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+/*
+ * Nextcloud Android client application
+ *
+ * @author Edvard Holst
+ * Copyright (C) 2019 Edvard Holst
+ * Copyright (C) 2019 Nextcloud GmbH
+ *
+ * This program is free software: you can redistribute it and/or modify
+ * it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by
+ * the Free Software Foundation, either version 3 of the License, or
+ * (at your option) any later version.
+ *
+ * This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
+ * but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
+ * MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. See the
+ * GNU General Public License for more details.
+ *
+ * You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License
+ * along with this program. If not, see <https://www.gnu.org/licenses/>.
+ */
+package com.owncloud.android.utils;
+
+import android.content.Context;
+import android.os.Build;
+import android.os.PowerManager;
+
+import org.junit.Before;
+import org.junit.Test;
+import org.mockito.Mock;
+import org.mockito.MockitoAnnotations;
+
+import java.lang.reflect.Field;
+import java.lang.reflect.Modifier;
+
+import static org.junit.Assert.*;
+import static org.mockito.Mockito.when;
+
+public class PowerUtilsTest {
+
+    @Mock
+    private Context mContext;
+
+    @Mock
+    private PowerManager mPowerManager;
+
+    @Before
+    public void setUp() {
+        MockitoAnnotations.initMocks(this);
+    }
+
+    private static void setFinalStatic(Field field, Object newValue) throws Exception {
+        field.setAccessible(true);
+
+        Field modifiersField = Field.class.getDeclaredField("modifiers");
+        modifiersField.setAccessible(true);
+        modifiersField.setInt(field, field.getModifiers() & ~Modifier.FINAL);
+
+        field.set(null, newValue);
+    }
+
+    @Test
+    public void isPowerSaveMode_assertCorrectlyReportsTrue() throws Exception {
+        setFinalStatic(Build.VERSION.class.getField("SDK_INT"), Build.VERSION_CODES.O);
+        when(mContext.getSystemService(Context.POWER_SERVICE)).thenReturn(mPowerManager);
+        when(mPowerManager.isPowerSaveMode()).thenReturn(true);
+        assertTrue("Incorrectly reported power saving mode on",
+                   PowerUtils.isPowerSaveMode(mContext));
+    }
+
+    @Test
+    public void isPowerSaveMode_assertCorrectlyReportsFalse() throws Exception {
+        setFinalStatic(Build.VERSION.class.getField("SDK_INT"), Build.VERSION_CODES.O);
+        when(mContext.getSystemService(Context.POWER_SERVICE)).thenReturn(mPowerManager);
+        when(mPowerManager.isPowerSaveMode()).thenReturn(false);
+        assertFalse("Incorrectly reported power saving mode off",
+                    PowerUtils.isPowerSaveMode(mContext));
+    }
+}