Test WidgetTester handling test pointers (#83337)

Adds tests to the following behaviors, which have existed without tests:

- When tapping during live testing, a message is printed with widgets that contain the tap location.
- When tapping during live testing, a mark is displayed on screen on the tap location.

dev/benchmarks/complex_layout/test/measure_scroll_smoothness.dart

@@ -167,7 +167,7 @@ Future<void> main() async {
         } else if (delays.last < delay) {
           delays.last = delay;
         }
-        tester.binding.handlePointerEvent(event, source: TestBindingEventSource.test);
+        tester.binding.handlePointerEventForSource(event, source: TestBindingEventSource.test);
       }
     }
 

dev/tools/gen_keycodes/lib/keyboard_keys_code_gen.dart

@@ -42,7 +42,7 @@ class KeyboardKeysCodeGenerator extends BaseCodeGenerator {
       final String firstComment = _wrapString('Represents the location of the '
         '"${entry.commentName}" key on a generalized keyboard.');
       final String otherComments = _wrapString('See the function '
-        '[RawKeyEvent.physicalKey] for more information.');
+        '[KeyEvent.physical] for more information.');
       definitions.write('''
 
 $firstComment  ///
@@ -67,7 +67,7 @@ $otherComments  static const PhysicalKeyboardKey ${entry.constantName} = Physica
     final StringBuffer definitions = StringBuffer();
     void printKey(int flutterId, String constantName, String commentName, {String? otherComments}) {
       final String firstComment = _wrapString('Represents the logical "$commentName" key on the keyboard.');
-      otherComments ??= _wrapString('See the function [RawKeyEvent.logicalKey] for more information.');
+      otherComments ??= _wrapString('See the function [KeyEvent.logical] for more information.');
       definitions.write('''
 
 $firstComment  ///

packages/flutter/test/animation/animation_sheet_test.dart

@@ -11,7 +11,7 @@ void main() {
    * because [matchesGoldenFile] does not use Skia Gold in its native package.
    */
 
-  testWidgets('correctly records frames', (WidgetTester tester) async {
+  testWidgets('correctly records frames using display', (WidgetTester tester) async {
     final AnimationSheetBuilder builder = AnimationSheetBuilder(frameSize: _DecuplePixels.size);
 
     await tester.pumpFrames(
@@ -40,8 +40,9 @@ void main() {
       const Duration(milliseconds: 100),
     );
 
-    final Widget display = await builder.display();
-    await tester.binding.setSurfaceSize(builder.sheetSize());
+    // This test verifies deprecated methods.
+    final Widget display = await builder.display(); // ignore: deprecated_member_use
+    await tester.binding.setSurfaceSize(builder.sheetSize()); // ignore: deprecated_member_use
     await tester.pumpWidget(display);
 
     await expectLater(find.byWidget(display), matchesGoldenFile('test.animation_sheet_builder.records.png'));
@@ -57,12 +58,80 @@ void main() {
       const Duration(milliseconds: 200),
     );
 
-    final Widget display = await builder.display();
-    await tester.binding.setSurfaceSize(builder.sheetSize(maxWidth: 80));
+    // This test verifies deprecated methods.
+    final Widget display = await builder.display(); // ignore: deprecated_member_use
+    await tester.binding.setSurfaceSize(builder.sheetSize(maxWidth: 80)); // ignore: deprecated_member_use
     await tester.pumpWidget(display);
 
