How to test onDismissRequest attribute of AlertDialog? - android-alertdialog

Question

In its simplest form I have this dialog:
#Composable
fun MyDialog(
showDialogState: MutableState<Boolean>
) {
if (showDialogState.value) {
AlertDialog(onDismissRequest = { showDialogState.value = false },
// Other irrelevant attributes have been omitted
)
}
}
How can I trigger "onDismissRequest" on this composable in Robolectric?
This is usually how I build my composable tests by the way:
#Config(sdk = [Build.VERSION_CODES.O_MR1])
#RunWith(AndroidJUnit4::class)
#LooperMode(LooperMode.Mode.PAUSED)
class MyDialogTest {
#get:Rule
val composeTestRule = createComposeRule()
#Test
fun `MyDialog - when showing state and dismissed - changes showing state`() {
val state = mutableStateOf(true)
composeTestRule.setContent {
MyDialog(
showDialogState = state
)
}
// TODO: How do I trigger dismiss!?
assertFalse(state.value)
}
}
Compose version: 1.1.0-rc01
Android Gradle Plugin version: 7.0.4
Robolectric version: 4.7.3

Answer 1

I don't think this is possible at the moment. I have written this test to confirm:
val onButtonPressed = mock<() -> Unit>()
composeTestRule.setContent {
Scaffold(topBar = {
TopAppBar {
Text(text = "This test does not work")
}
}) {
AlertDialog(
onDismissRequest = {},
properties = DialogProperties(
dismissOnBackPress = true,
dismissOnClickOutside = true
),
title = { Text(text = "This is a dialog")},
confirmButton = { Button(onClick = {}) {
Text(text = "Confirm")
}}
)
Column(modifier = Modifier.fillMaxSize()) {
Spacer(modifier = Modifier.weight(1f))
Button(onClick = onButtonPressed) {
Text(text = "test")
}
}
}
}
composeTestRule.onNode(isDialog()).assertExists()
composeTestRule.onNodeWithText("test", ignoreCase = true).performClick()
verify(onButtonPressed).invoke()
composeTestRule.onNode(isDialog()).assertDoesNotExist()
Even though the button is "behind" the dialog, it receives click events without dismissing the dialog.
Manual testing has confirmed that the implementation works, so perhaps a UIAutomator test could automate this, but that seems like an overly complicated way of solving this issue.

Answer 2

I quote the official documentation:
Dismiss the dialog when the user clicks outside the dialog or on the
back button. If you want to disable that functionality, simply use an
empty onCloseRequest.
https://foso.github.io/Jetpack-Compose-Playground/material/alertdialog/