How do I check a cell is visible in a table view with Xcode 7 UI Testing?

Question

I have a table view with a lot of cells and not every cell is visible on a screen. When I check with

table.cells.staticTexts.matchingIdentifier("My Cell").element.exists

It returns true but the cell is not visible on the screen and I cannot tap on it. Because whenever I tap on it, a test fails.

How to check if an element is visible on a screen? Or how to tap on an element that is not visible?

Answer 1

Use the hittable property instead of exists.

The class reference for XCUIElement explains that the hittable property will only return true if the element can be touched.

table.cells.staticTexts.matchingIdentifier("My Cell").element.hittable