     await expectLater(find.byWidget(display), matchesGoldenFile('test.animation_sheet_builder.wraps.png'));
   }, skip: isBrowser); // https://github.com/flutter/flutter/issues/42767
+
+  testWidgets('correctly records frames using collate', (WidgetTester tester) async {
+    final AnimationSheetBuilder builder = AnimationSheetBuilder(frameSize: _DecuplePixels.size);
+
+    await tester.pumpFrames(
+      builder.record(
+        const _DecuplePixels(Duration(seconds: 1)),
+      ),
+      const Duration(milliseconds: 200),
+      const Duration(milliseconds: 100),
+    );
+
+    await tester.pumpFrames(
+      builder.record(
+        const _DecuplePixels(Duration(seconds: 1)),
+        recording: false,
+      ),
+      const Duration(milliseconds: 200),
+      const Duration(milliseconds: 100),
+    );
+
+    await tester.pumpFrames(
+      builder.record(
+        const _DecuplePixels(Duration(seconds: 1)),
+        recording: true,
+      ),
+      const Duration(milliseconds: 400),
+      const Duration(milliseconds: 100),
+    );
+
+    await expectLater(
+      builder.collate(5),
+      matchesGoldenFile('test.animation_sheet_builder.collate.png'),
+    );
+  }, skip: isBrowser); // https://github.com/flutter/flutter/issues/42767
+
+  testWidgets('use allLayers to record out-of-subtree contents', (WidgetTester tester) async {
+    final AnimationSheetBuilder builder = AnimationSheetBuilder(
+      frameSize: const Size(8, 2),
+      allLayers: true,
+    );
+
+    // The `record` (sized 8, 2) is placed on top of `_DecuplePixels`
+    // (sized 12, 3), aligned at its top left.
+    await tester.pumpFrames(
+      Directionality(
+        textDirection: TextDirection.ltr,
+        child: Stack(
+          children: <Widget>[
+            const _DecuplePixels(Duration(seconds: 1)),
+            Align(
+              alignment: Alignment.topLeft,
+              child: builder.record(Container()),
+            ),
+          ],
+        ),
+      ),
+      const Duration(milliseconds: 600),
+      const Duration(milliseconds: 100),
+    );
+
+    await expectLater(
+      builder.collate(5),
+      matchesGoldenFile('test.animation_sheet_builder.out_of_tree.png'),
+    );
+  }, skip: isBrowser); // https://github.com/flutter/flutter/issues/42767
+
 }
 
 // An animation of a yellow pixel moving from left to right, in a container of

packages/flutter/test/animation/live_binding_test.dart

+// Copyright 2014 The Flutter Authors. All rights reserved.
+// Use of this source code is governed by a BSD-style license that can be
+// found in the LICENSE file.
+
+import 'package:flutter/gestures.dart';
+import 'package:flutter/material.dart';
+import 'package:flutter_test/flutter_test.dart';
+
+void main() {
+  /*
+   * Here lies golden tests for packages/flutter_test/lib/src/binding.dart
+   * because [matchesGoldenFile] does not use Skia Gold in its native package.
+   */
+
+  LiveTestWidgetsFlutterBinding();
+
+  testWidgets('Should show event indicator for pointer events', (WidgetTester tester) async {
+    final AnimationSheetBuilder animationSheet = AnimationSheetBuilder(frameSize: const Size(200, 200), allLayers: true);
+    final Widget target = Container(
+      padding: const EdgeInsets.fromLTRB(20, 10, 25, 20),
+      child: animationSheet.record(
+        MaterialApp(
+          home: Container(
+            decoration: BoxDecoration(
+              color: const Color.fromARGB(255, 128, 128, 128),
+              border: Border.all(color: const Color.fromARGB(255, 0, 0, 0)),
+            ),
+            child: Center(
+              child: GestureDetector(
+                onTap: () {},
+                child: const Text('Test'),
+              ),
+            ),
+          ),
+        ),
+      ),
+    );
+
+    await tester.pumpWidget(target);
+
+    await tester.pumpFrames(target, const Duration(milliseconds: 50));
+
+    final TestGesture gesture1 = await tester.createGesture();
+    await gesture1.down(tester.getCenter(find.byType(Text)) + const Offset(10, 10));
+
+    await tester.pumpFrames(target, const Duration(milliseconds: 100));
+
+    final TestGesture gesture2 = await tester.createGesture();
+    await gesture2.down(tester.getTopLeft(find.byType(Text)) + const Offset(30, -10));
+    await gesture1.moveBy(const Offset(50, 50));
+
+    await tester.pumpFrames(target, const Duration(milliseconds: 100));
+    await gesture1.up();
+    await gesture2.up();
+    await tester.pumpFrames(target, const Duration(milliseconds: 50));
+
+    await expectLater(
+      animationSheet.collate(6),
+      matchesGoldenFile('LiveBinding.press.animation.png'),
+    );
+  }, skip: isBrowser); // https://github.com/flutter/flutter/issues/42767
+}

packages/flutter/test/material/progress_indicator_test.dart

@@ -772,13 +772,8 @@ void main() {
       ),
     ), const Duration(seconds: 2));
 
