XCUITests with A11yUITests for Accessibility Testing on iOS devices

A sample iOS app supporting XCUI Tests on Browserstack.

1. XCode ( Download it from here )
2. CocoPods ( Download it from here )

Note: Developer Certificate would be required to build the iOS App.

Once the above steps are in place. Execute the below command.

pod install

1. Select the device as "Generic iOS device"

2. Product -> Clean Build

3. Product -> Clean Test

4. Build the ipa

   1. Product -> Archive
   2. Window -> Organizer -> Select the most recently created archive -> Export
   3. Export for "Development"
   4. Select the location where you want the ipa to be saved

5. Build the XC UI Tests zip

   1. Product -> Build For -> Testing
   2. From the shell, go to the DerivedData directory (normally ~/Library/Developer/Xcode/DerivedData/)
   3. cd Sample_iOS-<random characters>
   4. cd Build/Products/Debug-iphoneos/
   5. zip -r SampleUITests.zip SampleXCUITests-Runner.app/

6. Use the ipa file and zip file you have created using the above steps to run on Browserstack

• Follow This for executing the tests on BrowserStack
• There are multiple tests that you can use from A11yUItests used in the SampleXCUITests/SampleXCUITests.swift file. Please refer to this for the range of tests you can choose from.

To learn more about accessibility testing, visit the accessibility testing page on Accessibility on iOS - Apple Developer.

Get the source for the A11yUITests by visiting its GitHub repository.

Documents for reference:

• https://mobilea11y.com/blog/a11yuitests/
• https://developer.apple.com/documentation/xctest