XCUIApplication launchArguments not working on xcode 7 beta 5

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Moskacz OP

Created Aug ’15

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Hey,

I've updated my Xcode 7 from beta 3 to beta 5. I've got UI tests that are using launchArguments to properly set the language of the app. I'm using:

 let app = XCUIApplication()
app.launchArguments = ["-AppleLanguages (en)"]
app.launch()

but it's not working.. Interesting thing is that it worked very well on xcode 7 beta 3 (which I cannot download now 😟 )

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Answer 1

Matti1988 OP

Sep ’15

Yes, they are not working either with XCode 7.0 which was officialy released to the App Store - and that makes my life harder 😟

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Answer 2

emarley OP

Oct ’15

Try passing them as two separate arguments.

 let app = XCUIApplication()
app.launchArguments.append("-AppleLanguages")
app.launchArguments.append("(en)")
app.launch()

I didn't try this particular flag, but it made all the difference for the argument I was passing.

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Answer 3

RolandasR OP

Mar ’16

I can confirm that @emarley solution works where app.launchArguments=[...] doesn't. Also, keep in mind that runing seperate test doesn't trigger `setUp` (Xcode 7.3) so you will need to run whole TestCase

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	let app = XCUIApplication()
	app.launchArguments = ["-AppleLanguages (en)"]
	app.launch()

	let app = XCUIApplication()
	app.launchArguments.append("-AppleLanguages")
	app.launchArguments.append("(en)")
	app.launch()