xamarin-macios/tests/introspection
Sebastien Pouliot 63c98bcbde [metal] Add new MTL* API from Xcode 8.3 beta1 (#1666)
Covers iOS, tvOS and macOS (no Metal on watch yet)

Most new members are _marked_ as @required (but are not really) by
Apple. We cannot make them `abstract` as it would be a breaking change.
2017-03-28 09:28:53 -05:00
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Mac Revert API breaking changes for non-XAMCORE_4_0 (#1747) 2017-02-23 21:22:25 -05:00
iOS [mediaplayer] Update for iOS 10.3 beta 1 (#1627) 2017-03-28 09:24:06 -05:00
ApiBaseTest.cs Merge branch 'xcode8' 2016-09-09 15:29:37 -04:00
ApiCMAttachmentTest.cs [tvos][videotoolbox] Enable VideoToolbox.framework on tvOS (#1626) 2017-03-28 09:22:10 -05:00
ApiClassPtrTest.cs Move parts of dontlink tests into new introspection tests (#32) 2016-05-04 20:14:32 -04:00
ApiCoreImageFiltersTest.cs Move parts of dontlink tests into new introspection tests (#32) 2016-05-04 20:14:32 -04:00
ApiCtorInitTest.cs [Mac] Fix DefaultCtorAllowed test for NSKeyedArchiver (#1748) 2017-02-23 21:10:58 -05:00
ApiFieldTest.cs [XM] Fix XM bindings to include Notifications and update test (#1307) 2016-12-06 12:29:50 -06:00
ApiPInvokeTest.cs [tests][intro] Add validation for methods decorated with [MonoPInvokeCallback] (#1751) 2017-03-04 19:40:35 -05:00
ApiProtocolTest.cs [modelio] Fix several incorrect (headers) availability on new API (only in iOS10, not 9) (#726) 2016-08-31 17:59:53 -04:00
ApiSelectorTest.cs merge xcode8.2 into master 2016-12-12 21:26:23 -05:00
ApiSignatureTest.cs [test][introspection] Remove check for void return type on AsyncCandidates test (#1909) 2017-03-24 11:02:07 -06:00
ApiStructTest.cs Move parts of dontlink tests into new introspection tests (#32) 2016-05-04 20:14:32 -04:00
ApiTypoTest.cs [metal] Add new MTL* API from Xcode 8.3 beta1 (#1666) 2017-03-28 09:28:53 -05:00
ApiWeakPropertyTest.cs [generator] Don't output ArgumentSemantic when they are not required (#1278) 2016-12-01 17:25:30 -05:00
CoreSelectorTest.cs [macos] Fix introspection tests (typo + NSUrlSession* test sharing) 2016-09-06 13:32:51 -04:00
EnvironmentVariable.cs Move parts of dontlink tests into new introspection tests (#32) 2016-05-04 20:14:32 -04:00
README.md [tests] Move linker tests from maccore (#69) 2016-05-20 14:07:34 -04:00
xamarin1.png Move parts of dontlink tests into new introspection tests (#32) 2016-05-04 20:14:32 -04:00

README.md

Introspection Tests

Introspection tests are executed on target (both simulator and device for iOS) or a specific version of OSX. The application proceed to analyze itself using:

  • System.Reflection for managed code; and
  • the ObjectiveC runtime library for native code

and compare the results. E.g. if using .NET reflection it can see a binding for a NSBundle type then it should be able to find a native NSBundle type using the ObjC runtime functions. Otherwise an error is raised...

Since the application analyze itself it must contains everything we wish to test. That's why the introspection tests needs to be built with the managed linker disable, i.e. "Don't link".

Pros

  • The tests always tell the truth, which can differ from documentation or header files;

Cons

  • Incomplete - Not everything is encoded in the metadata / executable;
  • Too complete - Not every truth is good to be known (or published), which requires creating special cases in the tests