Xcode UI Tests and API Calls - Xcake Dublin, December 2016

Your iOS app communicates with an API in the cloud -
so far so good.

But what happens if you add XCUI tests? How do you keep your app code clean, while still being able to setup the test scenarios from your test target?

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1. UI TESTS AND API CALLS HOW TO KEEP YOUR APP CODE CLEAN XCAKE DECEMBER 2016 - DUBLIN @roland9
2. WHAT IS THE PROBLEM? APP COMMUNICATES WITH API (IN THE CLOUD) APP API HTTP
3. WHAT IS THE PROBLEM? HOW TO CONTROL THE API RESPONSES? APP API XC UI TEST app.launch() HTTP
4. SIMPLE APPROACH FIRST APPROACH: LAUNCH APP FROM XC UI TESTS WITH COMMAND LINE PARAMETERS …
5. SIMPLE APPROACH … AND HANDLE THESE TEST SCENARIOS IN YOUR APP (!)
6. WHAT IS THE PROBLEM? HOW TO CONTROL THE API RESPONSES? APP API XC UI TEST app.launch() HTTP
7. BETTER SOLUTION SOLUTION: THE API IN THE TEST TARGET! APP API XC UI TEST HTTP
8. BETTER SOLUTION https://github.com/httpswift/swifter
9. THANKS! ▸ @roland9 ▸ roland@kitmanlabs.com
10. APPENDIX HOW TO READ FROM A FILE - NEED TO GET IT FROM THE XC UI TEST BUNDLE…
11. APPENDIX HOW TO HANDLE SESSION INFORMATION: TOKEN IN HEADER