"multiple instances" error when removing value during unit testing

[ziglee]

When trying to remove some key from datastore-preferences during unittest I'm getting an error about "multiple instances" of the datastore.
The following code reproduces the problem:

`
import android.content.Context
import androidx.datastore.core.DataStore
import androidx.datastore.preferences.core.PreferenceDataStoreFactory
import androidx.datastore.preferences.core.Preferences
import androidx.datastore.preferences.core.edit
import androidx.datastore.preferences.core.stringPreferencesKey
import androidx.datastore.preferences.preferencesDataStoreFile
import androidx.test.core.app.ApplicationProvider
import kotlinx.coroutines.CoroutineScope
import kotlinx.coroutines.ExperimentalCoroutinesApi
import kotlinx.coroutines.SupervisorJob
import org.junit.Before
import org.junit.Rule
import org.junit.Test
import org.junit.runner.RunWith
import org.robolectric.RobolectricTestRunner

@ExperimentalCoroutinesApi
@RunWith(RobolectricTestRunner::class)
class TestDataStore {

companion object {
    private val DATASTORE_KEY = stringPreferencesKey("DATASTORE_KEY")
}

@get:Rule
val testCoroutineRule = TestCoroutineRule()

private lateinit var dataStore: DataStore<Preferences>

@Before
fun setup() {
    val context = ApplicationProvider.getApplicationContext<Context>()
    dataStore =
        PreferenceDataStoreFactory.create(
            scope = CoroutineScope(testCoroutineRule.testCoroutineDispatcher + SupervisorJob())
        ) {
            context.preferencesDataStoreFile("preferences")
        }
}

@Test
fun test() {
    testCoroutineRule.runBlockingTest {
        dataStore.edit { it[DATASTORE_KEY] = "team" }

        dataStore.edit { it.remove(DATASTORE_KEY) }
    }
}

}
`

The stacktrace:

Unable to rename C:\Users\Cassio\AppData\Local\Temp\robolectric-Method_test8095984772844777287\com.nautiluslog.data.test-dataDir\files\datastore\preferences.preferences_pb.tmp.This likely means that there are multiple instances of DataStore for this file. Ensure that you are only creating a single instance of datastore for this file. java.io.IOException: Unable to rename C:\Users\Cassio\AppData\Local\Temp\robolectric-Method_test8095984772844777287\com.nautiluslog.data.test-dataDir\files\datastore\preferences.preferences_pb.tmp.This likely means that there are multiple instances of DataStore for this file. Ensure that you are only creating a single instance of datastore for this file. at androidx.datastore.core.SingleProcessDataStore.writeData$datastore_core(SingleProcessDataStore.kt:433) at androidx.datastore.core.SingleProcessDataStore.transformAndWrite(SingleProcessDataStore.kt:410) at androidx.datastore.core.SingleProcessDataStore.handleUpdate(SingleProcessDataStore.kt:276) at androidx.datastore.core.SingleProcessDataStore.access$handleUpdate(SingleProcessDataStore.kt:76) at androidx.datastore.core.SingleProcessDataStore$actor$3.invokeSuspend(SingleProcessDataStore.kt:242) at androidx.datastore.core.SingleProcessDataStore$actor$3.invoke(SingleProcessDataStore.kt) at androidx.datastore.core.SingleProcessDataStore$actor$3.invoke(SingleProcessDataStore.kt) at androidx.datastore.core.SimpleActor$offer$2.invokeSuspend(SimpleActor.kt:122) (Coroutine boundary) at com.nautiluslog.data.repository.TestDataStore$test$1.invokeSuspend(TestDataStore.kt:54) at com.nautiluslog.testutils.TestCoroutineRule$runBlockingTest$1.invokeSuspend(TestCoroutineRule.kt:30) at kotlinx.coroutines.test.TestBuildersKt$runBlockingTest$deferred$1.invokeSuspend(TestBuilders.kt:50)

[ziglee]

The problem happens inside SingleProcessDataStore.writeData function during scratchFile.renameTo(file).
The file cannot be renamed because it already exist the destination name.

[Nailik]

Yes this happens when running unit tests on WIndows, any updates on this?

[Nailik]

Any updates on this? still happens and there is no workaround to test ProtoDataStore on Windows.
This issue is also present multiple times in the issuetracker
https://issuetracker.google.com/issues/194301881
https://issuetracker.google.com/issues/194208090
https://issuetracker.google.com/issues/203087070

[ziglee]

An issue was created on roboelectric repository:
robolectric/robolectric#7919

[dstarchevskyy]

I also faced this issue when call preferences.clear() in my test

[SimonMarquis]

Can we keep either this issue or #98? They are duplicates.

[parlet]

The years change, the issues don't, so here's a "temporary" (*winks*) solution for everyone set aback by this problem during their testing:

@Override
@Before
public void setUp() throws Exception {
    super.setUp();
    final File dataStoreFile = new File(mockContext.getFilesDir(), "datastore/yourDataStoreName.preferences_pb");
    dataStoreFile.delete();                                        // edit me ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
}