Creating Web Applications Unittests

This skill guides the process of creating a unit test in the chrome/browser/web_applications directory. Read the testing documentation for information about testing infrastructure in the WebAppProvider system.

1. Test Base Class & System Startup

Inherit from web_app::WebAppTest. This provides a profile with a FakeWebAppProvider that is not automatically started. You must explicitly start it by calling test::AwaitStartWebAppProviderAndSubsystems(profile()); in your SetUp() method.

2. Faking Dependencies

Fake out anything needed that isn't faked by default in the FakeWebAppProvider to intercept calls to dependencies. Managers on the FakeWebAppProvider must swap out managers before system startup.

void SetUp() override {
  WebAppTest::SetUp();

  // 1. Swap managers
  fake_provider().SetOriginAssociationManager(
        std::make_unique<FakeWebAppOriginAssociationManager>());

  // 2. Start the system
  test::AwaitStartWebAppProviderAndSubsystems(profile());
}

See Testing: Testing Infrastructure for a list of common fakes.

3. Test Data Setup / Mocking Inputs

Mock inputs and dependencies needed by your test.

• WebContents or Network: Use FakeWebContentsManager via fake_web_contents_manager().
• UI Interactions: Use FakeWebAppUiManager via fake_ui_manager().
• Filesystem: Use TestFileUtils.
• WebApp state: Install apps using test::InstallDummyWebApp or helpers in web_app_install_test_utils.h.

4. Execution & Waiting

Execute your command or trigger your action. Commands should have a built-in callback to wait on using a utility like base::TestFuture. If this cannot capture the waiting correctly, reference other waiting methods in the testing documentation.

5. Validate state & check metrics

When validating state, the best checks use the system's 'public' API or on the dependencies (e.g. did the correct method get called on the FakeWebAppUiManager, and does a scheduler operation return the right thing). It is acceptable to also query internal state, like the provider().registrar_unsafe(), if no 'public' API exists.

Most operations record UMA metrics, and thus a base::HistogramTester should be used to verify them. Sometimes this is a handy way to validate specific edge cases without needing to create test-only state inspection.

Example Test Fixture

Example text fixture that simply runs a hypothetical command MyWebAppCommand and validates the result.

#include "base/test/test_future.h"
#include "chrome/browser/web_applications/scheduler/my_web_app_command_result.h"
#include "chrome/browser/web_applications/test/fake_web_app_provider.h"
#include "chrome/browser/web_applications/test/fake_web_contents_manager.h"
#include "chrome/browser/web_applications/test/web_app_install_test_utils.h"
#include "chrome/browser/web_applications/test/web_app_test.h"
#include "chrome/browser/web_applications/web_app_command_scheduler.h"
// ...

class MyWebAppCommandTest : public WebAppTest {
 public:
  void SetUp() override {
    WebAppTest::SetUp();

    // 1. Set up fake managers if needed, or customize database state.
    // e.g. fake_provider().Set...

    // 2. Start the WebApp subsystem.
    test::AwaitStartWebAppProviderAndSubsystems(profile());
  }

  // base::HistogramTester histogram_tester_;
};

TEST_F(MyWebAppCommandTest, SuccessCase) {
  // 1. Set up state. (e.g. test::InstallDummyWebApp(...))

  // 2. Run the operation.
  base::test::TestFuture<MyWebAppCommandResult> future;
  provider().scheduler().MyWebAppCommand(
      // Input args
      // ...
      future.GetCallback());
  ASSERT_TRUE(future.Wait());
  EXPECT_EQ(MyWebAppCommandResult::kSuccess, future.Get<MyWebAppCommandResult>());

  // 3. Verify state
  // e.g. EXPECT_EQ(provider().registrar_unsafe().Get..., ....);
  // EXPECT_THAT(histogram_tester_.GetAllSamples("HistogramName"),
  //             BucketsAre(Bucket(1, 0), Bucket(2, 10), Bucket(3, 5)));
}