-    tester.binding.setSurfaceSize(animationSheet.sheetSize());
-
-    final Widget display = await animationSheet.display();
-    await tester.pumpWidget(display);
-
     await expectLater(
-      find.byWidget(display),
+      await animationSheet.collate(20),
       matchesGoldenFile('material.circular_progress_indicator.indeterminate.png'),
     );
   }, skip: isBrowser); // https://github.com/flutter/flutter/issues/42767

packages/flutter_test/lib/src/animation_sheet.dart

@@ -5,6 +5,7 @@
 import 'dart:math' as math;
 import 'dart:ui' as ui;
 
+import 'package:flutter/foundation.dart';
 import 'package:flutter/rendering.dart';
 import 'package:flutter/scheduler.dart';
 import 'package:flutter/widgets.dart';
@@ -22,10 +23,8 @@ import 'package:flutter/widgets.dart';
 ///  * Create an instance of this class.
 ///  * Pump frames that render the target widget wrapped in [record]. Every frame
 ///    that has `recording` being true will be recorded.
-///  * Adjust the size of the test viewport to the [sheetSize] (see the
-///    documentation of [sheetSize] for more information).
-///  * Pump a frame that renders [display], which shows all recorded frames in an
-///    animation sheet, and can be matched against the golden test.
+///  * Acquire the output image with [collate] and compare against the golden
+///    file.
 ///
 /// {@tool snippet}
 /// The following example shows how to record an animation sheet of an [InkWell]
@@ -67,16 +66,9 @@ import 'package:flutter/widgets.dart';
 ///     recording: true,
 ///   ), const Duration(seconds: 1));
 ///
-///   // Adjust view port size
-///   tester.binding.setSurfaceSize(animationSheet.sheetSize());
-///
-///   // Display
-///   final Widget display = await animationSheet.display();
-///   await tester.pumpWidget(display);
-///
 ///   // Compare against golden file
 ///   await expectLater(
-///     find.byWidget(display),
+///     animationSheet.collate(800),
 ///     matchesGoldenFile('inkwell.press.animation.png'),
 ///   );
 /// }, skip: isBrowser); // Animation sheet does not support browser https://github.com/flutter/flutter/issues/56001
@@ -91,7 +83,14 @@ class AnimationSheetBuilder {
   ///
   /// The [frameSize] is a tight constraint for the child to be recorded, and must not
   /// be null.
-  AnimationSheetBuilder({required this.frameSize}) : assert(frameSize != null);
+  ///
+  /// The [allLayers] controls whether to record elements drawn out of the subtree,
+  /// and defaults to false.
+  AnimationSheetBuilder({
+    required this.frameSize,
+    this.allLayers = false,
+  }) : assert(!kIsWeb), // Does not support Web. See [AnimationSheetBuilder].
+       assert(frameSize != null);
 
   /// The size of the child to be recorded.
   ///
@@ -99,6 +98,22 @@ class AnimationSheetBuilder {
   /// fixed throughout the building session.
   final Size frameSize;
 
