maxwellE / xctestrunner

A executable binary to run prebuilt iOS tests on iOS simulator/real device.

XCTestRunner

A tool for running prebuilt iOS tests on iOS real device and simulator.

Features

• It supports XCTest (Xcode Unit Test), XCUITest (Xcode UI Test).
• It supports iOS 11+ iOS real device, iOS simulator.
• It supports launch options configuration: test methods to run, additional environment variables, additional arguments.
• It supports Xcode 10+.

Prerequisites

• Install Xcode (Xcode 10+).
• Install bazel (optional).

Installation

You can download the ios_test_runner.par binary in release

or build the ios_test_runner.par binary by bazel:

$ git clone https://github.com/google/xctestrunner.git
$ cd xctestrunner
$ bazel build :ios_test_runner.par
$ ls bazel-bin/ios_test_runner.par

Usage

• Build your app under test and test bundle. You can use Xcode.app, xcodebuild command line tool or bazel.
• Run the ios_test_runner.par binary.

In overview, there are two sub-commands in the runner binary.

• test: Run test directly on connecting iOS real device or existing iOS simulator.
• simulator_test: Run test on a new created simulator, which will be deleted after test finishes.

See more details by running ios_test_runner.par -h in terminal.

Notes

Disclaimer: This is not an official Google product.

XCTestRunner uses Apple native tool xcodebuild, simctl to control iOS Simulator and launch tests on iOS devices.