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Khant Thu Linn
Khant Thu Linn

Reputation: 6133

iOS UI Testing willDisplayCell is not working properly

I just started studying for UI Testing in iOS. Currently, my app is just like facebook (show newfeed). When user scroll down and if it is last row, I need to request new data and I do like this. 

-(void)tableView:(UITableView *)tableView willDisplayCell:(UITableViewCell *)cell forRowAtIndexPath:(NSIndexPath *)indexPath
{
    if (tableView == self.tblSortingInListingVC)
    {
        return;
    }

    if (tableView == self.tblListing || tableView == self.searchDisplayController.searchResultsTableView)
    {
        NSInteger lastRow = 0;
        if (tableView == self.tblListing) lastRow =  self.viewData.count - 1;
        else lastRow =  self.searchViewData.count - 1;

        if ([indexPath row] == lastRow)
        {
            if(tableView == self.tblListing || tableView == self.searchDisplayController.searchResultsTableView)
            {
                [self loadMoreToListingView]; //Method to request to server to get more data
            }
        }
        return;
    }
}

Problem is that if ([indexPath row] == lastRow) is always true and it keep on requesting if I do UI testing like this (either typing or scrolling tables). How shall I do so that it won't request again and again?

XCUIApplication *app = [[XCUIApplication alloc] init];
[app.tables.staticTexts[@"Apr 04 16:28"] tap];

Upvotes: 1

Views: 265

Answers (2)

Artem
Artem

Reputation: 374

Looks like problem described here:

https://medium.com/@t.camin/apples-ui-test-gotchas-uitableviewcontrollers-52a00ac2a8d8

In short:

the tableView(_:willDisplay:forRowAt:) is being called repeatedly while running UI Tests, even for offscreen cells

Upvotes: 0

keshav vishwkarma
keshav vishwkarma

Reputation: 1852

you need a flag (called isReload) to manage your request again & again. So How do you manage this flag ?. It's very simple in your ViewController define a variable isReload and set initial value of it YES. now check isReload flag to call web service in loadMoreToListingView method that you implemented like.

-(void)loadMoreToListingView {

    if (isReload) {
        // here call your web -service ...
    }
}

Now In Response of web-service, you need to check is search list & update isReload flag as I'm doing below.

NSArray *searchData = response[@"searchData"];
// So when ever no data comes from server then this flag will be flase.
// So isReload will not call webservice Again&again
isReload = gps_details.count > 0;

Upvotes: 0

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