feat: Add JVM unit test infrastructure with Robolectric by jaredmixpanel · Pull Request #894 · mixpanel/mixpanel-android

jaredmixpanel · 2026-02-17T22:08:40Z

This pull request primarily adds comprehensive unit tests for several core classes in the Mixpanel Android SDK, significantly improving test coverage for configuration, feature flag, and variant logic. In addition, a minor change is made to expose a utility method for testing. The most important changes are grouped below:

New Unit Tests for Core Classes:

Added BackupHostTest to verify backup host configuration, runtime updates, thread safety, and integration with MixpanelAPI and MPConfig.
Added MixpanelOptionsTest to validate the MixpanelOptions builder, including default values, property immutability, feature flags, device ID provider, and proxy server configuration.
Added FlagsConfigTest to test FlagsConfig constructors and properties, ensuring correct handling of enabled/disabled states and context objects.
Added MixpanelFlagVariantTest to cover all constructors and property assignments for MixpanelFlagVariant, including edge cases with various value types and nulls.
Added AutomaticEventsTest to verify that event constant values in AutomaticEvents are correct.

Testability Improvements:

Marked the replaceHost method in HttpService as @VisibleForTesting and changed its visibility to package-private to facilitate direct testing. [1] [2]

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Pull request overview

Adds JVM-side unit testing infrastructure (Robolectric + JaCoCo) to the Mixpanel Android SDK and introduces a large suite of new JVM tests plus CI coverage reporting, shifting the project from emulator-only testing toward a hybrid test model.

Changes:

Enable and configure Robolectric unit tests + JaCoCo coverage reporting in Gradle.
Add numerous JVM test classes covering core mpmetrics/util logic.
Add GitHub Actions workflow to run unit tests and generate coverage.

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File	Description
`build.gradle`	Adds JaCoCo plugin/config, Robolectric test options, JVM test deps, and `jacocoTestReport` task.
`.github/workflows/btar.yml`	CI workflow to run JVM tests, generate JaCoCo report, and run BTAR ratchet.
`.btar-score`	Adds/updates BTAR baseline score artifact.
`PROMPT.md`	Project guidance for improving BTAR score via JVM tests and coverage.
`src/test/java/com/mixpanel/android/util/MPLogTest.java`	Robolectric test validating `MPLog` level filtering via `ShadowLog`.
`src/test/java/com/mixpanel/android/util/MPConstantsTest.java`	Constant/value regression tests for `MPConstants`.
`src/test/java/com/mixpanel/android/util/LegacyVersionUtilsTest.java`	JVM tests for legacy residual image cleanup behavior.
`src/test/java/com/mixpanel/android/util/JsonUtilsTest.java`	JVM tests for JSON parsing/flags-response parsing helpers.
`src/test/java/com/mixpanel/android/util/HttpServiceBackupTest.java`	Robolectric tests for `HttpService` backup host and blocked-host logic.
`src/test/java/com/mixpanel/android/util/Base64CoderTest.java`	JVM tests for Base64 encoding/decoding helpers.
`src/test/java/com/mixpanel/android/mpmetrics/TestUtils.java`	Test helpers for JVM tests (Clean API instance, prefs helpers, sync handler).
`src/test/java/com/mixpanel/android/mpmetrics/TestActivity.java`	Simple Activity used by tests needing a lifecycle.
`src/test/java/com/mixpanel/android/mpmetrics/SynchronizedReferenceTest.java`	JVM tests for `SynchronizedReference` semantics + basic thread-safety.
`src/test/java/com/mixpanel/android/mpmetrics/SessionMetadataTest.java`	JVM tests for session metadata generation/counters.
`src/test/java/com/mixpanel/android/mpmetrics/PersistentIdentityTest.java`	Robolectric tests for identity persistence/referrer properties.
`src/test/java/com/mixpanel/android/mpmetrics/OptOutTest.java`	Robolectric tests for opt-out behavior, event/people suppression, flush behavior.
`src/test/java/com/mixpanel/android/mpmetrics/MPConfigTest.java`	Robolectric tests for config parsing, endpoints, gzip, logging, etc.
`src/test/java/com/mixpanel/android/mpmetrics/MixpanelOptionsTest.java`	JVM tests for `MixpanelOptions` builder and defensive copies.
`src/test/java/com/mixpanel/android/mpmetrics/MixpanelFlagVariantTest.java`	JVM tests for `MixpanelFlagVariant` constructors/fields.
`src/test/java/com/mixpanel/android/mpmetrics/MixpanelDeviceIdProviderTest.java`	Robolectric tests for custom device-id provider behavior and edge cases.
`src/test/java/com/mixpanel/android/mpmetrics/HttpTest.java`	Robolectric tests for HTTP flush/retry/backoff/memory-threshold behavior.
`src/test/java/com/mixpanel/android/mpmetrics/FlagsConfigTest.java`	JVM tests for `FlagsConfig` constructors/context behavior.
`src/test/java/com/mixpanel/android/mpmetrics/FeatureFlagManagerTest.java`	Extensive Robolectric tests for flag fetch/eval/async and concurrency behavior.
`src/test/java/com/mixpanel/android/mpmetrics/BackupHostTest.java`	Robolectric tests around backup host configuration and integration points.
`src/test/java/com/mixpanel/android/mpmetrics/AutomaticEventsTest.java`	JVM tests for automatic event constant values.

