MAmasters3d·Mar 18, 2016
Apple is trying to make it more difficult to link to private API in Xcode 7.3 but objc doesn't help
https://github.com/kif-framework/KIF/issues/770
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Keep It Functional - An iOS Functional Testing Framework
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| 2011 | 2011-01-01 00:00:00 UTC | 2012-01-01 00:00:00 UTC | 3 | 0 | 3 |
| 2012 | 2012-01-01 00:00:00 UTC | 2013-01-01 00:00:00 UTC | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2013 | 2013-01-01 00:00:00 UTC | 2014-01-01 00:00:00 UTC | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2014 | 2014-01-01 00:00:00 UTC | 2015-01-01 00:00:00 UTC | 0 | 0 | 0 |
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| 2016 | 2016-01-01 00:00:00 UTC | 2017-01-01 00:00:00 UTC | 2 | 0 | 2 |
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8 sourcesI wonder how this will affect the future of tools such as KIF - https://github.com/kif-framework/KIF
In iOS 9.3 PreviewWe use https://github.com/kif-framework/KIF for automation! But you know the deal on how comprehensively you can do automation test!
In Ask HN: Is my code any good?This plus https://github.com/kif-framework/KIF would make a great pair: FBSnapshotTestCase to protect against presentation regression, and KIF to protect against interaction + integration regression.
In FBSnapshotTestCase, Facebook's open source test cases for iOS UIsAnyone looking at automated iOS app testing should also take a look at Square's KIF: https://github.com/square/kif
In Test Studio for iOS - record and execute automated testsThis is interesting, but it looks like I have to learn another DSL, as well as figuring out how to describe my screens in CoffeeScript so the DSL can interact with them. I'm not even sure what the point of the intermediate layer is. Why not write the tests directly in CoffeeScript? Or even better (for those of us not infatuated by CS), why not just build a DSL expressive enough to interact with the screen directly?
For those not wanting to deal with yet another language/server, Square's KIF testing framework is really well done, integrates right with your project in Xcode 4, you can write your tests in the same language you write your code in, and you also get screenshots when tests fail: https://github.com/square/KIF
In Zucchini iOS testing frameworkanother option is Kif (https://github.com/square/kif) an iOS integration/UI testing tool developed by Square.
we've had some good experiences thus far testing some of our newer iOS projects with Kif
In Automated UI Testing for Web and Native Apps on iOS and AndroidiPhone developers: Never considered supporting Apple's VoiceOver technology before? Setting aside positive karma, here's an awesome reason to do it: your app needs to be accessible in order to work with the best functional testing framework out there, KIF [1] (https://github.com/square/kif)
Write tests with KIF, ensure that blind and low-vision users can use your app, ensure that your app is functional. What's not to love?
[1] i'm totally unaffiliated with Square, its creators. I just happen to be in love with it, that's all.
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