+  /// Whether the captured image comes from the entire tree, or only the
+  /// subtree of [record].
+  ///
+  /// If [allLayers] is false, then the [record] widget will capture the image
+  /// composited by its subtree.  If [allLayers] is true, then the [record] will
+  /// capture the entire tree composited and clipped by [record]'s region.
+  ///
+  /// The two modes are identical if there is nothing in front of [record].
+  /// But in rare cases, what needs to be captured has to be rendered out of
+  /// [record]'s subtree in its front. By setting [allLayers] to true, [record]
+  /// captures everything within its region even if drawn outside of its
+  /// subtree.
+  ///
+  /// Defaults to false.
+  final bool allLayers;
+
   final List<Future<ui.Image>> _recordedFrames = <Future<ui.Image>>[];
   Future<List<ui.Image>> get _frames async {
     final List<ui.Image> frames = await Future.wait<ui.Image>(_recordedFrames, eagerError: true);
@@ -139,6 +154,7 @@ class AnimationSheetBuilder {
     return _AnimationSheetRecorder(
       key: key,
       size: frameSize,
+      allLayers: allLayers,
       handleRecorded: recording ? _recordedFrames.add : null,
       child: child,
     );
@@ -159,6 +175,81 @@ class AnimationSheetBuilder {
   /// The `key` is applied to the root widget.
   ///
   /// This method can only be called if at least one frame has been recorded.
+  ///
+  /// The [display] is the legacy way of acquiring the output for comparison.
+  /// It is not recommended because it requires more boilerplate, and produces
+  /// a much large image than necessary: each pixel is rendered in 3x3 pixels
+  /// without higher definition. Use [collate] instead.
+  ///
+  /// Using this way includes the following steps:
+  ///
+  ///  * Create an instance of this class.
+  ///  * Pump frames that render the target widget wrapped in [record]. Every frame
+  ///    that has `recording` being true will be recorded.
+  ///  * Adjust the size of the test viewport to the [sheetSize] (see the
+  ///    documentation of [sheetSize] for more information).
+  ///  * Pump a frame that renders [display], which shows all recorded frames in an
+  ///    animation sheet, and can be matched against the golden test.
+  ///
+  /// {@tool snippet}
+  /// The following example shows how to record an animation sheet of an [InkWell]
+  /// being pressed then released.
+  ///
+  /// ```dart
+  /// testWidgets('Inkwell animation sheet', (WidgetTester tester) async {
+  ///   // Create instance
+  ///   final AnimationSheetBuilder animationSheet = AnimationSheetBuilder(frameSize: const Size(48, 24));
+  ///
+  ///   final Widget target = Material(
+  ///     child: Directionality(
+  ///       textDirection: TextDirection.ltr,
+  ///       child: InkWell(
+  ///         splashColor: Colors.blue,
+  ///         onTap: () {},
+  ///       ),
+  ///     ),
+  ///   );
+  ///
+  ///   // Optional: setup before recording (`recording` is false)
+  ///   await tester.pumpWidget(animationSheet.record(
+  ///     target,
+  ///     recording: false,
+  ///   ));
+  ///
+  ///   final TestGesture gesture = await tester.startGesture(tester.getCenter(find.byType(InkWell)));
+  ///
+  ///   // Start recording (`recording` is true)
+  ///   await tester.pumpFrames(animationSheet.record(
+  ///     target,
+  ///     recording: true,
+  ///   ), const Duration(seconds: 1));
+  ///
+  ///   await gesture.up();
+  ///
+  ///   await tester.pumpFrames(animationSheet.record(
+  ///     target,
+  ///     recording: true,
+  ///   ), const Duration(seconds: 1));
+  ///
+  ///   // Adjust view port size
+  ///   tester.binding.setSurfaceSize(animationSheet.sheetSize());
+  ///
+  ///   // Display
+  ///   final Widget display = await animationSheet.display();
+  ///   await tester.pumpWidget(display);
+  ///
+  ///   // Compare against golden file
+  ///   await expectLater(
+  ///     find.byWidget(display),
+  ///     matchesGoldenFile('inkwell.press.animation.png'),
+  ///   );
+  /// }, skip: isBrowser); // Animation sheet does not support browser https://github.com/flutter/flutter/issues/56001
+  /// ```
+  /// {@end-tool}
+  @Deprecated(
+    'Use AnimationSheetBuilder.collate instead. '
+    'This feature was deprecated after v2.3.0-13.0.pre.',
+  )
   Future<Widget> display({Key? key}) async {
     assert(_recordedFrames.isNotEmpty);
     final List<ui.Image> frames = await _frames;
@@ -176,6 +267,16 @@ class AnimationSheetBuilder {
     );
   }
 
+  /// Returns an result image by putting all frames together in a table.
+  ///
+  /// This method returns a table of captured frames, `cellsPerRow` images
+  /// per row, from left to right, top to bottom.
+  ///
+  /// An example of using this method can be found at [AnimationSheetBuilder].
+  Future<ui.Image> collate(int cellsPerRow) async {
+    return _collateFrames(await _frames, frameSize, cellsPerRow);
+  }
+
   /// Returns the smallest size that can contain all recorded frames.
   ///
   /// This is used to adjust the viewport during unit tests, i.e. the size of
@@ -194,6 +295,10 @@ class AnimationSheetBuilder {
   /// The `maxWidth` defaults to the width of the default viewport, 800.0.
   ///
   /// This method can only be called if at least one frame has been recorded.
+  @Deprecated(
+    'The `sheetSize` is only useful for `display`, which should be migrated to `collate`. '
+    'This feature was deprecated after v2.3.0-13.0.pre.',
+  )
   Size sheetSize({double maxWidth = _kDefaultTestViewportWidth}) {
     assert(_recordedFrames.isNotEmpty);
     final int cellsPerRow = (maxWidth / frameSize.width).floor();
@@ -213,12 +318,14 @@ class _AnimationSheetRecorder extends StatefulWidget {
     this.handleRecorded,
     required this.child,
     required this.size,
+    required this.allLayers,
     Key? key,
   }) : super(key: key);
 
   final _RecordedHandler? handleRecorded;
   final Widget child;
   final Size size;
+  final bool allLayers;
 
