More on Testing Kotlin Coroutines

Learn about UnconfinedTestDispatcher, how to use mocks in testing, and the use of test functions that change a dispatcher.

UnconfinedTestDispatcher

Aside from StandardTestDispatcher, we also have UnconfinedTestDispatcher. The most significant difference is that StandardTestDispatcher does not invoke any operations until we use its scheduler. The UnconfinedTestDispatcher function immediately invokes all the operations before the first delay on started coroutines, which is why the code below prints “C.”

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