what is the testing framework for iOS
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The testing framework for iOS is called Swift Testing. It is a new testing framework built from the ground up for Swift, designed to be expressive, easy to learn, and cross-platform. Swift Testing includes features such as:
- Expressive APIs: Making it simple to write tests.
- Cross-platform support: Works on all Apple operating systems that support Swift concurrency, as well as on Linux and Windows.
- Open source: Developed as an open source package, allowing community involvement in its evolution.
- Integration with major tools: Integrated into tools like Xcode 16, Swift Package Manager, and Visual Studio Code.
- Concurrency support: Takes full advantage of Swift's concurrency features, running tests safely in parallel.
- Flexible tagging system: Helps organize tests and test plans with tags, allowing selective test runs.
- Parameterized tests: Easily parameterize tests to reuse the same logic over a sequence of values.
For more detailed information, you can refer to the sessions:
Relevant Sessions
- Platforms State of the Union
- Meet Swift Testing
- Go further with Swift Testing
What’s new in Swift
Join us for an update on Swift. We’ll briefly go through a history of Swift over the past decade, and show you how the community has grown through workgroups, expanded the package ecosystem, and increased platform support. We’ll introduce you to a new language mode that achieves data-race safety by default, and a language subset that lets you run Swift on highly constrained systems. We’ll also explore some language updates including noncopyable types, typed throws, and improved C++ interoperability.
Meet Swift Testing
Introducing Swift Testing: a new package for testing your code using Swift. Explore the building blocks of its powerful new API, discover how it can be applied in common testing workflows, and learn how it relates to XCTest and open source Swift.
Go further with Swift Testing
Learn how to write a sweet set of (test) suites using Swift Testing’s baked-in features. Discover how to take the building blocks further and use them to help expand tests to cover more scenarios, organize your tests across different suites, and optimize your tests to run in parallel.
Platforms State of the Union
Discover the newest advancements on Apple platforms.