Name: XCTest
Rating: 8.3 (4 reviews)
Author: Apple

Overview

What is XCTest?

The XCTest framework is used to write unit tests for Xcode projects that integrate with Xcode's testing workflow. From Apple, the solution enables users to create and run unit tests, performance tests, and UI tests for Xcode project.

The change we needed to stop fighting unit tests and make them fun.

Rating: 8 out of 10

December 20, 2022

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Im a Fullstack Mobile developer, I usually make Android apps, but I have experience with Swift, Objective-C, and iOS; XCTest has been really useful for Unit Testing for those ...

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Professional

1 year of experience

Test your UI using XCTest

Rating: 8 out of 10

December 16, 2022

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We are using XCTest as one of our tools in order to test at some level the User Interface regarding our IOS apps. This tool has been integrated with our development environmen...

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Analyst

1 year of experience

Most essential choice for basic unit-level testing of iOS apps and functionality

Rating: 10 out of 10

December 15, 2022

IncentivizedVetted ReviewVerified User

We do all our iOS apps/games testing with XCTest. Like Android Studio, Xcode provides tons of software testing capabilities for developers/UX designers that can help to enhanc...

Romi Kalathiya

Professional - Information Technology

Freelance

2 years of experience

XCTest is integrated right into Xcode and hard to beat

Rating: 7 out of 10

December 6, 2022

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We use it to run unit tests on our app before we release to production.

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Professional

7 years of experience

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The change we needed to stop fighting unit tests and make them fun.

Rating: 8 out of 10

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December 20, 2022

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1 year of experience

Use Cases and Deployment Scope

Im a Fullstack Mobile developer, I usually make Android apps, but I have experience with Swift, Objective-C, and iOS; XCTest has been really useful for Unit Testing for those platforms and languages. Before the use of XCTest, we had a lot of issues when we changed or made refactors on the code, and we needed to stop to fix all of those issues, but since we added XCTest, we don't need to worry about that, because XCTest will tell us what was broken.

Pros and Cons

Is easy to learn and implement.
Is faster than others competitors.
Cool integration with UI Tests.
Swift Native language.

Likelihood to Recommend

It is very useful to add it mainly at the beginning of the app when each feature is finished and if the greatest importance of the app is its stability and a quick way to fix errors that are made during the changes. Do it when the app is finished; it's going to be quite time-consuming; however, applying it will go a long way in making sure the code hasn't been broken by changes and improvements.

Most Important Features

Native iOS languages.
Continuos integration support.
Easy to understand and install if you have iOS experience.

Return on Investment

Faster way to know which issues appeared and fixed it.
Easy way to install and teach to the programmers.
More time invested on the project to implement.

Alternatives Considered

Appium

We used Appium to do unit testing, but we felt that it was slow and had its own learning curve, so we decided to try XCTest; it seemed faster and more agile to use because we already had knowledge of iOS and the other advantages that I talk before, now all the team is using XCTest.

Other Software Used

Appium, Slack, Zoom

Test your UI using XCTest

Rating: 8 out of 10

Incentivized

December 16, 2022

Verified User

Vetted Review

Verified User

1 year of experience

Use Cases and Deployment Scope

We are using XCTest as one of our tools in order to test at some level the User Interface regarding our IOS apps. This tool has been integrated with our development environment and it is mandatory for us nowadays to make our development a bit more clear and with fewer bugs for the end users.

Pros and Cons

UI Tests
Easy Integration

Likelihood to Recommend

IF you want to have some tests on your IOS apps, this tool (XCTest) can be easily integrated into your development environment and help your organization to avoid some bugs that would be deployed if not tested.

Most Important Features

Easy integration
Nice tests

Return on Investment

Since we have started using it, we could notice we have fewer UI bugs

Alternatives Considered

I haven't test any

Most essential choice for basic unit-level testing of iOS apps and functionality

Rating: 10 out of 10

Incentivized

December 15, 2022

Romi Kalathiya

Freelance (Design, 11-50 employees)

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Verified User

2 years of experience

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Use Cases and Deployment Scope

We do all our iOS apps/games testing with XCTest. Like Android Studio, Xcode provides tons of software testing capabilities for developers/UX designers that can help to enhance the stability and usability of the apps. Xcode provides XCTest and XCUITest which are extremely helpful for achieving and building better-quality software. Thoroughly tested apps, regardless of whether done at the unit level or UI level, improve the user experience and accelerate the adoption of those sorts of apps.

Pros and Cons

Basic unit level testing of iOS apps/games and functionalities
Xcode Test Recorder - mostly a feature for UI tests but as XCTest is related with XCUITest the UI recording is possible with Xcode environment.

Likelihood to Recommend

Overall, XCTest is a good choice for testing iOS functionality and apps at a basic unit level. In order to thoroughly test the logic, you must add many of those sorts of basic tests, which makes functional UI testing more appropriate for iOS apps. As I mentioned earlier, limited Programming Language Support and no cross platform compatibilities are the only major drawbacks.