Tests for custom UITableViewCell, cellForRowAtIndexPath crashes with nil outlets

Question

I have a ViewController that contains a tableView. Since I need to keep the code well covered with tests, I need to write a test for [tableView:cellForRowAtIndexPath]

Answer 1

Step 1: Go to Identity Inspector of your view controller in storyboard and give it a storyboard id. Ex: "vcIdentifier"

Step 2: You have get the instance of your storyboard in Unit test

Step 2 : Instantiate your view controller via storyboard instance from step 2

Step 3 : Get access to your table view from the viewcontroller and pass it to 'cellForRowAt' method in your test. Please see below a sample code:

    let storyboard = UIStoryboard(name: "Main", bundle:nil)
    let newsViewController: UITableViewController = storyboard.instantiateViewController(identifier: "vcIdentifier")
    return newsViewController.tableView