Sikuli for iOS

All these things are not possible on iOS,because it has no Java.

Visual GUI testing is still only possible via the Simulator, not directly on the device (as far as I know).

I used Sikuli for *some* testing (visual testing, monkey testing) with Simulator(s) (iPhone, iPad). iOS Simulators are pretty good, I would say — they are faster than most other in industry.

iPhone Selenium webdriver (http://code.google.com/p/selenium/wiki/IPhoneDriver) is targeted at Simulator too.

Thanks Roman. Even simulator is fine. Can you share me a code sample? I have used webdriver for browser application testing. I am now looking for some samples to test an app installed on emulator.

I'll prepare samples later, please remind me if I forget.

Thanks Roman. Hope you are talking about testing an app installed on Emulator and do actions for the app in Java.

Ooops, sorry. No, my code is Jython/Python code. So, it seems you need just other samples. Did you try to find them searching other answers?

I saw there were plenty questions about Sikuli and Java https://answers.launchpad.net/sikuli/+questions?field.search_text=Java&field.sort=RELEVANCY&field.sort-empty-marker=1&field.actions.search=Search&field.language=en&field.language=ru&field.language-empty-marker=1&field.status=OPEN&field.status=NEEDSINFO&field.status=ANSWERED&field.status=SOLVED&field.status-empty-marker=1

Yes, they were. But they are not relevant to iOS. Anyways, Can you just share Your Jython samples. And if possible also let me know how to setup and run. Thanks in advance.

Just to ad something about iOS Sims here, the Selenium driver is for webkit frames hosted in the Simulator. Anything using Apple iOS API's (like Cocoa interface objects) will not be 'visible' to the Selenium driver.

Only way I am aware to run Java auto-scripts running actual iOS apps is to use Xcode Instrument's UIAutomation tool. Just open up Instruments, select iOS, then the Automation template - you just start building a script from there (I believe there is also a UI interaction recorder). It runs straight Java and is probably the most conducive environment for iOS automation with that language. As a bonus, you can run those tests at an actual device.

On the downside, in my experience, it generally produces tests that are much more "brittle" than Sikuli Jython tests via the Sim, and you miss actual UI acceptance (nothing is 'seen' by Instruments beyond objects in code). This is why I stick with Sikuli :).

There is a pure API Sikuli package for Java now though (http://code.google.com/p/sikuli-api/) that maybe-might integrate with the Instruments tool, though I'm not sure if it does (interesting experiment to try).

made a faq from comment #8

I know this question is solved.

请问，到底可不可以在iOS上面运行sikuli？

@Wang
simply no.