Troubleshooting XCTest UI tests in AWS Device Farm
The following topic lists error messages that occur during the upload of XCTest UI tests and recommends workarounds to resolve each error.
Note
The instructions below are based on Linux x86_64 and Mac.
XCTEST_UI_TEST_PACKAGE_UNZIP_FAILED
If you see the following message, follow these steps to fix the issue.
Warning
We could not open your test IPA file. Please verify that the file is valid and try again.
Make sure that you can unzip the application package without errors. In the following example, the package's name is swift-sample-UI.ipa.
Copy your test package to your working directory, and then run the following command:
$ unzip swift-sample-UI.ipa
After you successfully unzip the package, you can find the working directory tree structure by running the following command:
$ tree .
A valid iOS application package should produce output like the following:
. `-- Payload (directory) `-- swift-sampleUITests-Runner.app (directory) |-- Info.plist |-- Plugins (directory) | `swift-sampleUITests.xctest (directory) | |-- Info.plist | `-- (any other files) `-- (any other files)
For more information, see XCTest UI.
XCTEST_UI_TEST_PACKAGE_PAYLOAD_DIR_MISSING
If you see the following message, follow these steps to fix the issue.
Warning
We could not find the Payload directory inside your test package. Please unzip your test package, verify that the Payload directory is inside the package, and try again.
In the following example, the package's name is swift-sample-UI.ipa.
Copy your test package to your working directory, and then run the following command:
$ unzip swift-sample-UI.ipa
After you successfully unzip the package, you can find the working directory tree structure by running the following command:
$ tree .
If the XCTest UI package is valid, you will find the
Payload
directory inside the working directory.. `--
Payload
(directory) `-- swift-sampleUITests-Runner.app (directory) |-- Info.plist |-- Plugins (directory) | `swift-sampleUITests.xctest (directory) | |-- Info.plist | `-- (any other files) `-- (any other files)For more information, see XCTest UI.
XCTEST_UI_TEST_PACKAGE_APP_DIR_MISSING
If you see the following message, follow these steps to fix the issue.
Warning
We could not find the .app directory inside the Payload directory. Please unzip your test package and then open the Payload directory, verify that the .app directory is inside the directory, and try again.
In the following example, the package's name is swift-sample-UI.ipa.
Copy your test package to your working directory, and then run the following command:
$ unzip swift-sample-UI.ipa
After you successfully unzip the package, you can find the working directory tree structure by running the following command:
$ tree .
If the XCTest UI package is valid, you will find an
.app
directory likeswift-sampleUITests-Runner.app
in our example inside thePayload
directory.. `-- Payload (directory) `--
swift-sampleUITests-Runner.app
(directory) |-- Info.plist |-- Plugins (directory) | `swift-sampleUITests.xctest (directory) | |-- Info.plist | `-- (any other files) `-- (any other files)For more information, see XCTest UI.
XCTEST_UI_TEST_PACKAGE_PLUGINS_DIR_MISSING
If you see the following message, follow these steps to fix the issue.
Warning
We could not find the Plugins directory inside the .app directory. Please unzip your test package and then open the .app directory, verify that the Plugins directory is inside the directory, and try again.
In the following example, the package's name is swift-sample-UI.ipa.
Copy your test package to your working directory, and then run the following command:
$ unzip swift-sample-UI.ipa
After you successfully unzip the package, you can find the working directory tree structure by running the following command:
$ tree .
If the XCTest UI package is valid, you will find the
Plugins
directory inside an.app
directory. In our example, the directory is calledswift-sampleUITests-Runner.app
.. `-- Payload (directory) `-- swift-sampleUITests-Runner.app (directory) |-- Info.plist |--
Plugins
(directory) | `swift-sampleUITests.xctest (directory) | |-- Info.plist | `-- (any other files) `-- (any other files)For more information, see XCTest UI.
XCTEST_UI_TEST_PACKAGE_XCTEST_DIR_MISSING_IN_PLUGINS_DIR
If you see the following message, follow these steps to fix the issue.
Warning
We could not find the .xctest directory inside the plugins directory. Please unzip your test package and then open the plugins directory, verify that the .xctest directory is inside the directory, and try again.
In the following example, the package's name is swift-sample-UI.ipa.
Copy your test package to your working directory, and then run the following command:
$ unzip swift-sample-UI.ipa
After you successfully unzip the package, you can find the working directory tree structure by running the following command:
$ tree .
