Have you ever spent too much time trying to fix fragile tests only to give up with nothing real to show? Use the fastlane actions from test_center to remove internal and external interference from your tests, so that you can focus on what makes π°: features that customers love π.
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This project is a fastlane plugin. To get started with fastlane-plugin-test_center, add it to your project by running:
fastlane add_plugin test_centerAdd this example 'lane' to your Fastfile, change MY_XCODE_PROJECT_FILEPATH to point to your project path, and change the option scheme: AtomicBoy in the call to multi_scan to be the name of your Xcode projects Scheme:
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# An example of how one can use the plugin's :multi_scan action to run tests
# that have not yet passed (up to 3 times). If, after the 3 runs of the tests, there
# are still failing tests, print out the number of tests that are still failing.
#
# For a walkthrough to write a lane that can run tests up to 3 times, suppress
# the failing tests in the Xcode project, and create a Github Pull Request, see:
# https://github.com/lyndsey-ferguson/fastlane-plugin-test_center/blob/master/docs/WALKTHROUGH.md
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MY_XCODE_PROJECT_FILEPATH = File.absolute_path('../AtomicBoy/AtomicBoy.xcodeproj')
lane :sweep do
test_run_block = lambda do |testrun_info|
failed_test_count = testrun_info[:failed].size
if failed_test_count > 0
UI.important('The run of tests would finish with failures due to fragile tests here.')
try_attempt = testrun_info[:try_count]
if try_attempt < 3
UI.header('Since we are using :multi_scan, we can re-run just those failing tests!')
end
end
end
result = multi_scan(
project: MY_XCODE_PROJECT_FILEPATH,
try_count: 3,
fail_build: false,
scheme: 'AtomicBoy',
testrun_completed_block: test_run_block
)
unless result[:failed_testcount].zero?
UI.message("There are #{result[:failed_testcount]} legitimate failing tests")
end
endThis plugin makes testing your iOS app easier by providing you actions that give you greater control over everthing related to testing your app.
multi_scan began when I engineered an action to only re-run the failed tests in order to determine which ones were truly failing, or just failing randomly due to a fragile infrastructure. This action morphed into an entire plugin with many actions related to tests.
This fastlane plugin includes the following actions:
multi_scan: gives you control over how your tests are exercised.suppress_tests_from_junit: from a test report, suppresses tests in your project.suppress_tests: from a provided list, suppresses tests in your project.suppressed_tests: returns a list of the suppressed tests in your project.tests_from_junit: from a test report, returns lists of passing and failed tests.tests_from_xctestrun: from an xctestrun file, returns a list of tests for each of its test targets.collate_junit_reports: combines multiple junit test reports into one report.collate_html_reports: combines multiple html test reports into one report.collate_json_reports: combines multiple json test reports into one report.collate_test_result_bundles: combines multiple test_result bundles into one test_result bundle.
Use :multi_scan intead of :scan to improve the usefulness of iOS test results, inspect partial results periodically during a test run, and provide better results reporting.
Over time, your tests can change the state of your application in unexpected ways that cause other tests to fail randomly. Or, the tools and infrastructure for testing are the root causes of random test failures. The test results may not truly reflect how the product code is working.
Rather than wasting time trying to account for unstable tools, or trying to tweak your test code ad-nauseum to get a passing result reliably, just use the :try_count option to run :scan multiple times, running only the tests that failed each time. This ensures that any fragility is ironed out over a number of "tries". The end result is that only the truly failing tests appear.
Another issue that can cause tests to incorrectly fail comes from an issue with the iOS Simulator. If you provide a huge number of tests to the iOS Simulator, it can exhaust the available resources and cause it to fail large numbers of tests. You can get around this by running your tests in batches using the :batch_count option in order to lighten the load on the simulator.
If you have a large number of tests, and you want to inspect the overall status of how test runs are progressing, you can use the :testrun_completed_block callback to bailout early or make adjustments on how your tests are exercised.
Do you have multiple test targets and the normal operation of :scan is providing you a test report that implies that all the tests ran in just one test target? Don't worry, :multi_scan has fixed that. It will provide a separate test report for each test target. It can handle JUnit, HTML, JSON, and Apple's test_result bundles.
test_result bundles are particularly useful because they contain screenshots of the UI when a UI test fails so you can review what was actually there compared to what you expected.
Example Code (expand to view):
UI.important(
'example: ' \
'run tests for a scheme that has two test targets, re-trying up to 2 times if ' \
'tests fail. Turn off the default behavior of failing the build if, at the ' \
'end of the action, there were 1 or more failing tests.'
)
summary = multi_scan(
project: File.absolute_path('../AtomicBoy/AtomicBoy.xcodeproj'),
scheme: 'AtomicBoy',
try_count: 3,
fail_build: false,
output_files: 'report.html',
output_types: 'html'
)
UI.success("multi_scan passed? #{summary[:result]}")UI.important(
'example: ' \
'split the tests into 2 batches and run each batch of tests up to 3 ' \
'times if tests fail. Do not fail the build.'
