Testing if an element is visible with Xcode 7 UITest

As of Xcode 7.1 Beta 3, UI Testing does not currently support validating the visibility of an element. I suggest filing a radar to bring the necessary attention to Apple.

Xcode 7.1 has fixed this issue. hittable now checks to see if the element is correct.

This should do it:

expect($('[ng-show=saving].icon-spin').isDisplayed()).toBe(true);

Remember protractor's $ isn't jQuery and :visible is not yet a part of available CSS selectors + pseudo-selectors

More info at https://.com/a/13388700/511069

I have found the solution, but it's a workaround for wrong API behavior. Collection view is caching cells, that's probably why I have 3 cells, even if I have removed one. Deleted cell is offscreen, so you can test if it is hittable:

XCTAssertFalse(app.cells.staticTexts["Item"].hittable)

To find a count, I have created extension:

extension XCUIElementQuery {
    var countForHittables: UInt {
        return UInt(allElementsBoundByIndex.filter { $0.hittable }.count)
    }
}

and my test looks like this:

func testDeleteItem() {
    app.collectionViews.staticTexts["Item"].tap()
    app.buttons["Delete"].tap()

    XCTAssertEqual(app.collectionViews.cells.countForHittables, 2)
    XCTAssertFalse(app.collectionViews.cells.staticTexts["Item"].hittable)
}