Episode #82

TDD View Controllers with Specta and OCMock

16 minutes
Published on August 29, 2013

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In this episode I cover test driving a UIViewController using Specta and OCMock. We'll first talk about how to verify that your storyboard is wired up correctly with all outlets & actions and then talk about how to isolate the view controller from other dependencies using mock objects.

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Testing Outlets

describe(@"ViewController", ^{
    __block ViewController *_vc;
    beforeEach(^{
        UIStoryboard *mainStoryboard = [UIStoryboard storyboardWithName:@"MainStoryboard" bundle:nil];
        UINavigationController *nav = [mainStoryboard instantiateInitialViewController];
        _vc = (ViewController *)[nav visibleViewController];

        UIView *view = _vc.view;
        expect(view).toNot.beNil();
    });


    it(@"should be instantiated from the storyboard", ^{
        expect(_vc).toNot.beNil();
        expect(_vc).to.beInstanceOf([ViewController class]);
    });

    it(@"should have an outlet for the username field", ^{
        expect(_vc.usernameTextField).toNot.beNil();
    });

    it(@"should have an outlet for the password field", ^{
        expect(_vc.passwordTextField).toNot.beNil();
    });

    ...
});

Testing Actions

    it(@"should wire up the login button action", ^{
        UIButton *button = _vc.loginButton;
        NSArray *actions = [button actionsForTarget:_vc forControlEvent:UIControlEventTouchUpInside];
        expect(actions[0]).to.equal(@"loginTapped:");
    });

Mocking other dependencies

    describe(@"logging in", ^{
        // vc => login service
        it(@"should verify username & password with the login service", ^{
            //arrange
            id mockLoginService = [OCMockObject mockForClass:[LoginService class]];
            [[mockLoginService expect] verifyUsername:@"user1"
                                             password:@"password1"
                                           completion:[OCMArg any]];

            _vc.loginService = mockLoginService;
            _vc.usernameTextField.text = @"user1";
            _vc.passwordTextField.text = @"password1";


            //act
            [_vc loginTapped:nil];

            // assert
            [mockLoginService verify];
        });
    });