   @override
   State<StatefulWidget> createState() => _AnimationSheetRecorderState();
@@ -229,8 +336,12 @@ class _AnimationSheetRecorderState extends State<_AnimationSheetRecorder> {
 
   void _record(Duration duration) {
     assert(widget.handleRecorded != null);
-    final RenderRepaintBoundary boundary = boundaryKey.currentContext!.findRenderObject()! as RenderRepaintBoundary;
-    widget.handleRecorded!(boundary.toImage());
+    final _RenderRootableRepaintBoundary boundary = boundaryKey.currentContext!.findRenderObject()! as _RenderRootableRepaintBoundary;
+    if (widget.allLayers) {
+      widget.handleRecorded!(boundary.allLayersToImage());
+    } else {
+      widget.handleRecorded!(boundary.toImage());
+    }
   }
 
   @override
@@ -239,7 +350,7 @@ class _AnimationSheetRecorderState extends State<_AnimationSheetRecorder> {
       alignment: Alignment.topLeft,
       child: SizedBox.fromSize(
         size: widget.size,
-        child: RepaintBoundary(
+        child: _RootableRepaintBoundary(
           key: boundaryKey,
           child: _PostFrameCallbacker(
             callback: widget.handleRecorded == null ? null : _record,
@@ -311,6 +422,27 @@ class _RenderPostFrameCallbacker extends RenderProxyBox {
   }
 }
 
+Future<ui.Image> _collateFrames(List<ui.Image> frames, Size frameSize, int cellsPerRow) async {
+  final int rowNum = (frames.length / cellsPerRow).ceil();
+
+  final ui.PictureRecorder recorder = ui.PictureRecorder();
+  final Canvas canvas = Canvas(
+    recorder,
+    Rect.fromLTWH(0, 0, frameSize.width * cellsPerRow, frameSize.height * rowNum),
+  );
+  for (int i = 0; i < frames.length; i += 1) {
+    canvas.drawImage(
+      frames[i],
+      Offset(frameSize.width * (i % cellsPerRow), frameSize.height * (i / cellsPerRow).floor()),
+      Paint(),
+    );
+  }
+  return recorder.endRecording().toImage(
+    (frameSize.width * cellsPerRow).toInt(),
+    (frameSize.height * rowNum).toInt(),
+  );
+}
+
 // Layout children in a grid of fixed-sized cells.
 //
 // The sheet fills up as much space as the parent allows. The cells are
@@ -351,3 +483,33 @@ class _CellSheet extends StatelessWidget {
     });
   }
 }
+
+class _RenderRootableRepaintBoundary extends RenderRepaintBoundary {
+  // Like [toImage], but captures an image of all layers (composited by
+  // RenderView and its children) clipped by the region of this object.
+  Future<ui.Image> allLayersToImage() {
+    final TransformLayer rootLayer = _rootLayer();
+    final Matrix4 rootTransform = (rootLayer.transform ?? Matrix4.identity()).clone();
+    final Matrix4 transform = rootTransform.multiplied(getTransformTo(null));
+    final Rect rect = MatrixUtils.transformRect(transform, Offset.zero & size);
+    // The scale was used to fit the actual device. Revert it since the target
+    // is the logical display. Take transform[0] as the scale.
+    return rootLayer.toImage(rect, pixelRatio: 1 / transform[0]);
+  }
+
+  TransformLayer _rootLayer() {
+    Layer layer = this.layer!;
+    while (layer.parent != null)
+      layer = layer.parent!;
+    return layer as TransformLayer;
+  }
+}
+
+// A [RepaintBoundary], except that its render object has a `fullscreenToImage` method.
+class _RootableRepaintBoundary extends SingleChildRenderObjectWidget {
+  /// Creates a widget that isolates repaints.
+  const _RootableRepaintBoundary({ Key? key, Widget? child }) : super(key: key, child: child);
+
+  @override
+  _RenderRootableRepaintBoundary createRenderObject(BuildContext context) => _RenderRootableRepaintBoundary();
+}

packages/flutter_test/lib/src/binding.dart

@@ -457,22 +457,35 @@ abstract class TestWidgetsFlutterBinding extends BindingBase
   /// events from the device).
   Offset localToGlobal(Offset point) => point;
 
