JAMTestHelper

Requires Xcode 7 Beta 4

A few additions to XCTest geared towards UI Testing in Xcode 7 and iOS 9.

- (void)testLikeButton {
    let button = app.buttons["Like"]

    button.tap()
    waitForActivityIndicatorToFinish()

    let label = app.staticTexts["1 like"]
    waitForElementToExist(label)

    button.tap()
    waitForElementToNotExist(label)
}

Helpers

waitForElementToExist() - waits until element.exists is true
waitForElementToNotExist() - waits until element.exists is false
waitForActivityIndicatorToFinish() - waits until the (assumed) only activity indicator stops animating

Both of these helpers work by ticking the run loop a tenth of a second in between checks. If the element does not meet the condition after two seconds an exception is raised.

Exceptions are used over XCTFail() so the tests' tests, JAMTestHelperTests.swift can run valid assertions. See that file for more details.

Installation

Cocoapods (recommended)

Install CocoaPods with gem install cocoapods.
pod init
In your Podfile, add JAMTestHelper to your UI Testing target

target 'UI Tests' do
  pod 'JAMTestHelper'
end

Manual

Clone this repo and drag and drop JAMTestHelper.swift into your UI Testing target. You can then reference the methods inside of an XCTestCase as shown in the example.

Notes