I'm trying to test some views, that are using <a ui-sref='someState'>link</a>
to link to other states in my application. In my tests I'm triggering a click on this elements like this:
element.find('a').click()
How do I test, if the state is switched to someState
? It would be easy, when using $state
in my controller like this:
// in my view
<a ng-click="goTo('someState')">link</a>
// in my controller
$scope.goTo = function(s) {
$state.go(s)
};
// in my tests
spyOn($state, 'go');
element.find('a').click()
expect($state.go).toHaveBeenCalled()
But when I use ui-sref
I don't know what object to spy on. How can I verify, that my application is in the right state?
I found it myself. After having a look into the angular ui router source code, I found this line inside the ui-sref
directive:
// angular-ui-router.js#2939
element.bind("click", function(e) {
var button = e.which || e.button;
if ( !(button > 1 || e.ctrlKey || e.metaKey || e.shiftKey || element.attr('target')) ) {
// HACK: This is to allow ng-clicks to be processed before the transition is initiated:
$timeout(function() {
$state.go(ref.state, params, options);
});
e.preventDefault();
}
});
When the element receives a click, the $state.go
is wrapped in a $timout
callback. So, in your tests, you have to inject the $timeout
module. Then just do a $timeout.flush()
like this:
element.find('a').click();
$timeout.flush();
expect($state.is('someState')).toBe(true);
You can use :
[...]
element.find('a').click()
expect($state.is('someState')).toBe(true)
Hope this helps
I think you need to use $rootScope.$apply() in order to have the state change.