I am in the process of adding integration tests for my flutter app (Android & iOS).
I am planning on having a sort of BDD test structure, with the Given parts implemented as data that I want to load inside the database.
I am using the Firebase emulators to launch a local instance, following the production rules. However, I can see of no easy way to bypass the rules to populate the database before running the tests.
- there is an import folder option from firebase emulator, but this would
- decouple completely the data from the tests, making it very hard to adjust one without breaking the other
- imply either a restart of the emulator between each test, or a database state containing many different cases, with each test using different parts of the data.
- using the firebase sdk from the flutter code seemed ideal, however there's a flutter plugin that seems not maintained and pre null-safety, and no official option
- manually creating the desired state from within the app with a logged-in user (or four) before performing the actual test (the slowest and less reliable way)
Am I missing something obvious? Is there a better option with the emulator to front-load data before a given test? A good way to manage this data? Thank you in advance!