-  // The source of the current pointer event.
-  //
-  // The [pointerEventSource] is set as the `source` parameter of
-  // [handlePointerEvent] and can be used in the immediate enclosing
-  // [dispatchEvent].
+  /// The source of the current pointer event.
+  ///
+  /// The [pointerEventSource] is set as the `source` parameter of
+  /// [handlePointerEventForSource] and can be used in the immediate enclosing
+  /// [dispatchEvent].
+  TestBindingEventSource get pointerEventSource => _pointerEventSource;
   TestBindingEventSource _pointerEventSource = TestBindingEventSource.device;
 
-  @override
-  void handlePointerEvent(
+  /// Dispatch an event to the targets found by a hit test on its position,
+  /// and remember its source as [pointerEventSource].
+  ///
+  /// This method sets [pointerEventSource] to `source`, runs
+  /// [handlePointerEvent], then resets [pointerEventSource] to the previous
+  /// value.
+  void handlePointerEventForSource(
     PointerEvent event, {
     TestBindingEventSource source = TestBindingEventSource.device,
   }) {
+    withPointerEventSource(source, () => handlePointerEvent(event));
+  }
+
+  /// Sets [pointerEventSource] to `source`, runs `task`, then resets `source`
+  /// to the previous value.
+  @protected
+  void withPointerEventSource(TestBindingEventSource source, VoidCallback task) {
     final TestBindingEventSource previousSource = source;
     _pointerEventSource = source;
     try {
-      super.handlePointerEvent(event);
+      task();
     } finally {
       _pointerEventSource = previousSource;
     }
@@ -1490,11 +1503,8 @@ class LiveTestWidgetsFlutterBinding extends TestWidgetsFlutterBinding {
   /// Apart from forwarding the event to [GestureBinding.dispatchEvent],
   /// This also paint all events that's down on the screen.
   @override
-  void handlePointerEvent(
-    PointerEvent event, {
-    TestBindingEventSource source = TestBindingEventSource.device,
-  }) {
-    switch (source) {
+  void handlePointerEvent(PointerEvent event) {
+    switch (pointerEventSource) {
       case TestBindingEventSource.test:
         final _LiveTestPointerRecord? record = _liveTestRenderView._pointers[event.pointer];
         if (record != null) {
@@ -1509,18 +1519,21 @@ class LiveTestWidgetsFlutterBinding extends TestWidgetsFlutterBinding {
           );
           _handleViewNeedsPaint();
         }
-        super.handlePointerEvent(event, source: TestBindingEventSource.test);
+        super.handlePointerEvent(event);
         break;
       case TestBindingEventSource.device:
-        if (deviceEventDispatcher != null)
-          super.handlePointerEvent(event, source: TestBindingEventSource.device);
+        if (deviceEventDispatcher != null) {
+          withPointerEventSource(TestBindingEventSource.device,
+            () => super.handlePointerEvent(event)
+          );
+        }
         break;
     }
   }
 
   @override
   void dispatchEvent(PointerEvent event, HitTestResult? hitTestResult) {
-    switch (_pointerEventSource) {
+    switch (pointerEventSource) {
       case TestBindingEventSource.test:
         super.dispatchEvent(event, hitTestResult);
         break;

packages/flutter_test/lib/src/widget_tester.dart

@@ -550,7 +550,7 @@ class WidgetTester extends WidgetController implements HitTestDispatcher, Ticker
           // Flush all past events
           handleTimeStampDiff.add(-timeDiff);
           for (final PointerEvent event in record.events) {
-            binding.handlePointerEvent(event, source: TestBindingEventSource.test);
+            binding.handlePointerEventForSource(event, source: TestBindingEventSource.test);
           }
         } else {
           await binding.pump();
@@ -559,7 +559,7 @@ class WidgetTester extends WidgetController implements HitTestDispatcher, Ticker
             binding.clock.now().difference(startTime) - record.timeDelay,
           );
           for (final PointerEvent event in record.events) {
-            binding.handlePointerEvent(event, source: TestBindingEventSource.test);
+            binding.handlePointerEventForSource(event, source: TestBindingEventSource.test);
           }
         }
       }
@@ -788,7 +788,7 @@ class WidgetTester extends WidgetController implements HitTestDispatcher, Ticker
   @override
   Future<void> sendEventToBinding(PointerEvent event) {
     return TestAsyncUtils.guard<void>(() async {
-      binding.handlePointerEvent(event, source: TestBindingEventSource.test);
+      binding.handlePointerEventForSource(event, source: TestBindingEventSource.test);
     });
   }
 

