Testing

Introduction Working with batteries on iOS devices for large applications has always been tricky. The amount of energy consumed by the screen, location services, network calls, processing, background tasks, etc., is significant. From a developer’s perspective, it seems complicated, but Xcode provides tools to address this problem. To find the issue, you need to open Xcode and go to the Debug Navigator. In the Debug Navigator, you will see the Energy Impact gauge....

Introduction I always wondered how I could automate testing the push notification process. Even when Apple introduced the possibility of dragging a configured file to the simulator to display a notification, it is still a manual process. I’ll skip testing via the terminal because I think it takes more time than using an APNS file or the RocketSim app. Before I was first introduced to the RocketSim app, I used an APNS file for testing push notifications....

Introduction If you’re wondering how to test an Xcode project using GitHub Actions, here are a few steps: First, you need to create a .github/workflows folder with a CI.yml file inside your project directory. Next, you need to add configuration to the CI.yml file. name: CI on: push: branches: - main jobs: build: runs-on: macos-14 steps: - name: Checkout code uses: actions/checkout@v4 - name: Set up Xcode version run: sudo xcode-select -s /Applications/Xcode_15....

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 run xcodebuild with the appropriate parameters to build your project....