Scroll until element is visible iOS UI Automation with xcode7

Question

So with the new xcode update apple has revamped the way we do UI testing. In instruments we used java script function \"isVisible\" to determine if our targeted element is visib

Answer 1

Unfortunately .exists doesn't confirm that an element is currently visible - something like this still isn't perfect but it will provide more reliable validation working with table or collection view cells:

extension XCUIElement {
    var displayed: Bool {
        guard self.exists && !CGRectIsEmpty(frame) else { return false }
        return CGRectContainsRect(XCUIApplication().windows.elementBoundByIndex(0).frame, frame)
    }
}

then you can write a simple loop like:

func scrollDownUntilVisible(element: XCUIElement) {
    while !element.displayed {
        swipeDown()
    }
}