)
multi_scan(
project: File.absolute_path('../AtomicBoy/AtomicBoy.xcodeproj'),
scheme: 'AtomicBoy',
try_count: 3,
batch_count: 2,
fail_build: false
)UI.important(
'example: ' \
'split the tests into 2 batches and run each batch of tests up to 3 ' \
'times if tests fail. Abort the testing early if there are too many ' \
'failing tests by passing in a :testrun_completed_block that is called ' \
'by :multi_scan after each run of tests.'
)
test_run_block = lambda do |testrun_info|
failed_test_count = testrun_info[:failed].size
passed_test_count = testrun_info[:passing].size
try_attempt = testrun_info[:try_count]
batch = testrun_info[:batch]
# UI.abort_with_message!('You could conditionally abort')
UI.message("\α½ A everything is fine, let's continue try #{try_attempt + 1} for batch #{batch}")
end
multi_scan(
project: File.absolute_path('../AtomicBoy/AtomicBoy.xcodeproj'),
scheme: 'AtomicBoy',
try_count: 3,
batch_count: 2,
fail_build: false,
testrun_completed_block: test_run_block
)UI.important(
'example: ' \
'use the :workspace parameter instead of the :project parameter to find, ' \
'build, and test the iOS app.'
)
multi_scan(
workspace: File.absolute_path('../AtomicBoy/AtomicBoy.xcworkspace'),
scheme: 'AtomicBoy',
try_count: 3
)UI.important(
'example: ' \
'use the :workspace parameter instead of the :project parameter to find, ' \
'build, and test the iOS app. Use the :skip_build parameter to not rebuild.'
)
multi_scan(
workspace: File.absolute_path('../AtomicBoy/AtomicBoy.xcworkspace'),
scheme: 'AtomicBoy',
skip_build: true,
clean: true,
try_count: 3,
result_bundle: true,
fail_build: false
)UI.important(
'example: ' \
'multi_scan also works with just one test target in the Scheme.'
)
multi_scan(
project: File.absolute_path('../AtomicBoy/AtomicBoy.xcodeproj'),
scheme: 'Professor',
try_count: 3,
custom_report_file_name: 'atomic_report.xml',
output_types: 'junit',
fail_build: false
)UI.important(
'example: ' \
'multi_scan also can also run just the tests passed in the ' \
':only_testing option.'
)
multi_scan(
workspace: File.absolute_path('../AtomicBoy/AtomicBoy.xcworkspace'),
scheme: 'AtomicBoy',
try_count: 3,
only_testing: ['AtomicBoyTests'],
fail_build: false
)UI.important(
'example: ' \
'multi_scan also works with json.'
)
multi_scan(
workspace: File.absolute_path('../AtomicBoy/AtomicBoy.xcworkspace'),
scheme: 'AtomicBoy',
try_count: 3,
output_types: 'json',
output_files: 'report.json',
fail_build: false
)Do you not have time to fix a test and it can be tested manually? You can suppress the :failed tests in your project and create and prioritize a ticket in your bug tracking system.
Do you want to create a special CI job that only re-tries failing tests? Suppress the :passing tests in your project and exercise your fragile tests.
Example Code (expand to view):
UI.important(
'example: ' \
'suppress the tests that failed in the junit report for _all_ Schemes'
)
suppress_tests_from_junit(
xcodeproj: 'AtomicBoy/AtomicBoy.xcodeproj',
junit: './spec/fixtures/junit.xml',
suppress_type: :failed
)
UI.message(
"Suppressed tests for project: #{suppressed_tests(xcodeproj: 'AtomicBoy/AtomicBoy.xcodeproj')}"
)UI.important(
'example: ' \
'suppress the tests that failed in the junit report for _one_ Scheme'
)
suppress_tests_from_junit(
xcodeproj: 'AtomicBoy/AtomicBoy.xcodeproj',
junit: './spec/fixtures/junit.xml',
scheme: 'Professor',
suppress_type: :failed
)
UI.message(
"Suppressed tests for the 'Professor' scheme: #{suppressed_tests(xcodeproj: 'AtomicBoy/AtomicBoy.xcodeproj')}"
)Have some tests that you want turned off? Give the list to this action in order to suppress them for your project.
