In a multiplatform module that has

commonMain

and

iosMain

, I want to create a

iosTest

folder that uses iOS-specific code for writing tests to be run on the simulator. I've looked around but I think all the info I find is out-dated. What's the latest on this?

if you have a target named ios, then you already have a source set named iosTest

Hmm, I think the project I'm working on was customized to remove iosTest (maybe it wasn't needed then). I think I can simply create iosTest. But does it automatically have access to XCTest or XCUITest?

no, it does not. it uses kotlin.test

okay. And is it possible to get access to XCTest in iosTest?

not that I am aware of

My objective is: I have a multiplatform library and to test it I need the proper lifecycle classes (Activity in Android and ViewController on iOS). I want to keep the tests next to the library so that they run whenever there are changes to the library

you don't need XCUITest to use a view controller

Ah! This is awesome. Thanks a bunch

yes

You can probably guess that my knowledge of iOS is very low 🙂 Can you drive a ViewController's lifecycle in a test by simply calling the appropriate method? For example, if I wanted to test that when

viewDidLoad

happens, then some dependency is called, then can I just instantiate a ViewController and call

viewDidLoad

on it in my test?

i believe you just create the view controller and call

view

Alright I'll research this. Thanks!