Xcode UI Testing - UITableView sections

Question

I want to use Xcode's UI Testing to count the number of sections in a tableview and the number of cells in each section. How can I do that?

1. How can I access code from a UI test? 2. I want to make sure the sections are parsed correctly from the data source — YogevSitton, Dec 17 '15 at 08:59
just call tableview's numberOfSection and numberOfRows from your UI test class ... ?(Not sure if i am getting your question right) — Mihir Mehta, Dec 17 '15 at 09:04
is it restricted or you don't know how to make it accessible ? — Mihir Mehta, Dec 17 '15 at 09:13
It's not possible to access the application code directly from the UI Testing target. See [this answer](http://stackoverflow.com/a/32076413/384110) for more details. — Joe Masilotti, Feb 28 '16 at 17:34

score 4 · Answer 1 · answered Jul 24 '16 at 21:16

As of Xcode 7, table view headers show as Other elements.

Here's what I did for a (grouped) table view in my app:

extension TableLayoutTests {

    func testHasMessagesGroup() {
        XCTAssert(app.tables.otherElements["MESSAGES"].exists)
    }

    func testHasMessageCell() {
        let header = app.tables.otherElements["MESSAGES"]
        let cell = app.tables.cells.elementBoundByIndex(1)
        XCTAssertGreaterThanOrEqual(cell.accessibilityFrame.minY, header.accessibilityFrame.maxY)
    }

    func testHasOtherMessageCell() {
        let header = app.tables.otherElements["MESSAGES"]
        let cell = app.tables.cells.elementBoundByIndex(2)
        XCTAssertGreaterThanOrEqual(cell.accessibilityFrame.minY, header.accessibilityFrame.maxY)
    }

}

Very creative, I like it – Ross Barbish Aug 31 '16 at 18:47 — Ross Barbish, Aug 31 '16 at 18:47

score 2 · Answer 2 · edited Nov 04 '19 at 17:29

Joe Masilotti is entirely correct in that application code cannot be accessed directly from the UI Test, though you can backchannel if you want to be out-of-style. Let's assume you don't.

Xcode's UI Testing framework has access to all of the Swift language along with the UI hierarchy of your app, but not access to the data layer; so you can do the following:

Give the headers or footers of the tableview sections accessibilityIdentifiers that include an index component (e.g., photos.headers_0 , etc)
Having done that, use conditionals to determine the number of sections
Similarly, photos.section_0.cell_0 can be assigned in your data source, and an iterator + conditional can store the number of cells in section 0 or any other section.

Xcode UI Testing - UITableView sections

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