Example Code (expand to view):
UI.important(
'example: ' \
'suppress some tests in all Schemes for a Project'
)
suppress_tests(
xcodeproj: 'AtomicBoy/AtomicBoy.xcodeproj',
tests: [
'AtomicBoyUITests/HappyNapperTests/testBeepingNonExistentFriendDisplaysError',
'AtomicBoyUITests/GrumpyWorkerTests'
]
)UI.important(
'example: ' \
'suppress some tests in one Scheme for a Project'
)
suppress_tests(
xcodeproj: 'AtomicBoy/AtomicBoy.xcodeproj',
tests: [
'AtomicBoyUITests/HappyNapperTests/testBeepingNonExistentFriendDisplaysError',
'AtomicBoyUITests/GrumpyWorkerTests'
],
scheme: 'Professor'
)UI.important(
'example: ' \
'suppress some tests in one Scheme from a workspace'
)
suppress_tests(
workspace: 'AtomicBoy/AtomicBoy.xcworkspace',
tests: [
'AtomicBoyUITests/HappyNapperTests/testBeepingNonExistentFriendDisplaysError',
'AtomicBoyUITests/GrumpyWorkerTests'
],
scheme: 'Professor'
)Do you have an automated process that requires the list of suppressed tests in your project? Use this action to get that.
Example Code (expand to view):
UI.important(
'example: ' \
'get the tests that are suppressed in a Scheme in the Project'
)
tests = suppressed_tests(
xcodeproj: 'AtomicBoy/AtomicBoy.xcodeproj',
scheme: 'AtomicBoy'
)
UI.message("Suppressed tests for scheme: #{tests}")UI.important(
'example: ' \
'get the tests that are suppressed in all Schemes in the Project'
)
UI.message(
"Suppressed tests for project: #{suppressed_tests(xcodeproj: 'AtomicBoy/AtomicBoy.xcodeproj')}"
)UI.important(
'example: ' \
'get the tests that are suppressed in all Schemes in a workspace'
)
tests = suppressed_tests(
workspace: File.absolute_path('../AtomicBoy/AtomicBoy.xcworkspace'),
scheme: 'Professor'
)
UI.message("tests: #{tests}")Performing analysis on a test report file? Get the lists of failing and passing tests using this action.
Example Code (expand to view):
UI.important(
'example: ' \
'get the failed and passing tests from the junit test report file'
)
result = tests_from_junit(junit: './spec/fixtures/junit.xml')
UI.message("Passing tests: #{result[:passing]}")
UI.message("Failed tests: #{result[:failed]}")Do you have multiple test targets referenced by your xctestrun file and need to know all the tests? Use this action to go through each test target, collect the tests, and return them to you in a simple and usable structure.
Example Code (expand to view):
require 'fastlane/actions/scan'
UI.important(
'example: ' \
'get list of tests that are referenced from an xctestrun file'
)
# build the tests so that we have a xctestrun file to parse
scan(
build_for_testing: true,
workspace: File.absolute_path('../AtomicBoy/AtomicBoy.xcworkspace'),
scheme: 'AtomicBoy'
)
# find the xctestrun file
derived_data_path = Scan.config[:derived_data_path]
xctestrun_file = Dir.glob("#{derived_data_path}/Build/Products/*.xctestrun").first
# get the tests from the xctestrun file
tests = tests_from_xctestrun(xctestrun: xctestrun_file)
UI.header('xctestrun file contains the following tests')
tests.values.flatten.each { |test_identifier| puts test_identifier }Do you have multiple junit test reports coming in from different sources and need it combined? Use this action to collate all the tests performed for a given test target into one report file.
Example Code (expand to view):
UI.important(
'example: ' \
'collate the xml reports to a temporary file "result.xml"'
)
reports = Dir['../spec/fixtures/*.xml'].map { |relpath| File.absolute_path(relpath) }
collate_junit_reports(
reports: reports,
collated_report: File.join(Dir.mktmpdir, 'result.xml')
)Do you have multiple html test reports coming in from different sources and need it combined? Use this action to collate all the tests performed for a given test target into one report file.
Example Code (expand to view):
UI.important(
'example: ' \
'collate the html reports to a temporary file "result.html"'
)
reports = Dir['../spec/fixtures/*.html'].map { |relpath| File.absolute_path(relpath) }
collate_html_reports(
reports: reports,
collated_report: File.join(Dir.mktmpdir, 'result.html')
)Do you have multiple json test reports coming in from different sources and need it combined? Use this action to collate all the tests performed for a given test target into one report file.
Example Code (expand to view):
UI.important(
'example: ' \
'collate the json reports to a temporary file "result.json"'
)
reports = Dir['../spec/fixtures/report*.json'].map { |relpath| File.absolute_path(relpath) }
collate_json_reports(
reports: reports,
collated_report: File.join(Dir.mktmpdir, 'result.json')
)Do you have multiple test_result bundles coming in from different sources and need it combined? Use this action to collate all the tests performed for a given test target into one test_result bundle.
Example Code (expand to view):
UI.important(
'example: ' \
'collate the test_result bundles to a temporary bundle "result.test_result"'
)
bundles = Dir['../spec/fixtures/*.test_result'].map { |relpath| File.absolute_path(relpath) }
collate_test_result_bundles(
bundles: bundles,
collated_bundle: File.join(Dir.mktmpdir, 'result.test_result')
)To run both the tests, and code style validation, run
rake
To automatically fix many of the styling issues, use
rubocop -a
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