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Test iOS Apps with UI Automation
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Test iOS Apps with UI Automation

by Jonathan Penn
August 2013
Intermediate to advanced
200 pages
5h 26m
English
Pragmatic Bookshelf
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Building an iPad Test Suite with Reusable Pieces

We’ve seen how the element tree can vary on the iPad in different orientations. Now we want to apply that knowledge to our test scripts. How much can we reuse? What should we separate?

Because the interfaces are so different between the devices, it is best to make a separate test-suite file for the iPad. We can then pull in the screen objects one by one to figure out what can be reused. Here we’re going to write scripts to detect the device model and orientation and then use these to help the SearchTermScreen object find the elements it needs to do its job.

Finding the Device Model

The UIATarget instance provides the model method that returns a string describing what kind of system the app ...

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