Verify Indicators

Verify the Compose dots indicators

This is the automated replacement for the manual regression pass (swipe every page and eyeball each of the 4 indicator types, add/remove pages in edge situations, tap dots to navigate). It runs three deterministic test tiers on the JVM (Robolectric, no emulator) and, when screenshots change, looks at the diff images itself and gives a verdict.

The tests live in viewpagerdotsindicator/src/test/kotlin/com/tbuonomo/viewpagerdotsindicator/compose/:

• ComputationsTest — pure positioning/sizing math.
• DotsIndicatorBehaviorTest — dot-tap navigation, dot counts, add/remove page edge cases, LTR+RTL no-crash.
• DotsIndicatorScreenshotTest — golden screenshots, 4 types × {LTR, RTL} × 4 states, committed under src/test/screenshots/.

Steps

1. Run logic + behaviour tests

./gradlew :viewpagerdotsindicator:testDebugUnitTest --tests "com.tbuonomo.viewpagerdotsindicator.compose.ComputationsTest" --tests "com.tbuonomo.viewpagerdotsindicator.compose.DotsIndicatorBehaviorTest"

If anything fails, read the report at viewpagerdotsindicator/build/reports/tests/testDebugUnitTest/index.html and the stack trace, then report the failing test and likely cause. Do not continue to step 2 until the user decides.

2. Verify the golden screenshots

./gradlew :viewpagerdotsindicator:verifyRoborazziDebug

• Passes → all dots are pixel-identical to the committed goldens. Report success.
• Fails → one or more renders drifted. Go to step 3.

⚠️ Platform note: the committed goldens are recorded on Linux (to match CI). Native-graphics rendering is OS-specific, so verifyRoborazziDebug run on macOS/Windows will report pixel diffs that are not real regressions. On a non-Linux machine, skip the exact verify and instead do step 3 against freshly recorded images: run ./gradlew :viewpagerdotsindicator:recordRoborazziDebug and visually judge the regenerated src/test/screenshots/*.png with the checklist below (do not commit those — they would break CI). The authoritative exact check happens in CI on Linux.

3. AI relay — judge the diffs

On failure, Roborazzi writes comparison images to viewpagerdotsindicator/build/outputs/roborazzi/. The relevant files end in _compare.png (side-by-side: expected | actual | diff). List them:

ls viewpagerdotsindicator/build/outputs/roborazzi/*_compare.png

Open each failing _compare.png with the Read tool (it renders the image) and judge the actual (middle/right) panel against this checklist:

• Page 0: selected dot at the left edge in LTR, at the right edge in RTL.
• Last page: selected dot at the right edge in LTR, at the left edge in RTL.
• Mid page: selected dot on the center dot.
• Selected dot advances one step per page, in the reading direction (left→right LTR, right→left RTL).
• Worm mid-transition (the *_o05 frames): the worm is elongated, spanning the two dots it is moving between — toward the right in LTR, toward the left in RTL.
• Shift / Balloon: the selected dot is the largest; others are base size.
• No dot is clipped, off-screen, or missing; there are always 5 dots.

Then classify each diff:

• Intended improvement (the new render is correct and better): tell the user to re-record and review, then commit the updated goldens:

  ./gradlew :viewpagerdotsindicator:recordRoborazziDebug
  

• Regression (the new render violates the checklist): report exactly which type / direction / state broke (the golden name, e.g. worm_rtl_p0_o05) and what is visually wrong, so it can be fixed before merging.

4. Summary

Print a concise per-type PASS/FAIL table (Shift, Balloon, Spring, Worm), note any goldens that need re-recording, and state the overall verdict.

(Re)recording the committed goldens

The committed goldens must be recorded on Linux so they match CI. Don't commit goldens recorded on macOS/Windows — they will fail CI's exact verify. To regenerate the trusted set:

1. Let CI record them: push a branch with the CI test step temporarily set to recordRoborazziDebug and an artifact upload of viewpagerdotsindicator/src/test/screenshots/**, download the artifact, commit those PNGs, then revert the CI step to verifyRoborazziDebug. (Or record inside a Linux container.)
2. Before committing, open a representative sample (at minimum the LTR + RTL *_p0_o0 and worm_*_p0_o05 frames) with the Read tool and confirm against the checklist above — goldens are trusted only after a human/AI has eyeballed them once.

Notes

• Everything runs on the JVM via Robolectric — no emulator or device is required.
• Requires JDK 17+ (the module toolchain is 21).
• Goldens are recorded at @Config(sdk = [34]); they will not match if the SDK level in DotsIndicatorScreenshotTest changes.
• To add a new scenario, add a row to the states/types matrix in DotsIndicatorScreenshotTest, then recordRoborazziDebug and review the new golden.