How to get the index of a cell given the text inside in XCUITest?

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I'm testing a tableview the cell content in XCUItest. In my case, I don't know the order of the cell text, nor am I allowed to set an accessibility id for the text. How can I get the index of a cell given the text inside?

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For instance, if I wanted to get the index of the cell containing text "Cell 2 Text" I would try something like this:

func testSample() {
    let app = XCUIApplication()
    let table = app.tables
    let cells = table.cells

    let indexOfCell2Text = cells.containing(.staticText, identifier: "Cell 2 Text").element.index(ofAccessibilityElement: "I dunno")
    print(indexOfCell2Text)
}

I feel like I'm close, but I'm unsure. Can anyone suggest a solution?

I apologize if this question has been asked before. I wasn't able to find anything specific about this.

References I visited beforehand: https://developer.apple.com/documentation/xctest/xcuielementquery/1500842-element

How can I verify existence of text inside a table view row given its index in an XCTest UI Test?

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2 Answers

The most reliable way really is to add the index into the accessibility identifier. But, you can't. Can you change the accessibility identifier of the cell instead of the text ?

Anyway, if you don't scroll your table view, you can handle it like that :

let idx = 0
for cell in table.cells.allElementsBoundByIndex {
    if cell.staticTexts["Text you are looking for"].exists {
        return idx
    }
    idx = idx + 1
}

Otherwise, the index you will use is related to cells which are displayed on the screen. So, after scrolling, the new first visible cell would become the cell at index 0 and would screw up your search.

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for index in 0..<table.cells.count {
    if table.cells.element(boundBy: index).staticTexts["Your Text"].exists {
        return index
   }
}
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