UI tests
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UI tests are an essential part of app development, allowing developers to validate the user experience and ensure that the app behaves as expected across different scenarios. At WWDC, Apple presented several sessions that cover UI testing and automation in Xcode.
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Integrate privacy into your development process: This session discusses how UI tests can be used to observe user-facing behaviors in your app, ensuring that privacy settings and data flows are correctly implemented. UI tests can confirm scenarios like onboarding or changing privacy settings. Integrate privacy into your development process (20:46)
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Record, replay, and review: UI automation with Xcode: This session provides an overview of UI automation in Xcode, explaining how to record interactions, replay them across multiple configurations, and review the results. It highlights the use of UI automation to test app integration with Apple hardware and the behavior of common workflows. Record, replay, and review: UI automation with Xcode (11:32)
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What’s new in Xcode: This session introduces enhancements in UI testing, including a new code generation system for UI Automation Recording. It also discusses the use of the Measure API to test UI responsiveness and the integration of UI testing with Xcode Cloud for autonomous test runs. What’s new in Xcode (30:15)
These sessions provide a comprehensive look at how UI tests can be effectively implemented and utilized in app development using Xcode.
Integrate privacy into your development process
Learn how to build privacy into your apps from the planning stages through deployment. We’ll cover practical ways to integrate privacy at each step of the development lifecycle, focusing on data minimization, on-device processing, and transparency and control. You’ll discover how to use Apple’s tools and frameworks to protect user data and create a privacy-respecting app experience.
Record, replay, and review: UI automation with Xcode
Learn to record, run, and maintain XCUIAutomation tests in Xcode. Replay your XCTest UI tests in dozens of locales, device types, and system conditions using test plan configurations. Review your test results using the Xcode test report, and download screenshots and videos of your runs. We’ll also cover best practices for preparing your app for automation with Accessibility and writing stable, high-quality automation code.
What’s new in Xcode
Discover the latest productivity and performance advancements in Xcode 26. Learn how to leverage large language models in your development workflow. Explore editing and debugging enhancements, improved performance and testing tools, and Swift Build - the open-source build system engine used by Xcode.