Xcode: how to test main bundles .plist file content?

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I'd like to ensure with unit tests that important values inside my main MyApp-Info.plist are there and correct. Is there a way to load that plist from within my unit test bundle?

score 4 · Accepted Answer · edited Jul 09 '18 at 14:54

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It depends on if you have set a host application for your test target. If there is no host application, then the file is not copied with the test.

If there is a host application you can get its plist contents with:

Swift:

Bundle.main.infoDictionary

Objective-C:

[[NSBundle mainBundle] infoDictionary]

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score 1 · Answer 2 · answered Jul 09 '18 at 15:03

You can include your Info.plist in the Unit test bundle as a resource as well. That way, there's no dependency on the host application. However, finding and loading the resource requires just a tiny bit of trickery that seems to always trip me up.

See this question for examples on how to do that from ObjC and Swift.

Xcode: how to test main bundles .plist file content?

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