Unit test React Native with Mocha

test_mocha.opts

--compilers js:./test/support/compiler
--require ./test/support/init

test_sanity.test.js

/* eslint-env node, mocha */
import NoteEntryScreen from '../src/containers/screens/NoteEntryScreen';
import common from './support/common';
const {createRenderer, React, expect, MockComponents} = common;

function setup() {
  const props = {};

  const renderer = createRenderer();
  renderer.render(<NoteEntryScreen {...props} />);
  const output = renderer.getRenderOutput();

  return {
    props,
    output,
    renderer,
  };
}

describe('NoteEntryScreen', () => {
  it('should render a scrollview', () => {
    const { output } = setup();
    expect(output.type.displayName).to.equal(MockComponents.ScrollView.displayName);
  });
});

test_support_common.js

import chai from 'chai';
import chaiAsPromised from 'chai-as-promised';
import React from 'react';
import ReactTestUtils from 'react-addons-test-utils';
import {MockComponents} from './mocks/react-native';

chai.use(chaiAsPromised);

export default {
  expect: chai.expect,
  createRenderer: ReactTestUtils.createRenderer,
  React,
  MockComponents,
};

test_support_compiler.js

var fs = require('fs');
var path = require('path');
var babel = require('babel-core');
var origJs = require.extensions['.js'];

require.extensions['.js'] = function (module, fileName) {
  var output;
  if (fileName === '/app/node_modules/react-native/Libraries/react-native/react-native.js') {
    fileName = path.resolve('./test/support/mocks/react-native.js');
  }
  if (fileName.indexOf('node_modules/') >= 0) {
    return (origJs || require.extensions['.js'])(module, fileName);
  }
  var src = fs.readFileSync(fileName, 'utf8');
  output = babel.transform(src, {
    filename: fileName,
    sourceFileName: fileName,

    //keep below in sync with babelrc
    "retainLines": true,
    "compact": true,
    "comments": false,
    "plugins": [
      "syntax-async-functions",
      "syntax-class-properties",
      "syntax-trailing-function-commas",
      "transform-es2015-arrow-functions",
      "transform-es2015-block-scoping",
      "transform-es2015-classes",
      "transform-es2015-computed-properties",
      "transform-es2015-constants",
      "transform-es2015-destructuring",
      ["transform-es2015-modules-commonjs", {"strict": false, "allowTopLevelThis": true}],
      "transform-es2015-parameters",
      "transform-es2015-shorthand-properties",
      "transform-es2015-spread",
      "transform-es2015-template-literals",
      "transform-class-properties",
      "transform-flow-strip-types",
      "transform-object-assign",
      "transform-object-rest-spread",
      "transform-react-display-name",
      "transform-react-jsx",
      "transform-regenerator"
    ],
    "sourceMaps": false
  }).code;

  return module._compile(output, fileName);
};

test_support_mocks_react-native.js

import React from 'react';

function mockComponent(type) {
  const Component = React.createClass({
    displayName: type,
    propTypes: { children: React.PropTypes.node },
    render() { return React.createElement(React.DOM.div, this.props, this.props.children); },
  });
  return Component;
}

const componentsToMock = [
  'View',
  'Text',
  'Component',
  'ScrollView',
  'TextInput',
];

export const MockComponents = componentsToMock.reduce((agg, type) => {
  agg[type] = mockComponent(type);
  return agg;
}, {});

export default {
  ...React,
  ...MockComponents,
  StyleSheet: {
    create: (ss) => ss,
  },
  PropTypes: React.PropTypes,
};

@miquelbeltran I had to modify the mock to get passed the TypeError

var ReactNative = {
  ...React,
  ...MockComponents,
  StyleSheet: {
    create: (ss) => ss,
  },
  PropTypes: React.PropTypes,
};

module.exports = ReactNative;

I think the error had to do with Component not being defined so when babel tried to transpile a module that extends it you get the error. We might be on a new version of some package that requires the different export syntax.

http://stackoverflow.com/questions/30116430/reactjs-giving-error-uncaught-typeerror-super-expression-must-either-be-null-or

I've also had to add mocks for at least one other module (react-native-router-flux) to get my tests to "run".

I also got this working with some effort and modifications to the above files. Will post my solution...

You could use the react-native preset so you won't have to keep the transforms in sync
https://gist.github.com/cornedor/37ab65a3a505797b01c2e78156d5cf12/revisions