HSUIAutomationCheat 0.0.6

You want to add pod 'HSUIAutomationCheat', '~> 0.0' similar to the following to your Podfile:

target 'MyApp' do 
 ...
end

target 'MyAppTests' do
  pod 'HSUIAutomationCheat', '~> 0.0'
end

Then run a pod install inside your terminal, or from CocoaPods.app.

Alternatively to give it a test run, run the command:

pod try HSUIAutomationCheat

HSUIAutomationCheat 0.0.6

This library is deprecated, it is recommended you look at HSTestingBackchannel.

Deprecated

Snapshot 1.0 uses UITesting - so this no longer applies.

Use UIAutomation without the pain of UIAutomation

Snapshot is awesome.

However it drives your app using Apple's UIAutomation which is brittle and painful (and another thing you have to learn).

If you want to drive your app for Snapshot - and don't care about proper UIAutomation, then this class is for you.

NB: This is not 'real' UIAutomation. It is not a way to test your code, just an easy way to script your app to generate screenshots.

Usage

As described in the Snapshot documentation, make sure you have defined SNAPSHOT as true.

e.g. in your Snapfile
```
custom_build_args "GCC_PREPROCESSOR_DEFINITIONS='$(inherited) SNAPSHOT=1'"
```
or use a prefix file and
```
#define SNAPSHOT true
```
In your App Delegate, install the helper

This will install a 1 pixel text field behind your views on your main window. UIAutomation can then change the text field in order to trigger notifications.
```
#import <HSUIAutomationCheat/HSUIAutomationCheat.h>

(and then in application:didFinishLaunchingWithOptions:)

#ifdef SNAPSHOT

    [HSUIAutomationCheat installForWindow:mainWindow];

#endif
```
Add an extra helper function to SnapshotHelper.js

function sendNotification(name) {

UIATarget.localTarget().frontMostApp().windows()["SNAPSHOT_WINDOW"].textFields()["SNAPSHOT_FIELD"].setValue(name);

}
Send notifications from your snapshot.js

Anywhere in your snapshot.js you can send a notification to your app
```
sendNotification("SnapDisplayMyScreen");
```

Respond to notifications within your app

within your app, a standard NSNotification named @"SnapDisplayMyScreen" will be broadcast.

you can use the SNAPSHOT define to handle this with custom code

#ifdef SNAPSHOT

    [[NSNotificationCenter defaultCenter] addObserver:self
                                             selector:@selector(doSomething:)
                                                 name:@"SnapDisplayMyScreen" 
                                               object:nil];

#endif

Installation

Install with CocoaPods

pod 'HSUIAutomationCheat', '~> 0.0'

or download the class and add it to your project.