Anyone had success mocking HttpRequests with Robolectric?

Question

I'm just starting with Robolectric. It seems to be working fine to mock most Android classes but when my class under test tries to create a DefaultHttpClient() it gets the dreaded "Stub!" error.

The class under test fails at this line:

HttpClient httpclient = new DefaultHttpClient();

even though the article at http://robolectric.blogspot.com/2011/01/how-to-test-http-requests.html?showComment=1297722651278#c3540420071421225744 seems to suggest this should just work.

My test looks like this:

@Before
public void setUp() throws Exception
{
  Robolectric.addPendingHttpResponse(200, "OK");
  service = new CheckinService();
}

@Test
public void testIt() throws IOException
{
  // Fails at HttpClient httpclient = new DefaultHttpClient()
  service.doStuff(Robolectric.application,
                  REG_ID,
                  TEST_DOMAIN);
}

Any idea what I'm doing wrong?

score 6 · Accepted Answer · answered Oct 04 '11 at 14:55

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Fixed it within eclipse. Took me a while to figure out how to fix that but here it is: Go to your test project preferences > build path > order&export > select robolectric jar and press move to top.

answered Oct 04 '11 at 14:55

meredrica

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That sounds like what I needed. – Fasaxc Oct 04 '11 at 20:36
This method solves tons of seemingly random problems in Eclipse + ADT. I didn't think to use it here! – mjama Aug 03 '12 at 16:20
Be aware that if you are using a newer version of the android-support-library than robolectric, you'll need to make sure that goes above robolectric in the build path. – Gabriel Nov 21 '13 at 23:40
With IntelliJ/Android Studio and Maven, I had to move the Android platform beneath _all_ of the Maven dependencies, not just Robolectric. – Sam Mar 13 '14 at 21:25

score 3 · Answer 2 · answered Mar 01 '11 at 20:55

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In your pom.xml move the robolectric dependency on top of the android one.

answered Mar 01 '11 at 20:55

Macarse

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I'm not using maven so I'm not sure how to replicate that without it. Any ideas? – Fasaxc May 05 '11 at 20:34

Anyone had success mocking HttpRequests with Robolectric?

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