If the XCTest UI package is valid, you will find an
.xctest
directory inside thePlugins
directory. In our example, the directory is calledswift-sampleUITests.xctest
.. `-- Payload (directory) `-- swift-sampleUITests-Runner.app (directory) |-- Info.plist |-- Plugins (directory) | `
swift-sampleUITests.xctest
(directory) | |-- Info.plist | `-- (any other files) `-- (any other files)For more information, see XCTest UI.
XCTEST_UI_TEST_PACKAGE_PLIST_FILE_MISSING
If you see the following message, follow these steps to fix the issue.
Warning
We could not find the Info.plist file inside the .app directory. Please unzip your test package and then open the .app directory, verify that the Info.plist file is inside the directory, and try again.
In the following example, the package's name is swift-sample-UI.ipa.
Copy your test package to your working directory, and then run the following command:
$ unzip swift-sample-UI.ipa
After you successfully unzip the package, you can find the working directory tree structure by running the following command:
$ tree .
If the XCTest UI package is valid, you will find the
Info.plist
file inside the.app
directory. In our example below, the directory is calledswift-sampleUITests-Runner.app
.. `-- Payload (directory) `-- swift-sampleUITests-Runner.app (directory) |--
Info.plist
|-- Plugins (directory) | `swift-sampleUITests.xctest (directory) | |-- Info.plist | `-- (any other files) `-- (any other files)For more information, see XCTest UI.
XCTEST_UI_TEST_PACKAGE_PLIST_FILE_MISSING_IN_XCTEST_DIR
If you see the following message, follow these steps to fix the issue.
Warning
We could not find the Info.plist file inside the .xctest directory. Please unzip your test package and then open the .xctest directory, verify that the Info.plist file is inside the directory, and try again.
In the following example, the package's name is swift-sample-UI.ipa.
Copy your test package to your working directory, and then run the following command:
$ unzip swift-sample-UI.ipa
After you successfully unzip the package, you can find the working directory tree structure by running the following command:
$ tree .
If the XCTest UI package is valid, you will find the
Info.plist
file inside the.xctest
directory. In our example below, the directory is calledswift-sampleUITests.xctest
.. `-- Payload (directory) `-- swift-sampleUITests-Runner.app (directory) |-- Info.plist |-- Plugins (directory) | `swift-sampleUITests.xctest (directory) | |--
Info.plist
| `-- (any other files) `-- (any other files)For more information, see XCTest UI.
XCTEST_UI_TEST_PACKAGE_CPU_ARCHITECTURE_VALUE_MISSING
If you see the following message, follow these steps to fix the issue.
Warning
We could not the CPU architecture value in the Info.plist file. Please unzip your test package and then open the Info.plist file inside the .app directory, verify that the key "UIRequiredDeviceCapabilities" is specified, and try again.
In the following example, the package's name is swift-sample-UI.ipa.
Copy your test package to your working directory, and then run the following command:
$ unzip swift-sample-UI.ipa
After you successfully unzip the package, you can find the working directory tree structure by running the following command:
$ tree .
You should find the
Info.plist
file inside an.app
directory likeswift-sampleUITests-Runner.app
in our example:. `-- Payload (directory) `-- swift-sampleUITests-Runner.app (directory) |--
Info.plist
|-- Plugins (directory) | `swift-sampleUITests.xctest (directory) | |-- Info.plist | `-- (any other files) `-- (any other files)-
To find the CPU architecture value, you can open Info.plist using Xcode or Python.
For Python, you can install the biplist module by running the following command:
$ pip install biplist
-
Next, open Python and run the following command:
import biplist info_plist = biplist.readPlist('Payload/swift-sampleUITests-Runner.app/Info.plist') print info_plist['UIRequiredDeviceCapabilities']
A valid XCtest UI package should produce output like the following:
['armv7']
For more information, see XCTest UI.
XCTEST_UI_TEST_PACKAGE_PLATFORM_VALUE_MISSING
If you see the following message, follow these steps to fix the issue.
Warning
We could not find the platform value in the Info.plist. Please unzip your test package and then open the Info.plist file inside the .app directory, verify that the key "CFBundleSupportedPlatforms" is specified, and try again.
In the following example, the package's name is swift-sample-UI.ipa.
Copy your test package to your working directory, and then run the following command:
$ unzip swift-sample-UI.ipa
After you successfully unzip the package, you can find the working directory tree structure by running the following command:
$ tree .
You should find the
Info.plist
file inside an.app
directory likeswift-sampleUITests-Runner.app
in our example:. `-- Payload (directory) `-- swift-sampleUITests-Runner.app (directory) |--
Info.plist
|-- Plugins (directory) | `swift-sampleUITests.xctest (directory) | |-- Info.plist | `-- (any other files) `-- (any other files)-
To find the platform value, you can open Info.plist using Xcode or Python.
