Are there an option to not build a new apk for each test-file

[benjamin-inspectly]

Hi!
Maybe it's the structure of my tests, but I'm having only 2 "xyz_test.dart" files at the moment, and I can see that it builds my APK for each file separately and runs the tests afterwards..
I don't see the reason for this and was wondering if I was doing something wrong?

Did I miss something in the documentation about this? Would appreciate if you could point me in the right direction - thank you :)

[bartekpacia]

Hi Benjamin :)

The problem you're talking about is the shortcoming of the integration_test plugin. I reported it a few months ago.

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Fortunately, today we released Patrol 2.0, which has the test bundling feature. It fixes exactly the problem you're having – you build the app once (with all tests bundled together), and then run all the tests.

Learn more:

• a Twitter thread about 2.0
• technical article explaining how the test bundling feature works
• migration guide to 2.0

[benjamin-inspectly]

Ahh brilliant! Thank you so much for the answer! :)
I'll give it a try :) 👍