NSLocalizedString doesn’t work in UI Testing

Originator:liu.dongyuan
Number:rdar://23402163 Date Originated:04-Nov-2015 03:15 PM
Status:Open Resolved:
Product:Developer Tools Product Version:Xcode
Classification:Serious Bug Reproducible:Always
 
Summary:
NSLocalizedString doesn’t work in UI Testing, it always returns the localization in Base language.

Steps to Reproduce:
1. Clone https://github.com/xhacker/radar.git
2. Open the UITestingLocalization sample project
3. Run UI Testing

Expected Results:
The tests should pass.

Actual Results:
It failed.

Notes:
Looks like in UI Testing target, NSLocalizedString cannot get the correct localization for current language. Instead, it always returns the localization in Base language. See the testLocalizedStringInBaseLanguage test case.

Comments

localised string in UI Test

Did you found any worked around for this? Seems like Xcode bug to me

By sanketsawant1 at July 10, 2017, 11:10 a.m. (reply...)

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