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3 changes: 3 additions & 0 deletions examples/basic/jest.config.js
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module.exports = {
preset: 'react-native',
moduleFileExtensions: ['ts', 'tsx', 'js', 'jsx', 'json'],
transformIgnorePatterns: [
'node_modules/(?!(jest-)?react-native|@react-native(-community)?)',
],
setupFilesAfterEnv: ['./jest-setup.ts'],
};
2 changes: 1 addition & 1 deletion examples/basic/package.json
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"@types/react": "~18.3.12",
"eslint": "^8.57.0",
"jest": "^29.7.0",
"react-test-renderer": "18.2.0",
"react-test-renderer": "18.3.1",
"typescript": "^5.3.0"
},
"private": true,
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import * as React from 'react';
import { html } from 'react-strict-dom';
import { render, screen } from '@testing-library/react-native';

function Greeting({ name = 'World' }) {
return (
<html.div>
<html.span>Hello, {name}!</html.span>
</html.div>
);
}

describe('Greeting', () => {
it('should render', () => {
// Arrange
render(<Greeting />);

// Assert
expect(screen.getByText('Hello, World!')).toBeOnTheScreen();
});

it('should render with the correct name', () => {
// Arrange
render(<Greeting name="John" />);

// Assert
expect(screen.getByText('Hello, John!')).toBeOnTheScreen();
});
});
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import * as React from 'react';
import { html } from 'react-strict-dom';
import { render, screen } from '@testing-library/react-native';

test('showcase query variants', () => {
render(
<html.div>
<html.span>Item 1</html.span>
<html.span>Item 2</html.span>
</html.div>,
);

// Use getBy* queries to find a single element matching given predicate
expect(screen.getByText('Item 1')).toBeOnTheScreen();

// Use getAllBy* queries to find all elements matching given predicate (note the use of a regex)
expect(screen.getAllByText(/Item/)).toHaveLength(2);

// Use queryBy* to look for an element that you expect does not exist
expect(screen.queryByText('Item 3')).not.toBeOnTheScreen();
});

function LazyText({ content }: { content: string }) {
const [isLoaded, setIsLoaded] = React.useState(false);

// Simulate async loading operation
React.useEffect(() => {
sleep(100);
setIsLoaded(true);
}, []);

return <html.span>{isLoaded ? content : 'Loading...'}</html.span>;
}

test('showcase async query variants', async () => {
render(
<html.div>
<LazyText content="Lazy Item 1" />
<LazyText content="Lazy Item 2" />
</html.div>,
);

// Use findBy* to wait for an element to appear
expect(await screen.findByText('Lazy Item 1')).toBeOnTheScreen();
});

// Simulate async operation
function sleep(ms: number) {
return new Promise((resolve) => setTimeout(resolve, ms));
}
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import * as React from 'react';
import { html } from 'react-strict-dom';
import { render, screen } from '@testing-library/react-native';

test('query by semantic role: *ByRole (highly recommended)', () => {
render(
<html.div>
<html.h1>Heading Text</html.h1>

<html.button>Button 1</html.button>

<html.p role="alert">Alert Text</html.p>

<html.div role="menu">
<html.span role="menuitem">Menu Item 1</html.span>
<html.span role="menuitem">Menu Item 2</html.span>
</html.div>
</html.div>,
);

expect(screen.getByRole('heading', { name: 'Heading Text' })).toBeOnTheScreen();

expect(screen.getByRole('button', { name: 'Button 1' })).toBeOnTheScreen();
expect(screen.getByRole('alert', { name: 'Alert Text' })).toBeOnTheScreen();

// TODO: RSD does not set accessible for role elements.
// expect(screen.getByRole('menu')).toBeOnTheScreen();
// expect(screen.getAllByRole('menuitem')).toHaveLength(2);
});

test('querying TextInput elements (recommended)', () => {
render(
<html.div>
<html.input placeholder="Enter Text..." aria-label="Text Label" defaultValue="Hello" />
</html.div>,
);

// Option 1: Query by a11y label
expect(screen.getByLabelText('Text Label')).toHaveDisplayValue('Hello');

// Option 2: Query by placeholder text
expect(screen.getByPlaceholderText('Enter Text...')).toHaveDisplayValue('Hello');

// Option 3: Query by display value
expect(screen.getByDisplayValue('Hello')).toBeOnTheScreen();
});

test('other accessible queries (ok)', () => {
render(
<html.div>
<html.span>Text content</html.span>
<html.div aria-label="ARIA Label" />
</html.div>,
);

expect(screen.getByText('Text content')).toBeOnTheScreen();
expect(screen.getByLabelText('ARIA Label')).toBeOnTheScreen();
});

test('escape hatch: *ByTestId (use as a last resort)', () => {
render(
<html.div>
<html.span data-testid="Text 1">Text 1</html.span>
</html.div>,
);

expect(screen.getByTestId('Text 1')).toBeOnTheScreen();
});
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import * as React from 'react';
import { render, screen } from '@testing-library/react-native';
import { html, css } from 'react-strict-dom';

test('showcase: toBeOnTheScreen', () => {
render(
<html.div>
<html.div data-testid="view" />
</html.div>,
);