packages/flutter_test/test/widget_tester_live_device_test.dart

+// Copyright 2014 The Flutter Authors. All rights reserved.
+// Use of this source code is governed by a BSD-style license that can be
+// found in the LICENSE file.
+
+import 'package:flutter/cupertino.dart';
+import 'package:flutter/foundation.dart';
+import 'package:flutter/gestures.dart';
+import 'package:flutter/material.dart';
+import 'package:flutter/rendering.dart';
+import 'package:flutter_test/flutter_test.dart';
+
+void main() {
+  final _MockLiveTestWidgetsFlutterBinding binding = _MockLiveTestWidgetsFlutterBinding();
+
+  testWidgets('Should print message on pointer events', (WidgetTester tester) async {
+    final List<String?> printedMessages = <String?>[];
+
+    int invocations = 0;
+    await tester.pumpWidget(
+      MaterialApp(
+        home: Center(
+          child: GestureDetector(
+            onTap: () {
+              invocations++;
+            },
+            child: const Text('Test'),
+          ),
+        ),
+      ),
+    );
+
+    final Size windowCenter = tester.binding.window.physicalSize /
+        tester.binding.window.devicePixelRatio /
+        2;
+    final double windowCenterX = windowCenter.width;
+    final double windowCenterY = windowCenter.height;
+
+    final Offset widgetCenter = tester.getRect(find.byType(Text)).center;
+    expect(widgetCenter.dx, windowCenterX);
+    expect(widgetCenter.dy, windowCenterY);
+
+    await binding.collectDebugPrints(printedMessages, () async {
+      await tester.tap(find.byType(Text));
+    });
+    await tester.pump();
+    expect(invocations, 0);
+
+    expect(printedMessages, equals('''
+Some possible finders for the widgets at Offset(400.0, 300.0):
+  find.text('Test')
+  find.widgetWithText(RawGestureDetector, 'Test')
+  find.byType(GestureDetector)
+  find.byType(Center)
+  find.widgetWithText(IgnorePointer, 'Test')
+  find.byType(FadeTransition)
+  find.byType(FractionalTranslation)
+  find.byType(SlideTransition)
+  find.widgetWithText(PrimaryScrollController, 'Test')
+  find.widgetWithText(PageStorage, 'Test')
+  find.widgetWithText(Offstage, 'Test')
+'''.trim().split('\n')));
+    printedMessages.clear();
+
+    await binding.collectDebugPrints(printedMessages, () async {
+      await tester.tapAt(const Offset(1, 1));
+    });
+    expect(printedMessages, equals('''
+Some possible finders for the widgets at Offset(1.0, 1.0):
+  find.byType(MouseRegion)
+  find.byType(ExcludeSemantics)
+  find.byType(BlockSemantics)
+  find.byType(ModalBarrier)
+  find.byType(Overlay)
+'''.trim().split('\n')));
+  });
+}
+
+class _MockLiveTestWidgetsFlutterBinding extends LiveTestWidgetsFlutterBinding {
+  @override
+  TestBindingEventSource get pointerEventSource => TestBindingEventSource.device;
+
+  List<String?>? _storeDebugPrints;
+
+  @override
+  DebugPrintCallback get debugPrintOverride {
+    return _storeDebugPrints == null
+        ? super.debugPrintOverride
+        : ((String? message, { int? wrapWidth }) => _storeDebugPrints!.add(message));
+  }
+
+  // Execute `task` while redirecting [debugPrint] to appending to `store`.
+  Future<void> collectDebugPrints(List<String?>? store, AsyncValueGetter<void> task) async {
+    _storeDebugPrints = store;
+    try {
+      await task();
+    } finally {
+      _storeDebugPrints = null;
+    }
+  }
+}

packages/flutter_test/test/widget_tester_test.dart

@@ -759,6 +759,8 @@ void main() {
 
       expect(flutterErrorDetails.exception, isA<AssertionError>());
       expect((flutterErrorDetails.exception as AssertionError).message, 'A Timer is still pending even after the widget tree was disposed.');
+      expect(binding.inTest, true);
+      binding.postTest();
     });
   });
 }