e2e testing - start at certain point in e2e test using Detox in react native

Question

I am writing a e2e test to a react native app(-v : 0.63.4) using Detox (-v : 18.2.2) the app contains several screens and I want to start at certain point in the test while I am writing it just to spare time by writing the test and not start every time from the beginning because I run the test while I am writing it to check if everything like I want it to be I know it is called e2e test but is there a way to do that ?

question from:https://stackoverflow.com/questions/66047053/start-at-certain-point-in-e2e-test-using-detox-in-react-native

Answer 1

Edit: I should mention I'm using Jest as a test-runner, I don't know if you're using Jest, but I'll leave this here for now anyway.

The way I'm doing it in my project now is to use the .only function on my tests. https://jestjs.io/docs/en/api#testonlyname-fn-timeout

test.only('the user can continue to account creation', async () => {
  await element(by.id('continueButton')).tap()
  await expect(element(by.id('accountCreationScreen'))).toBeVisible()
})

Notice though, that in my case I have to keep the tests that logs a user in to the app. But that's fine for me, I still skip all the other tests. Hope that works out for you, or helps in some way.