '600' }); expect(getByText('Hello World')).toHaveStyle({ fontSize: 16 }); expect(getByText('Hello World')).toHaveStyle([{ fontWeight: '600' }, { color: 'black' }]); expect(getByText('Hello World')).toHaveStyle({ color: 'black', fontWeight: '600', fontSize: 16 }); expect(getByText('Hello World')).toHaveStyle({ transform: [{ scale: 2 }, { rotate: '45deg' }] }); expect(getByText('Hello World')).not.toHaveStyle({ color: 'white' }); expect(getByText('Hello World')).not.toHaveStyle({ transform: [{ scale: 2 }] }); expect(getByText('Hello World')).not.toHaveStyle({ transform: [{ rotate: '45deg' }, { scale: 2 }], });
toBeVisible
Check that the given element is visible to the user.
An element is visible if all the following conditions are met:
display
set to none
.opacity
set to 0
.Modal
component or it does not have the prop visible
set to false
.isHiddenFromAccessibility
function from React Native Testing Libraryconst { getByTestId } = render(<View testID="empty-view" />); expect(getByTestId('empty-view')).toBeVisible();
const { getByTestId } = render(<View testID="view-with-opacity" style={{ opacity: 0.2 }} />); expect(getByTestId('view-with-opacity')).toBeVisible();
const { getByTestId } = render(<Modal testID="empty-modal" />); expect(getByTestId('empty-modal')).toBeVisible();
const { getByTestId } = render( <Modal> <View> <View testID="view-within-modal" /> </View> </Modal>, ); expect(getByTestId('view-within-modal')).toBeVisible();
const { getByTestId } = render(<View testID="invisible-view" style={{ opacity: 0 }} />); expect(getByTestId('invisible-view')).not.toBeVisible();
const { getByTestId } = render(<View testID="display-none-view" style={{ display: 'none' }} />); expect(getByTestId('display-none-view')).not.toBeVisible();
const { getByTestId } = render( <View style={{ opacity: 0 }}> <View> <View testID="view-within-invisible-view" /> </View> </View>, ); expect(getByTestId('view-within-invisible-view')).not.toBeVisible();
const { getByTestId } = render( <View style={{ display: 'none' }}> <View> <View testID="view-within-display-none-view" /> </View> </View>, ); expect(getByTestId('view-within-display-none-view')).not.toBeVisible();
const { getByTestId } = render( <Modal visible={false}> <View> <View testID="view-within-not-visible-modal" /> </View> </Modal>, ); // Children elements of not visible modals are not rendered. expect(queryByTestId('view-within-modal')).toBeNull();
const { getByTestId } = render(<Modal testID="not-visible-modal" visible={false} />); expect(getByTestId('not-visible-modal')).not.toBeVisible();
const { getByTestId } = render(<View testID="test" accessibilityElementsHidden />); expect(getByTestId('test')).not.toBeVisible();
const { getByTestId } = render( <View testID="test" importantForAccessibility="no-hide-descendants" />, ); expect(getByTestId('test')).not.toBeVisible();
toHaveAccessibilityState
toHaveAccessibilityState(state: { disabled?: boolean; selected?: boolean; checked?: boolean | 'mixed'; busy?: boolean; expanded?: boolean; });
Check that the element has given accessibility state entries.
This check is based on accessibilityState
prop but also takes into account the default entries which have been found by experimenting with accessibility inspector and screen readers on both iOS and Android.
Some state entries behave as if explicit false
value is the same as not having given state entry, so their default value is false
:
disabled
selected
busy
The remaining state entries behave as if explicit false
value is different than not having given state entry, so their default value is undefined
:
checked
expanded
This matcher is compatible with *ByRole
and *ByA11State
queries from React Native Testing Library.
render(<View testID="view" accessibilityState={{ expanded: true, checked: true }} />); // Single value match expect(screen.getByTestId('view')).toHaveAccessibilityState({ expanded: true }); expect(screen.getByTestId('view')).toHaveAccessibilityState({ checked: true }); // Can match multiple entries expect(screen.getByTestId('view')).toHaveAccessibilityState({ expanded: true, checked: true });
Default values handling:
render(<View testID="view" />); // Matching states where default value is `false` expect(screen.getByTestId('view')).toHaveAccessibilityState({ disabled: false }); expect(screen.getByTestId('view')).toHaveAccessibilityState({ selected: false }); expect(screen.getByTestId('view')).toHaveAccessibilityState({ busy: false }); // Matching states where default value is `undefined` expect(screen.getByTestId('view')).not.toHaveAccessibilityState({ checked: false }); expect(screen.getByTestId('view')).not.toHaveAccessibilityState({ expanded: false });
toHaveAccessibilityValue
toHaveAccessibilityValue(value: { min?: number; max?: number; now?: number; text?: string | RegExp; });
Check that the element has given accessibilityValue
prop entries.
This matcher is compatible with *ByRole
and *ByA11Value
queries from React Native Testing Library.
render(<View testID="view" accessibilityValue={{ min: 0, max: 100, now: 65 }} />); const view = screen.getByTestId('view'); // Single value match expect(view).toHaveAccessibilityValue({ now: 65 }); expect(view).toHaveAccessibilityValue({ max: 0 }); // Can match multiple entries expect(view).toHaveAccessibilityValue({ min: 0, max: 100 }); expect(view).toHaveAccessibilityValue({ min: 0, max: 100, now: 65 }); // All specified entries need to match expect(view).not.toHaveAccessibilityValue({ now: 45 }); expect(view).not.toHaveAccessibilityValue({ min: 20, max: 100, now: 65 });
render(<View testID="view" accessibilityValue={{ text: 'Almost full' }} />); const view = screen.getByTestId('view'); expect(view).toHaveAccessibilityValue({ text: 'Almost full' }); expect(view).toHaveAccessibilityValue({ text: /full/ });Inspiration
This library was made to be a companion for React Native Testing Library.
It was inspired by jest-dom, the companion library for DTL. We emulated as many of those helpers as we could while keeping in mind the guiding principles.
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