Accessing main app data from XCTest

Question

I am writing some UI tests using the new iOS 9 APIs. One thing I am running into, is when you run the tests, its its own target and own "app" on the simulator. This means I am not accessing the sqlite file I have saved in the main apps documents folder. I am having issues figuring out how to actually open this file. Anyone have a solution for this?

score 0 · Answer 1 · answered Sep 02 '15 at 20:35

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Use a [NSBundle bundleForClass:[self class]]

E.g. reading files:

- (NSData *)readFile:(NSString *)name withExtension:(NSString *)extension {
    NSURL *fileURL = [[NSBundle bundleForClass:[self class]] URLForResource:name withExtension:extension];
    return [[NSFileManager defaultManager] contentsAtPath:fileURL.path];
}

answered Sep 02 '15 at 20:35

Serge Maslyakov

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This gets me access to the bundle, not the documents folder (which is what I need) – Stephen Bradley Sep 03 '15 at 15:41
@StephenBradley Hi. http://stackoverflow.com/questions/8378712/nshomedirectory-in-iphone-unit-test – Serge Maslyakov Sep 03 '15 at 15:54
Tried adding those settings, however now the UI tests fail to launch the app. Specifically on XCUIApplication().launch() I get a sigkill – Stephen Bradley Sep 03 '15 at 19:57

Accessing main app data from XCTest

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