G2

Jeroen L.

Digital Athlete iOS aka. CocoaHead aka. iOS coding monkey

Media Production

Mid-Market (51-1000 emp.)

2/26/2016

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"KIF is like Xcode 7 UI testing, but more flexible"

4/5

What do you like best about KIF iOS?

KIF is a bit more flexible compared to the Apple provided default tools. Performance and integration with Xcode is good. When running the KIF UI tests in a continuous integration it should just work due to the fact that is is entirely based on XCTest. It is an open source library backed by Square, inc. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about KIF iOS?

Integrating KIF is more work, compared to the default tools provided by Apple in Xcode 7. Xcode does not provide support for recording of UI tests. It uses undocumented API provided by Apple, but there is no way around this. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Recommendations to others considering KIF iOS:

Have a good look at all options available. KIF is a valid choice, but it does introduce an extra dependency. Get involved with the community developing KIF, they are very helpful and are very open to improvements and suggestions. Be mindful of when and what UI to automatically test for regression. It is also important that your app has decent accessibility support. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What problems is KIF iOS solving and how is that benefiting you?

Automated integration testing allowed us to reduce the amount of regressions deployed to production. When initially choosing KIF Apple's new automated testing introduced in Xcode 7 was not yet available. The biggest benefit we realized was a reduced amount of bugs brought to production. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.