Flutter: testing shared preferences

Question

I'm trying to test this function:

 void store(String x, String y) async {
    Map<String, dynamic> map = {
      'x': x,
      'y': y,
    };
    var jsonString = json.encode(map);
    SharedPreferences prefs = await SharedPreferences.getInstance();
    prefs.setString('fileName', jsonString);
  }

I saw that I can populate the shared preferences with

const MethodChannel('plugins.flutter.io/shared_preferences')
  .setMockMethodCallHandler((MethodCall methodCall) async {
    if (methodCall.method == 'getAll') {
      return <String, dynamic>{}; // set initial values here if desired
    }
    return null;
  });

But I didn't understand how to use, expecially in my case.

Answer 1

You can use SharedPreferences.setMockInitialValues for your test

test('Can Create Preferences', () async{

    SharedPreferences.setMockInitialValues({}); //set values here
    SharedPreferences pref = await SharedPreferences.getInstance();
    bool working = false;
    String name = 'john';
    pref.setBool('working', working);
    pref.setString('name', name);


    expect(pref.getBool('working'), false);
    expect(pref.getString('name'), 'john');
  });