Introduction
When you are working on different projects sometimes you need to use different IDE’s. You need to find a way to test a project in the fastest way.
One of such ways is by using the xcodebuild
command
Basic outline of the process
- Open Terminal: Open the Terminal application on your Mac.
- Navigate to Project Directory: Use the cd command to navigate to the directory containing your Xcode project.
- Run
xcodebuild
: Once you’re in the project directory, you can runxcodebuild
with the appropriate parameters to build your project.
Example:
xcodebuild -project YourProject.xcodeproj -scheme YourSchemeName test
Another way is by integrating fastlane into your workflow:
Outline of the process
Install Fastlane: If you haven’t already installed Fastlane, you can do so using RubyGems, which is the Ruby package manager:
brew install fastlane
Navigate to Project Directory: Open Terminal and navigate to the directory containing your Xcode project. Initialize Fastlane (Optional): If you haven’t initialized Fastlane in your project yet, you can do so by running:
fastlane init
Define a Lane for Testing: Open your Fastfile and define a lane for running tests. Here’s a basic example:
lane :run_tests do
scan(scheme: "YourSchemeName")
end
Run Tests Using Fastlane: You can now run your tests using the lane you defined. In the terminal, navigate to your project directory and run:
fastlane run_tests
Testing a project through a project generation tools
If you are testing a project through a project generation tool like tuist you do not need anything that was mentioned above because it already has build-in commands:
tuist test YourSchemeName