89: All About UI Testing

John, Nolan and Darryl discuss Xcode 7’s new support for UI tests. Tweet Shoutouts @iOhYesPodcast keyboard cursor on 6S, 6S+ requires a force touch, rather than two fingers— Dov Frankel (@DovFrankel) October 14, 2015 @iOhYesPodcast 3D Touch on the6S keyboard will move the cursor like iPad. 9 beta 2 had it. Removed in 3.— Shared Instance (@sharedinst) October 16, 2015 @AshtonDev @iOhYesPodcast Enjoyed Ashton's appearance on the latest epidode of iOhYes talking about hidden power features of XCode— Adam Campbell (@AnAdamInAus) October 15, 2015 @AshtonDev finally guest on @iOhYesPodcast sharing great tips to level up your Xcode skills https://t.co/CUAFA0HcPx— You can call me Joe (@mokagio) October 15, 2015 @AshtonDev @iOhYesPodcast setting default values through schemes is useful when running acceptance tests suites too— You can call me Joe (@mokagio) October 15, 2015 @iOhYesPodcast Just finished an iOS bootcamp, no CS degree, minimal developer experience. Job hunt as Jr. Dev has been rough. Any advice?— Sean Allen (@SeanA0400) October 16, 2015 @iOhYesPodcast Just finished an iOS bootcamp, no CS degree, minimal developer experience. Job hunt as Jr. Dev has been rough. Any advice?— Sean Allen (@SeanA0400) October 16, 2015 Discussion: App Testing with Xcode 7 Are you (hosts) testing your apps? John’s philosophy on testing Why should I test? When should I test? Automated vs. Manual Problems with the old, Instruments-based UI testing solution JavaScript JavaScript JavaScript Alternatives prior to Xcode 7 KIF Subliminal Quick Slepnir Apple’s new UI testing in Xcode * Requires iOS 9/Mac OS X 10.11 Test Recording Leverages “Accessibility” UI Testing Targets API components Assertions, XCTAssert Elements, XCUIElement Proxy for UI things, exposes object type and accessibility label Queries, XCUIElementQuery Tree navigation, similar to XPath Relationships and Filtering “app.tables” is actually a convenience method for app.descendantsMatchingType(‘table’) Application, XCUIApplication Proxy for the application under test, separate and new process Dealing with Gotchas Simulating events No long press, roll your own with pressForDuration No 3d touch press (AFAIK) Wait for… using waitForExpectationsWithTimeout without an explicit wait, a total of 3 attempts will be made to resolve a query before failing Race conditions Item not visible to accessibility Note: “isAccessibilityElement” does NOT need to be true in order to be “visible to accessibility” Resources WWDC Session UI Testing in Xcode Joe Masilotti’s UI Testing in Xcode Big Nerd Ranch’s UI Testing in Xcode 7, Part 1 Giovani Lodi’s Xcode 7 UI Testing, a first look Picks John Quick BDD Framework for iOS (Swift and Obj-C) Use code snippets Apple Doc on Snippets Nolan Star Wars: Episode VII Got nothing for iOS, but here’s the latest Star Wars trailer Darryl iOS Security Guide (iOS 9 and later) Alternative Show Title Suggestions Javascript, Javascript, Javascript! Get the hell out of non-profits Jump on the band wagon Gotcha I Love Star Wars