For Python, you can install the biplist module by running the following command:
$ pip install biplist
-
Next, open Python and run the following command:
import biplist info_plist = biplist.readPlist('Payload/swift-sampleUITests-Runner.app/Info.plist') print info_plist['CFBundleSupportedPlatforms']
A valid XCtest UI package should produce output like the following:
['iPhoneOS']
For more information, see XCTest UI.
XCTEST_UI_TEST_PACKAGE_WRONG_PLATFORM_DEVICE_VALUE
If you see the following message, follow these steps to fix the issue.
Warning
We found the platform device value was wrong in the Info.plist file. Please unzip your test package and then open the Info.plist file inside the .app directory, verify that the value of the key "CFBundleSupportedPlatforms" does not contain the keyword "simulator", and try again.
In the following example, the package's name is swift-sample-UI.ipa.
Copy your test package to your working directory, and then run the following command:
$ unzip swift-sample-UI.ipa
After you successfully unzip the package, you can find the working directory tree structure by running the following command:
$ tree .
You should find the
Info.plist
file inside an.app
directory likeswift-sampleUITests-Runner.app
in our example:. `-- Payload (directory) `-- swift-sampleUITests-Runner.app (directory) |--
Info.plist
|-- Plugins (directory) | `swift-sampleUITests.xctest (directory) | |-- Info.plist | `-- (any other files) `-- (any other files)-
To find the platform value, you can open Info.plist using Xcode or Python.
For Python, you can install the biplist module by running the following command:
$ pip install biplist
-
Next, open Python and run the following command:
import biplist info_plist = biplist.readPlist('Payload/swift-sampleUITests-Runner.app/Info.plist') print info_plist['CFBundleSupportedPlatforms']
A valid XCtest UI package should produce output like the following:
['iPhoneOS']
If the XCTest UI package is valid, the value should not contain the keyword
simulator
.For more information, see XCTest UI.
XCTEST_UI_TEST_PACKAGE_FORM_FACTOR_VALUE_MISSING
If you see the following message, follow these steps to fix the issue.
Warning
We could not the form factor value in the Info.plist. Please unzip your test package and then open the Info.plist file inside the .app directory, verify that the key "UIDeviceFamily" is specified, and try again.
In the following example, the package's name is swift-sample-UI.ipa.
Copy your test package to your working directory, and then run the following command:
$ unzip swift-sample-UI.ipa
After you successfully unzip the package, you can find the working directory tree structure by running the following command:
$ tree .
You should find the
Info.plist
file inside an.app
directory likeswift-sampleUITests-Runner.app
in our example:. `-- Payload (directory) `-- swift-sampleUITests-Runner.app (directory) |--
Info.plist
|-- Plugins (directory) | `swift-sampleUITests.xctest (directory) | |-- Info.plist | `-- (any other files) `-- (any other files)-
To find the form factor value, you can open Info.plist using Xcode or Python.
For Python, you can install the biplist module by running the following command:
$ pip install biplist
-
Next, open Python and run the following command:
import biplist info_plist = biplist.readPlist('Payload/swift-sampleUITests-Runner.app/Info.plist') print info_plist['UIDeviceFamily']
A valid XCtest UI package should produce output like the following:
[1, 2]
For more information, see XCTest UI.
XCTEST_UI_TEST_PACKAGE_PACKAGE_NAME_VALUE_MISSING
If you see the following message, follow these steps to fix the issue.
Warning
We could not find the package name value in the Info.plist file. Please unzip your test package and then open the Info.plist file inside the .app directory, verify that the key "CFBundleIdentifier" is specified, and try again.
In the following example, the package's name is swift-sample-UI.ipa.
Copy your test package to your working directory, and then run the following command:
$ unzip swift-sample-UI.ipa
After you successfully unzip the package, you can find the working directory tree structure by running the following command:
$ tree .
You should find the
Info.plist
file inside an.app
directory likeswift-sampleUITests-Runner.app
in our example:. `-- Payload (directory) `-- swift-sampleUITests-Runner.app (directory) |--
Info.plist
|-- Plugins (directory) | `swift-sampleUITests.xctest (directory) | |-- Info.plist | `-- (any other files) `-- (any other files)-
To find the package name value, you can open Info.plist using Xcode or Python.
