Using XCUITest framework for automation of iOS apps makes sure that app is working as expected from the users points of view. Since, Apple launched the UI testing support in WWDC 2015, this framework getting popular among iOS developers as they can now write UI tests in Swift and XCTest Read more…
Every iOS application requires the data to be displayed in the app. Unfortunately, we can’t put all the data inside our iOS app. The iOS developers have to make the network requests to get this data from internet and use it in the apps. Apple has provided various libraries and Read more…
Apple has released the stable version of Xcode 9 recently with loads of new features. The most of the iOS developers are saying Xcode 9 is the best release so far as it has great new features that iOS Developers always wanted. You can read more about the Xcode 9 features Read more…
The speed of an iOS app is a key to success in the current competitive market. User hates slow running and unresponsive apps so it became very important to check the performance of an iOS app before it goes to the end users. Apple announced performance testing support to XCTest framework at WWDC Read more…
At WWDC 2017, there was an amazing talk on engineering for testability which focuses on the importance of quality of test code along with app code. The talk introduced various way we can improve testability of apps by writing great test code. The most important bit was a second part where Read more…
At WWDC 2017, there was a great session on What’s New in Testing which was mainly about new features of XCTest and XCUITest frameworks. The team working on developer tools at Apple has made huge improvements in the area of UI Testing with XCUITest and Continuous Integration with Xcode Server. In Read more…
Apple has recently announced new features in XCUITest framework. One of the great feature is Activities which can be used to organise XCTest actions into human readable activities. The new protocol XCTActivity has been added to the XCTest framework. What is Activities in XCUITests Usually UI Tests perform lot of actions during execution e.g Read more…
Recently, I have spoken at iOSConBytes meetup, SkillsMatter, London on Full Stack BDD inside Xcode with use of XCFit framework. This talk covered live demo of following things Building a sample iOS app using Protocol Oriented BDD approach Mapping BDD Scenarios with Swift Setting up BDD target with XCFit Protocol Oriented BDD Xcode Template Read more…
Swift is truly protocol-oriented language. Since introduced in WWDC 2014 and open sourced in December 2015, it become one of the popular language for developing iOS application. You can watch this WWDC video to know about protocol oriented programming with Swift. In the recent days, protocol-oriented approach is definitely dominated the object Read more…
It’s very common to find an iOS applications in different languages and supporting different countries. The brands needs to intruduce their business to the locals in the language that is truly local and that’s the way to connect and create value out of the iOS app. It’s essential to develop Read more…