Testing UIWebView with Xcode UI Testing

Question

I'm using new Xcode UI Testing from XCTest Framework with the Xcode 7 GM. I've got an app with simple UIWebView (it's just a navigation controller + view controller with web view and button) and I want to check following scenario:

1. Web View loads page www.example.com
2. User taps on button
3. Web View loads some page with URL: www.example2.com

I want to check which page is loaded in UIWebView after pressing button. Is this possible with UI Testing right now?

Actually I'm getting web view like this:

let app:XCUIApplication = XCUIApplication()
let webViewQury:XCUIElementQuery = app.descendantsMatchingType(.WebView)
let webView = webViewQury.elementAtIndex(0)

Cryptonymous

Answer 1

You won't be able to tell which page is loaded, as in the actual URL that is being displayed. You can, however, check assert content is on the screen. UI Testing provides a XCUIElementQuery for links that works great with both UIWebView and WKWebView.

Keep in mind that a page doesn't load synchronously, so you will have to wait for the actual elements to appear.

let app = XCUIApplication()
app.launch()

app.buttons["Go to Google.com"].tap()

let about = self.app.staticTexts["About"]
let exists = NSPredicate(format: "exists == 1")
expectationForPredicate(exists, evaluatedWithObject: about, handler: nil)

waitForExpectationsWithTimeout(5, handler: nil)
XCTAssert(about.exists)

XCTAssert(app.staticTexts["Google Search"].exists)
app.links["I'm Feeling Lukcy"].tap()

There is also a working test host that goes along with the two links if you want to dig into the code.

Bruch

Answer 2

If the title of the pages are different, you can check for the title of the web page.

let app = XCUIApplication()
app.launch()
//Load www.example.com

//Tap on some button    
app.links["Your button"].tap()

//Wait for www.example2.com to load
let webPageTitle = app.otherElements["Example2"]
let exists = NSPredicate(format: "exists == 1")
expectationForPredicate(exists, evaluatedWithObject: webPageTitle, handler: nil)
waitForExpectationsWithTimeout(5, handler: nil)

Currier

this is great idea, unfortunately I've got one title. But maybe someone will have different situation. Thanks! – Cryptonymous