I am using XCUITest with XCode version 8.3.3. The application has a login button which launches a browser window. Was wondering if someone could tell me how I can access the value of the URL that gets opened. I want to verify we launch the correct URL when selecting the Login button.
let app = XCUIApplication()
let loginButton = app.buttons["Login"]
loginButton.tap()
At this point the browser window is open:
How can I get the value of xyz.com?
I created a small project that loading google.com in an SFSafariViewController on launch. When I run UI tests against this app and prints the debug description of the window, I get the following:
(lldb) po XCUIApplication().windows.descendants(matching: .any)
t = 29.26s Use cached accessibility hierarchy for com.tito.Safari
t = 29.27s Find: Descendants matching type Window
t = 29.27s Find: Descendants matching type Any
Find: Target Application 0x6000000afa20
Output: {
Application 0x6000001684c0: {{0.0, 0.0}, {375.0, 667.0}}, label: 'Safari'
}
↪︎Find: Descendants matching type Window
Output: {
Window 0x600000169a80: Main Window, {{0.0, 0.0}, {375.0, 667.0}}
Window 0x60000016a8c0: {{0.0, 0.0}, {375.0, 667.0}}
Window 0x60000016fb40: {{0.0, 0.0}, {375.0, 667.0}}
Window 0x60000016c780: {{0.0, 0.0}, {375.0, 667.0}}
Window 0x600000169e40: {{-0.0, -0.0}, {375.0, 667.0}}
}
↪︎Find: Descendants matching type Any
Output: {
Button 0x608000169900: traits: 8589934593, {{9.5, 22.0}, {43.0, 34.0}}, label: 'Done'
Other 0x608000165b80: traits: 8589935104, {{68.5, 24.5}, {295.0, 29.0}}, identifier: 'URL', label: 'Address', value: 10%
Button 0x608000169840: traits: 8589934593, {{336.5, 24.5}, {29.0, 29.0}}, identifier: 'StopButton', label: 'stop'
Button 0x600000168100: traits: 146028888065, {{66.5, 24.5}, {299.0, 29.0}}, identifier: 'URL', label: 'Address', value: google.com
Other 0x6080001696c0: traits: 8589934592, {{0.0, 20.0}, {375.0, 44.0}}
WebView 0x608000167ec0: traits: 8589934592, {{0.0, 0.0}, {375.0, 667.0}}
Other 0x608000167e00: traits: 8589934592, {{0.0, 0.0}, {375.0, 667.0}}
Other 0x608000169b40: traits: 8589934592, {{0.0, 0.0}, {375.0, 667.0}}
Other 0x608000167a40: traits: 8589934592, {{0.0, 622.5}, {375.0, 0.5}}
Button 0x6080001675c0: traits: 8589934849, {{0.5, 625.0}, {42.0, 40.0}}, label: 'Back'
Button 0x600000167bc0: traits: 8589934849, {{104.0, 625.0}, {42.0, 40.0}}, label: 'Forward'
Button 0x600000167c80: traits: 8589934593, {{207.5, 624.0}, {51.0, 40.0}}, label: 'Share'
Button 0x60000016fa80: traits: 8589934593, {{320.5, 625.5}, {55.0, 40.0}}, label: 'Open in Safari'
Toolbar 0x608000167b00: traits: 35192962023424, {{0.0, 623.0}, {375.0, 44.0}}
Other 0x608000165ac0: traits: 8589934592, {{0.0, 0.0}, {375.0, 667.0}}
Other 0x608000169780: traits: 8589934592, {{0.0, 0.0}, {375.0, 667.0}}
Other 0x608000169480:
Other 0x608000169180: traits: 8589934592, {{0.0, 0.0}, {375.0, 667.0}}
Other 0x60000016cc00: traits: 8589934592, {{0.0, 64.0}, {24.0, 603.0}}
Other 0x6080001690c0: traits: 8589934592, {{0.0, 0.0}, {375.0, 667.0}}
Other 0x600000168400: {{0.0, 0.0}, {375.0, 667.0}}
Other 0x600000169180: traits: 8589934592, {{0.0, 0.0}, {375.0, 667.0}}
Other 0x600000169f00:
Other 0x60000016a680: traits: 8589934592, {{0.0, 0.0}, {375.0, 667.0}}
Other 0x600000167b00: {{0.0, 0.0}, {375.0, 20.0}}
Other 0x60000016fd80: traits: 8388608, {{6.0, 0.0}, {39.0, 20.0}}
Other 0x60000016e340: traits: 8388608, {{50.0, 0.0}, {13.0, 20.0}}, label: '3 of 3 Wi-Fi bars', value: SSID
Other 0x60000016fe40: traits: 8389120, {{161.0, 0.0}, {57.0, 20.0}}, label: '10:33 AM'
Other 0x60000016e880: traits: 8388608, {{337.0, 0.0}, {33.0, 20.0}}, label: '-100% battery power'
Other 0x60000016dc80: {{0.0, 0.0}, {375.0, 20.0}}
StatusBar 0x600000169240: {{0.0, 0.0}, {375.0, 20.0}}
Other 0x60000016a440: traits: 8589934592, {{0.0, 0.0}, {375.0, 667.0}}
Other 0x600000170140:
Other 0x60000016da40: traits: 8589934592, {{-0.0, -0.0}, {375.0, 667.0}}
Other 0x60000016c600:
Other 0x60000016af80: traits: 8589934592, {{-0.0, -0.0}, {375.0, 667.0}}
}
You can see that the element that contain the value google.com
is seen as a Button that the Accessibility framework.
Button 0x600000168100: traits: 146028888065, {{66.5, 24.5}, {299.0, 29.0}}, identifier: 'URL', label: 'Address', value:
It seems wrong but it is how it is and there's nothing you can do about that. The way to access this element's value would be the following
XCUIApplication().buttons['URL'].value!
The only problem is that it's returns the following
gen.xyz, secure and validated connection
So the last thing to do is to parse this and you'll get the address
let value = XCUIApplication().buttons["URL"].value as! String
let address = value.components(separatedBy: ",").first!
This is definitely hacky though and might change in the future if Apple decides to apply their own advices to their own products when it comes to Accessibility.