For Python, you can install the biplist module by running the following command:
$ pip install biplist
-
Next, open Python and run the following command:
import biplist info_plist = biplist.readPlist('Payload/swift-sampleUITests-Runner.app/Info.plist') print info_plist['CFBundleIdentifier']
A valid XCtest UI package should produce output like the following:
com.apple.test.swift-sampleUITests-Runner
For more information, see XCTest UI.
XCTEST_UI_TEST_PACKAGE_EXECUTABLE_VALUE_MISSING
If you see the following message, follow these steps to fix the issue.
Warning
We could not find the executable value in the Info.plist file. Please unzip your test package and then open the Info.plist file inside the .app directory, verify that the key "CFBundleExecutable" is specified, and try again.
In the following example, the package's name is swift-sample-UI.ipa.
Copy your test package to your working directory, and then run the following command:
$ unzip swift-sample-UI.ipa
After you successfully unzip the package, you can find the working directory tree structure by running the following command:
$ tree .
You should find the
Info.plist
file inside an.app
directory likeswift-sampleUITests-Runner.app
in our example:. `-- Payload (directory) `-- swift-sampleUITests-Runner.app (directory) |--
Info.plist
|-- Plugins (directory) | `swift-sampleUITests.xctest (directory) | |-- Info.plist | `-- (any other files) `-- (any other files)-
To find the executable value, you can open Info.plist using Xcode or Python.
For Python, you can install the biplist module by running the following command:
$ pip install biplist
-
Next, open Python and run the following command:
import biplist info_plist = biplist.readPlist('Payload/swift-sampleUITests-Runner.app/Info.plist') print info_plist['CFBundleExecutable']
A valid XCtest UI package should produce output like the following:
XCTRunner
For more information, see XCTest UI.
XCTEST_UI_TEST_PACKAGE_TEST_PACKAGE_NAME_VALUE_MISSING
If you see the following message, follow these steps to fix the issue.
Warning
We could not find the package name value in the Info.plist file inside the .xctest directory. Please unzip your test package and then open the Info.plist file inside the .xctest directory, verify that the key "CFBundleIdentifier" is specified, and try again.
In the following example, the package's name is swift-sample-UI.ipa.
Copy your test package to your working directory, and then run the following command:
$ unzip swift-sample-UI.ipa
After you successfully unzip the package, you can find the working directory tree structure by running the following command:
$ tree .
You should find the
Info.plist
file inside an.app
directory likeswift-sampleUITests-Runner.app
in our example:. `-- Payload (directory) `-- swift-sampleUITests-Runner.app (directory) |--
Info.plist
|-- Plugins (directory) | `swift-sampleUITests.xctest (directory) | |-- Info.plist | `-- (any other files) `-- (any other files)-
To find the package name value, you can open Info.plist using Xcode or Python.
For Python, you can install the biplist module by running the following command:
$ pip install biplist
-
Next, open Python and run the following command:
import biplist info_plist = biplist.readPlist('Payload/swift-sampleUITests-Runner.app/Plugins/swift-sampleUITests.xctest/Info.plist') print info_plist['CFBundleIdentifier']
A valid XCtest UI package should produce output like the following:
com.amazon.swift-sampleUITests
For more information, see XCTest UI.
XCTEST_UI_TEST_PACKAGE_TEST_EXECUTABLE_VALUE_MISSING
If you see the following message, follow these steps to fix the issue.
Warning
We could not find the executable value in the Info.plist file inside the .xctest directory. Please unzip your test package and then open the Info.plist file inside the .xctest directory, verify that the key "CFBundleExecutable" is specified, and try again.
In the following example, the package's name is swift-sample-UI.ipa.
Copy your test package to your working directory, and then run the following command:
$ unzip swift-sample-UI.ipa
After you successfully unzip the package, you can find the working directory tree structure by running the following command:
$ tree .
You should find the
Info.plist
file inside an.app
directory likeswift-sampleUITests-Runner.app
in our example:. `-- Payload (directory) `-- swift-sampleUITests-Runner.app (directory) |--
Info.plist
|-- Plugins (directory) | `swift-sampleUITests.xctest (directory) | |-- Info.plist | `-- (any other files) `-- (any other files)-
To find the executable value, you can open Info.plist using Xcode or Python.
For Python, you can install the biplist module by running the following command:
$ pip install biplist
-
Next, open Python and run the following command:
import biplist info_plist = biplist.readPlist('Payload/swift-sampleUITests-Runner.app/Plugins/swift-sampleUITests.xctest/Info.plist') print info_plist['CFBundleExecutable']
A valid XCtest UI package should produce output like the following:
swift-sampleUITests
For more information, see XCTest UI.