969535 - Add tests for search providers

Status: RESOLVED DUPLICATE of bug 997485

(Firefox for Android Graveyard :: Testing, defect)

Description

[Michael Comella (:mcomella) [NI reported issues only: ex-Mozilla]]

Search provider searches have regressed multiple times in the past (e.g. bug 898975,
bug 969015), typically because we rely on an external entity to maintain a persistent search scheme. We should add some tests, and note that they do not need to be robocop tests (and perhaps are better as not-robocop tests).

Comment 1

[Michael Comella (:mcomella) [NI reported issues only: ex-Mozilla]]

This will probably need extension of AboutHomeComponent to support entering a URL and clicking on one of the associated search providers.

The search provider to select should probably be an enum but try to pull the resources from the front-end code if possible.

Note that these tests will need to connect to the internet, so we'll likely want a longer timeout on pageload time. Additionally, we may want to test if we're connected to the network and, if not, skip over this test so it doesn't cause annoying intermittents.

Comment 2

[Michael Comella (:mcomella) [NI reported issues only: ex-Mozilla]]

This should really be a unit test so we should wait until bug 856614 lands.

Comment 3

[Ameya Bapat]

Hi
I would like to work on this bug. Can u help me on it?

Comment 4

[Michael Comella (:mcomella) [NI reported issues only: ex-Mozilla]]

(In reply to Ameya from comment #3)
> Hi
> I would like to work on this bug. Can u help me on it?

Unfortunately, I think we need to wait for bug 709353 to land (which will likely be a while) before this bug can be worked on. bug 963352 is a similar bug you might be interested in working on.

Comment 5

[Michael Comella (:mcomella) [NI reported issues only: ex-Mozilla]]

Forward-duping to bug 997485.