Difference between XCTAssert and assert in Swift

Question

What's the difference between XCTAssert() and assert() in Swift?

Answer 1

XCTAssert is one of a family of asserts for unit testing from the XCTest framework, and should only be present in Unit Test Targets (i.e. not in your application code). If the assert fails, it does not terminate the execution of the test harness or hosting application, but records and reports the failure.

Unit test assertions are recorded and reported during the "Test" action (compare to "Run" and "Install" actions).

assert is a debug-build-only swift assert for user code. This can be present in your application or framework target bundles. If the assert fails, the current application is stopped in a debuggable state, or terminated if not under the debugger. Equivalent to Objective-C's NSAssert. In release builds, the assert is ignored.