SO:http://stackoverflow.com/questions/42802986/how-to-change-controllers-property-value-inside-acceptance-test

controllers.application.js

import Ember from 'ember';

export default Ember.Controller.extend({
  appName: 'Ember Twiddle'
});

controllers.view.js

import Ember from 'ember';

export default Ember.Controller.extend({
  myVal: 'hi'
});

router.js

import Ember from 'ember';
import config from './config/environment';

const Router = Ember.Router.extend({
  location: 'none',
  rootURL: config.rootURL
});

Router.map(function() {
  this.route('view');
});

export default Router;

routes.view.js

import Ember from 'ember';

export default Ember.Route.extend({
});

templates.application.hbs

<h1>Welcome to {{appName}}</h1>
<br>
<br>
{{outlet}}
<br>
{{#link-to "view"}}View{{/link-to}}
<br>

templates.view.hbs

<div id="min">{{myVal}}</div>

tests.acceptance.view-test.js

import { test } from 'qunit';
import moduleForAcceptance from '../../tests/helpers/module-for-acceptance';
import Ember from 'ember';

moduleForAcceptance('Acceptance View');

test('visiting /view', function(assert) {  
  let ctrl = this.application.__container__.lookup('controller:view');  
  ctrl.set('myVal', 'bye');
  
  visit('/view');

  andThen(function() {
    assert.equal(currentURL(), '/view');
    assert.equal(find('#min').text(), 'bye');
  });
});

tests.helpers.destroy-app.js

import Ember from 'ember';

export default function destroyApp(application) {
  Ember.run(application, 'destroy');
}

tests.helpers.module-for-acceptance.js

import { module } from 'qunit';
import Ember from 'ember';
import startApp from '../helpers/start-app';
import destroyApp from '../helpers/destroy-app';

const { RSVP: { Promise } } = Ember;

export default function(name, options = {}) {
  module(name, {
    beforeEach() {
      this.application = startApp();

      if (options.beforeEach) {
        return options.beforeEach.apply(this, arguments);
      }
    },

    afterEach() {
      let afterEach = options.afterEach && options.afterEach.apply(this, arguments);
      return Promise.resolve(afterEach).then(() => destroyApp(this.application));
    }
  });
}

tests.helpers.resolver.js

import Resolver from '../../resolver';
import config from '../../config/environment';

const resolver = Resolver.create();

resolver.namespace = {
  modulePrefix: config.modulePrefix,
  podModulePrefix: config.podModulePrefix
};

export default resolver;

tests.helpers.start-app.js

import Ember from 'ember';
import Application from '../../app';
import config from '../../config/environment';

const { run } = Ember;
const assign = Ember.assign || Ember.merge;

export default function startApp(attrs) {
  let application;

  let attributes = assign({rootElement: "#test-root"}, config.APP);
  attributes = assign(attributes, attrs); // use defaults, but you can override;

  run(() => {
    application = Application.create(attributes);
    application.setupForTesting();
    application.injectTestHelpers();
  });

  return application;
}

tests.test-helper.js

import resolver from './helpers/resolver';
import {
  setResolver
} from 'ember-qunit';

setResolver(resolver);

twiddle.json

{
  "version": "0.11.1",
  "EmberENV": {
    "FEATURES": {}
  },
  "options": {
    "use_pods": false,
    "enable-testing": true
  },
  "dependencies": {
    "jquery": "https://cdnjs.cloudflare.com/ajax/libs/jquery/1.11.3/jquery.js",
    "ember": "2.11.0",
    "ember-data": "2.11.0",
    "ember-template-compiler": "2.11.0",
    "ember-testing": "2.11.0"
  },
  "addons": {}
}