Top 3 IOS Automation Testing Tools

Author: Bala Murugan

Organizations are opting for Agile, Continuous Integration and DevOps methodologies to deliver "Quality at speed". Mobile app test automation is an essential part of these aspects. Test automation is essential for delivering "Quality at speed", as it is an enabler of successful Agile and DevOps adoption. Test automation tools determine how the test was performed and whether the benefits of automation can be delivered.

  • There are 4 things that you need to keep in mind to make test automation effective:
  • Research the software product under test is to be automated.
  • Formulate requirements for the test automation
  • Study the tools and select the most suitable tools for testing
  • Discuss the chosen tool with other project parties and get the approval

Let's have a quick look at the most popular automation testing tools:

1. Appium

It is an open source tool recommended for both iOS automation testing and Android automation testing. Appium uses Web Driver interface to run the test. It supports many popular programming languages that belong to the web driver library. There is no need to adjust any application code for testing as it is fit enough to continue running on iOS using the device or emulator. Just like any other server, Appium runs and responds to the HTTP requests. With Appium you can perform automation of mobile web, native and hybrid apps.

2. Calabash

Calabash is an acceptance testing framework that allows you to write and execute tests for iOS and Android Apps. Calabash can be configured to run on hundreds of different iOS devices, providing real-time feedback and validation across many form factors, OS versions, hardware specs and OEM customizations. It works by enabling automatic UI interactions within an application. To get the real benefit, Calabash tests should be executed on real mobile devices. Calabash is also good for both iOS automation testing and Android app automation testing.

3. XCTest/XCUITest

XCTest framework is used to write unit tests, UI tests and performance tests for your iOS apps. You can easily integrate these tests with the XCode IDE and even use them for a Test Driven Development approach. It's easy to perform assertions and monitor the performance of a code block using this framework. XCTest is one of the most popular ios automation testing tools. There is no cross-platform support and you’re somewhat bound to the two iOS programming languages, Swift and Objective-C.

Conclusion

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