Paparazzi 2.0 Design

[geoff-powell]

👋🏽 Hello,

This discussion will be used to ideate over the next API design of paparazzi.

WIP

[Ashl7]

I think @saket brought up this idea, a .waitForIdle() api similar to android tests would be nice, since paparazzi usually captures screenshot on first frame. Happy to contribute to this.

[geoff-powell]

Ya unfortunately this is a tough api to support. I know there is the InstantAnimationRule for legacy views but I would argue the correct approach is:

• Use pararazzi.gif() and record video of expected output
• Use paparazzi.snapshot(offsetMillis = {offsetToDesiredState}) to take snapshot of your expected state. (I know there is a caveat here that this doesn't work for compose animations at the moment)

[saket]

While I agree that supporting this will require a larger refactor, I don't think using offsets is the correct approach, as it relies on knowing the correct offset. I would never be able to calculate it accurately and would have to resort to guessing random numbers until my screenshots look correct.