Error running xcodebuild test-without-build -xctestrun on other machines.

I have generated a .xctestrun file using "build for Testing" on a MacOS 64 bit application. My tests are UI tests only. I can go to terminal and run


xcodebuild test-without-building -xctestrun Application_macosx10.14-x86_64.xctestrun -destination 'platform=MacOS,arch=x86_64'


It runs all the UI tests and works great.


The problem I'm having is using this same Application_macosx10.14-x86_64.xctestrun on a different machine. We'd like to be able to run these UI tests on a Mac 10.12 Sierra machine. I copied the .xctestrun and the directories with the test runner and applicaiton and tests to the Sierra machine. I installed Xcode 9.2 and the command line tools. I open terminal in the directory where the .xctestrun file is and run


xcodebuild test-without-building -xctestrun Application_macosx10.14-x86_64.xctestrun -destination 'platform=MacOS,arch=x86_64'


I get the following error:


User defaults from command line:

IDETestRunSpecificationPath = /Users/sysqa/Desktop/UI Tests Release/build/Application_macosx10.14-x86_64.xctestrun


xcodebuild: error: Failed to build workspace temporary with scheme Transient Testing.

Reason: Validation for test run specification failed: TestBundlePath should be provided; TestHostPath should be provided; DYLD_FRAMEWORK_PATH should be provided in testing environment variables; DYLD_LIBRARY_PATH should be provided in testing environment variables


It looks like XCode 9.2 supportsthe test-without-building and -xctestrun options but doesn't like the .xctestrun file becuase all the things it's asking for are in the Application_macosx10.14-x86_64.xctestrun. Is there some difference between the format of the .xctestrun file between XCode 9.2 and 10.2? Is it possible to run these tests on other machines using the same .xctestrun file?

I have the same issue. Have you managed to solve this?

Has anyone found a solution for this, or at least knows what causes this?

I've been having the same error when running UITests using xctestplan and on tvOS simulator, in combination with Fastlane: I'm building test target and runner using this Fastlane command:

bundle exec fastlane build_for_tests SCHEME:MyScheme 'TEST_DEVICE:Apple TV 4K (3rd generation)'

which results in this xcodebuild command:

xcodebuild -scheme MyScheme -project ./MyProject.xcodeproj -derivedDataPath ./build/DerivedData -destination 'platform=tvOS Simulator,id=XXXXXXXX-XXXX-XXXX-XXXX-230D173EFEC8' build-for-testing

I then use the following Fastlane:

bundle exec fastlane run_test_plan SCHEME:MyScheme TEST_PLAN:MyTestPlan 'TEST_DEVICE:Apple TV 4K (3rd generation)' TVOS_PLATFORM:appletvsimulator TVOS_VERSION:16.4 ARCH:x86_64 TEST_WITHOUT_BUILDING:true

It generates the following:

xcodebuild -destination 'platform=tvOS Simulator,id=XXXXXXXX-165C-4A5F-XXXX-230D173EFEC8' -derivedDataPath ./build/DerivedData -resultBundlePath './fastlane/test_output/UITests.xcresult' -testPlan 'MyTestPlan' -xctestrun './build/DerivedData/Build/PATH_TO_TESTRUN/MyTestRun.xctestrun' test-without-building

Using Xcode 15.3, Sonoma 14.3.1

Thanks for any help / context (especially about that Transient Testing) :)

Hi again, one thing I need to add is that we don't actually get a reason for this, just the error and an error 64 code. Thanks

Error running xcodebuild test-without-build -xctestrun on other machines.
 
 
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