Is it possible to test the order of items in a list?

[lukebrandonfarrell]

Question is in the title. How would you test order of items in a list using Detox? For our scenario we have a list which can be re-ordered using a selection picker UI. We want to test that the re-order is working.

Any ideas?

[lukebrandonfarrell]

I have a possible implementation for this, where you can use a testID with a dynamic index to test order of items. Will share in the coming weeks.

[d4vidi]

That was where I was going for with an possible suggestion. But indeed, you'd have to apply identical test ID's (or otherwise have Detox support ID's wildcards/regex's).

[d4vidi]

Alternatively, screenshot testing can be applied here as well. We even have an API to take screenshots of specific screen elements (and their child-views - meaning, it works for lists as well).

https://github.com/wix/Detox/blob/master/docs/APIRef.Screenshots.md