When using XCTExpectFailure and run the test cases (Cmd + U) From "Show the Test navigator" it show’s grey cross (x) Other test cases shows in green Colour.
What is the Grey Indicator (x) In Test Cases ?
Do need to do anything here?
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Grey sign appears when test is run successfully and u can click on it to check the performance results in left bar
Xcode has four indicators for the result of a test.
Green Tick – The test passed
Red Cross – The test failed
Gray Cross – The test failed, but it was expected to
Xcode will show you this only if you already declared that a test was expected to fail using the
XCTExpectFailureAPI.It’s Xcode way to tell you "hey this test failed but I’m not going to report it as a failure because you told me it was expected." This is useful to avoid blocking a build in CI if because when there’s an expected failure.
I would encourage you to use
XCTExpectFailureparsimoniously. It’s useful to avoid being blocked by a test failure that is unrelated to your work, but you should always take the time to go back and fix the failure, don’t leave theXCTExpectFailurecall in your test suite for long.Gray Arrow – The test was skipped
Xcode will show this when a test was skipped using
XCTSkipIforXCTSkipUnless.Similarly to an expected failure, you don’t need to do anything about this because either you or someone else in your team added the API call to skip the test, meaning the behavior is expected. It’s useful to skip tests if they depend on certain runtime capabilities that might not be available on the device or Simulator executing a test run.