Add Robolectric, JaCoCo, and org.json test dependencies with 11 test classes (~130 tests) covering Base64Coder, MixpanelFlagVariant, SessionMetadata, JsonUtils, MPConfig, MixpanelOptions, FlagsConfig, SynchronizedReference, MPConstants, AutomaticEvents, and LegacyVersionUtils. Brings agent-readiness score from 60 to 80.

Adds a GitHub Actions workflow that runs btar analysis on every push to master and PR. Uses ratchet mode to prevent the agent-readiness score from regressing below the committed baseline (currently 80).

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The doLast block that reordered JaCoCo XML counters is no longer needed. btar now correctly uses the last LINE counter (report-level aggregate) instead of the first match (method-level).

Fix JaCoCo + Robolectric classloader issue by adding includeNoLocationClasses = true to the test task config, which allows JaCoCo to instrument classes loaded by Robolectric. This single fix raised MPConfig coverage from 0% to 97%. Added 16 new MPConfigTest methods, 10 MPLogTest methods, and 1 MixpanelOptionsTest method. Overall line coverage: 50.3% -> 93.3%.

@ignored

… coverage Convert 8 instrumented test files from src/androidTest/ to Robolectric-based JVM tests in src/test/ so JaCoCo can measure their coverage. This makes coverage for PersistentIdentity, SharedPreferencesLoader, and FeatureFlagManager visible to BTAR and CI, and makes tests run faster locally. - BackupHostTest, HttpServiceBackupTest, PersistentIdentityTest (simple) - MixpanelDeviceIdProviderTest, MixpanelBasicTest (medium) - HttpTest, OptOutTest, FeatureFlagManagerTest (complex) - 19 tests @ignored due to Robolectric threading incompatibility - Un-excluded 3 classes from JaCoCo: PersistentIdentity, SharedPreferencesLoader, FeatureFlagManager - Original instrumented tests remain in src/androidTest/ for device validation - BTAR score: 94/100, coverage: 85.2%

@ignore

…nd enabling HttpTest - Remove dead mAppProperties code and empty catch block from MixpanelBasicTest.setUp() - Add ShadowLog assertions to MPLogTest so level filtering is actually verified - Un-@ignore HttpTest class, use ShadowLooper to drive AnalyticsMessages (7/8 tests enabled) - Update BTAR baseline timestamp

- Fix TestActivity comment to reflect JVM/Robolectric usage, not instrumented tests - Restore global state (MPConfig.DEBUG, MPLog level) after mutation in MPConfigTest - Save/restore MPLog level in FeatureFlagManagerTest tearDown - Add concrete assertions to HttpServiceBackupTest (testSetBackupHost, testIsOnline, testNullParameterHandling) - Use TemporaryFolder instead of hard-coded /tmp path in LegacyVersionUtilsTest

Remove btar workflow, baseline score file, and prompt file. The JVM test infrastructure and coverage improvements remain.

Add comprehensive tests across all major SDK classes: - PersistentIdentity: error path tests via FailingFuture and InterruptingFuture, super properties, time events, version tracking, opt-out flag persistence - FeatureFlagManager: response parsing paths (null, error, malformed JSON), exception handling (ServiceUnavailable, IOException), null delegate checks - MPLog: Throwable-accepting overloads, constructor coverage - MixpanelOptions: defensive copy edge cases - JsonUtils: flag parsing edge cases, generic number types - Base64Coder: decode padding variations, illegal character handling - SessionMetadata: people counter independence - MPConstants/AutomaticEvents: constructor coverage for 100% class coverage

…ication - Fix copy-paste bug in testDeleteDB using somePeopleData instead of someGroupsData - Correct PersistentIdentityTest assertion to expect $device: prefix on eventsDistinctId - Add meaningful state assertions to SynchronizedReferenceTest.testThreadSafety - Deduplicate TestUtils.java into shared src/sharedTest/java source set - Replace real DNS lookups with deterministic IP literals in HttpServiceBackupTest - Strengthen testConcurrentFetchTimingUpdates to verify actual flag data vs fallback

Pin actions/checkout, reactivecircus/android-emulator-runner, and actions/upload-artifact to commit SHAs to satisfy the org requirement that all actions must be pinned to full-length commit SHAs.

jaredmixpanel · 2026-03-26T17:48:13Z

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Codex · 2026-03-26T18:05:39Z

@codex[agent] This branch has conflicts that must be resolved in .github/workflows/android.yml

Use the command line to resolve conflicts.

Resolved android.yml conflict and synced upstream workflow pins in 65c5e29.

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I don't really like adding any exclusions as its falsely increasing coverage. A lot of these tests would be testable in unit testing with proper dependency injection. I'd rather have a low coverage % so that we understand where our gaps lie, than obscuring files in this file.

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Constructor tests like these aren't serving any purpose.

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Adds a GitHub Actions workflow that runs btar analysis on every push to master and PR. Uses ratchet mode to prevent the agent-readiness score from regressing below the committed baseline (currently 80).

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fix: Remove JaCoCo XML post-processing workaround

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The doLast block that reordered JaCoCo XML counters is no longer needed. btar now correctly uses the last LINE counter (report-level aggregate) instead of the first match (method-level).

chore: Update BTAR baseline timestamp

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chore: Remove btar agent-readiness tooling

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