iOS Automated Tests - XCTest vs Appium

Question

I am looking for opinions from test engineers and iOS developers regarding a specific matter.

I have been using Appium for over a year now, and I have come across variou

Answer 1

Some pros & cons of Appium and XCTest:

In favour of XCTest:

• Apple's own product so less likely to have compatibility issues emerge when new versions of Xcode/iOS are launched
• Tests run more efficiently (faster and less random errors)
• Record/play back feature arguably makes object identification easier for some of those more tricky to identify objects
• Far easier to setup than Appium (especially after iOS 10+)

In favour of Appium:

• Allows more code re-use across Apple and Android automation suites

• Greater choice of compatible languages

• Compatible with Cucumber frontend code

There are other pros & cons of both tools, but having used both I feel these are the main ones (in my personal opinion)