Swift UI测试-XCTAssertEqual行为错误

Question

I'm currently trying to do some tests in my iOS application but I'm facing a problem.

Here is my code (I will explain the issue right after) :

let passwordField = app.secureTextFields["Password"]
passwordField.tap()
passwordField.typeText("Password")

let password = passwordField.value as? String
guard let testPassword = password, !testPassword.isEmpty else {
    XCTFail("Authentication tests failed : password field is wrongly formatted.")
    return
}

XCTAssertNotEqual(password, "Random password")
XCTAssertEqual(password, "Password")

The XCTAssertNotEqual part is good, but the XCTAssertEqual isn't. Here is the error :

XCTAssertEqual failed : (“Optional(“********”)”) is not equal to (“Optional(“Password”)”)

Does anyone have an idea why does it throw this error ? I guess that I have to "play" with the fact that this is a secure text but I didn't find any answer yet.

Thank you for your help.

Answer 1

There is nothing wrong with XCTAssertEqual .

The first statement

XCTAssertNotEqual(password, "Random password")

is right, because:

`*********` is not equal "Random password"

The second one fails because of the error message you see in the console.

Personally, I think your logic for testing here is a bit messed up. First of all, i think there is no interface for XCUIElement to reverse the secure text to normal text.

Second, why would you like to verify, what is in the textField ? It will be for sure, whatever you type in there, there is no point to test a native iOS UI element very basic functionality.

If you would like to test the authentication, than try to sign in with an incorrect password, and than with a correct one, and test the responses from you BE