How to unit test async/await functions in Swift
Learn how to write unit tests for async/await functions.
20 Jul 2021 · 2 min read
With async/await, unit testing asynchronous code in Swift got easier and shorter compared to testing asynchronous code with completion handlers.
We don't need to setup and handle an XCTestExpectation anymore. All we have to do is to mark the test function with async and call await on the async call.
import XCTestclass FibonacciSequenceTests: XCTestCase {func testFibonacciSequence() async {let result = await fibonacciSequence(count: 7)XCTAssertEqual([0, 1, 1, 2, 3, 5, 8], result)}}
Or, if the method can throw an error:
func testFibonacciSequence() async {let result = try? await fibonacciSequence(count: 7)XCTAssertNotNil(result)XCTAssertEqual([0, 1, 1, 2, 3, 5, 8], result)}
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