expect(screen.getByTestId('view')).toBeOnTheScreen();
expect(screen.queryByTestId('non-existent')).not.toBeOnTheScreen();
});

test('showcase: toBeIntoHaveTextContentTheDocument', () => {
render(
<html.div>
<html.p data-testid="text">Hello World</html.p>
</html.div>,
);

expect(screen.getByTestId('text')).toHaveTextContent('Hello World');
expect(screen.getByTestId('text')).toHaveTextContent(/hello/i);
expect(screen.getByTestId('text')).toHaveTextContent('Hello', { exact: false });
});

test('showcase: toContainElement', () => {
render(
<html.div>
<html.div data-testid="outer">
<html.div data-testid="inner" />
</html.div>
<html.div data-testid="outer-2" />
</html.div>,
);

expect(screen.getByTestId('outer')).toContainElement(screen.getByTestId('inner'));
expect(screen.getByTestId('outer')).not.toContainElement(screen.getByTestId('outer-2'));
});

test('showcase: toBeEmptyElement', () => {
render(
<html.div>
<html.div data-testid="empty" />
<html.div data-testid="not-empty">
<html.p data-testid="text">Hello World</html.p>
</html.div>
</html.div>,
);

expect(screen.getByTestId('empty')).toBeEmptyElement();
expect(screen.getByTestId('not-empty')).not.toBeEmptyElement();
});

test('showcase: toHaveDisplayValue', () => {
render(
<html.div>
<html.input data-testid="input" value="Hello" />
</html.div>,
);

expect(screen.getByTestId('input')).toHaveDisplayValue('Hello');
});

test('showcase: toHaveAccessibilityValue', () => {
render(
<html.div>
<html.div
data-testid="view"
aria-valuetext="33%"
aria-valuenow={33}
aria-valuemax={100}
aria-valuemin={0}
/>
</html.div>,
);

expect(screen.getByTestId('view')).toHaveAccessibilityValue({ text: '33%' });
expect(screen.getByTestId('view')).toHaveAccessibilityValue({ now: 33 });
expect(screen.getByTestId('view')).toHaveAccessibilityValue({ now: 33, min: 0, max: 100 });
});

test('showcase: toBeEnabled/toBeDisabled', () => {
render(
<html.div>
<html.div data-testid="enabled" aria-disabled={false} />
<html.div data-testid="disabled" aria-disabled />
</html.div>,
);

expect(screen.getByTestId('enabled')).toBeEnabled();
expect(screen.getByTestId('enabled')).not.toBeDisabled();
expect(screen.getByTestId('disabled')).toBeDisabled();
expect(screen.getByTestId('disabled')).not.toBeEnabled();
});

test('showcase: toBeSelected', () => {
render(
<html.div>
<html.div data-testid="selected" aria-selected />
<html.div data-testid="not-selected" />
</html.div>,
);

expect(screen.getByTestId('selected')).toBeSelected();
expect(screen.getByTestId('not-selected')).not.toBeSelected();
});

test('showcase: toBeBusy', () => {
render(
<html.div>
<html.div data-testid="busy" aria-busy />
<html.div data-testid="not-busy" />
</html.div>,
);

expect(screen.getByTestId('busy')).toBeBusy();
expect(screen.getByTestId('not-busy')).not.toBeBusy();
});

test('showcase: toBeExpanded/toBeCollapsed', () => {
render(
<html.div>
<html.div data-testid="expanded" aria-expanded />
<html.div data-testid="collapsed" aria-expanded={false} />
<html.div data-testid="default" />
</html.div>,
);

expect(screen.getByTestId('expanded')).toBeExpanded();
expect(screen.getByTestId('expanded')).not.toBeCollapsed();

expect(screen.getByTestId('collapsed')).toBeCollapsed();
expect(screen.getByTestId('collapsed')).not.toBeExpanded();

expect(screen.getByTestId('default')).not.toBeCollapsed();
expect(screen.getByTestId('default')).not.toBeExpanded();
});

test('showcase: toBeVisible', () => {
render(
<html.div>
<html.div data-testid="visible" />
<html.div data-testid="not-visible" style={styles.opacityZero} />
</html.div>,
);

expect(screen.getByTestId('visible')).toBeVisible();
expect(screen.getByTestId('not-visible')).not.toBeVisible();
});

test('showcase: toHaveStyle', () => {
render(
<html.div>
<html.span data-testid="text" style={styles.fontSize16}>
Hello World
</html.span>
</html.div>,
);

expect(screen.getByTestId('text')).toHaveStyle({ fontSize: 16 });
expect(screen.getByTestId('text')).not.toHaveStyle({ fontSize: 12 });
});

test('showcase: toHaveProp', () => {
render(
<html.div>
<html.p data-testid="text" aria-label="Hello World" />
</html.div>,
);

expect(screen.getByTestId('text')).toHaveProp('accessibilityLabel');
expect(screen.getByTestId('text')).not.toHaveProp('aria-hidden');

expect(screen.getByTestId('text')).toHaveProp('accessibilityLabel', 'Hello World');
expect(screen.getByTestId('text')).not.toHaveProp('accessibilityLabel', 'Goodbye World');
});

const styles = css.create({
opacityZero: {
opacity: '0%',
},
fontSize16: {
fontSize: '16px',
},
});
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