iOS UI Test Datepicker

Question

I'm making a UI Test for an iOS app. I'm having trouble finding out how to use automated testing for a date picker. Right now I'm stuck trying to find the date picker itself so I can change the values.

I've searched many threads regarding this issue but have found nothing.

If anyone has any insight to this it would be much appreciated. Thanks!

Answer 1

To get started, I'd advise you to use the "Record UI Test" button in Xcode to easily find out how to access the UIDatePicker in the UI Test.

For a simple UIDatePicker in date mode, changing the date is as simple as:

let datePickers = XCUIApplication().datePickers
datePickers.pickerWheels.element(boundBy: 0).adjust(toPickerWheelValue: "June")
datePickers.pickerWheels.element(boundBy: 1).adjust(toPickerWheelValue: "1")
datePickers.pickerWheels.element(boundBy: 2).adjust(toPickerWheelValue: "2015")

If the datePicker is connected to a UILabel, you could then check if the text in the label has been updated correctly.