Is it possible to use dexmaker-mockito-inline on API <28?

[lsuski]

Hi,
I need dexmaker-mockito-inline to run tests on Android 9.0, but I still want to run tests on older apis. Currently I have this error:
Caused by: java.io.IOException: Requires API level 28. API level is 23

Is there a way to run tests on different API without changing gradle dependencies which is not quite convenient?

[moltmann]

dexmaker-mockito-inline just does not work before API 28. There is no fall back or anything.

You have to use dexmaker-mockito but they you cannot stub final methods.

Some people though about extending dexmaker-mockito-inline with class loader tricks to work for most classes on older platforms, but this is not implemented yet.

[lsuski]

In my case the problem is with hidden api spying and mocking which does not work on Android P.

[moltmann]

Can you give an example what you are trying to do. Beside the test and simplified app code, can you also describe what device you are running on?

[lsuski]

I'm spying ApplicationPackageManager which is hidden. It works well on api <28 with dexmaker-mockito, on 28 it works with dexmaker-mockito-inline

[lsuski]

I think I could be possible to provide proxy MockMaker which initialize MockMakerMultiplexer or DexmakerMockMaker based on system api version - this would sove the problem with hidden api but of course not with final methods. However mocking final methods hisorically is not common to mockito.

[moltmann]

dexmaker-mockito in the latest version should be able to deal with hidden methods.

I need the test, the gradle file and the test log to debug the issue.

[lsuski]

Check this project https://github.com/lsuski/dexmaker-hidden-api-test and ExampleInstrumentedTest