android - Is there a way to unit-test code in abstract class protected method of AsyncTask? -

long story short, need test code executed in "doinbackground" method of asynctask.

this in android studio powermockito / mockito / robolectric / junit4.

i aware testing written code far ideal,
have no word in , can't change original code.

this case :

   public void methodtotest(){      new asynctask<integer, void, boolean>() {          @override         protected boolean doinbackground(integer... integers) {             //how test code written on here ?             return false;         }      }   } 

is there way solve ? suggestions appreciated

there ugly working detour here: reflection.

the point is: above code declares anonymous inner class. thing is: anonymous inner classes have unique, defined name.

and using reflection, possible instantiate objects of such anonymous inner classes.

you can have here idea how work.

boiling down to: when able instantiate object of class contains methodtotest(); able instantiate objects of inner class. , should able call methods on either of these objects.

but when works , gets reasonable unit tests: want show people writing production code tests. make clear them kind of harm unwillingness write testable production code causing!