Framework for end to end testing flutter application

Question

What is the most popular or most convenient framework to write automation tests (user flows) with flutter framework? any help advice would be kindly appreciated.

Answer 1

Flutter provides it's own out of the box solution for end-to-end testing. You can find documentation here: https://docs.flutter.dev/cookbook/testing/integration/introduction.

Note that it says 'integration test' but it is what most people call an end to end test. Here is a table of Flutter terminology for test types vs the regular interpretation:

Normal Test Name	Flutter Test Name
Unit Test	Unit Test
Integration Test	Widget Test
End-to-end Test	Integration Test

Here is an overview of different test types in Flutter: https://docs.flutter.dev/testing

Answer 2

Flutter does provide its own integration testing framework, but it's severely limited – for example, it doesn't let you interact with native permission request dialogs, test notifications, tap/enter text into WebViews.

That's why I recommend you try out Patrol. It has extensive documentation that should get you up to speed quickly.

Disclaimer: I'm the main developer of Patrol, and Patrol isn't stable yet.

Answer 3

IMHO https://github.com/fzyzcjy/flutter_convenient_test, which has the following features: "Write and debug tests easily, with full action history, time travel, screenshots, rapid re-execution, video records, interactivity, isolation and more."

Disclaimer: I created this package ;)