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Getting Started

This is a step-by-step guide for adding Detox to your React Native project.

TIP: You can also check out this awesome tutorial on Medium with video by @bogomolnyelad


Prerequisites

Running Detox (on iOS) requires the following:

  • Mac with macOS (at least macOS El Capitan 10.11)

  • Xcode 8.2+ with Xcode command line tools

TIP: Verify Xcode command line tools is installed by typing gcc -v in terminal (shows a popup if not installed)


Step 1: Install dependencies

1. Install the latest version of Homebrew

Homebrew is a package manager for macOS, we'll need it to install other command line tools.

TIP: Verify it works by typing in terminal brew -h to output list of available commands

2. Install Node.js

Node is the JavaScript runtime Detox will run on. Install Node 7.6.0 or above for native async-await support

brew update && brew install node

TIP: Verify it works by typing in terminal node -v to output current node version, should be higher than 7.6.0

3. Install fbsimctl

This tool by Facebook helps Detox manage and automate iOS Simulators.

brew tap facebook/fb
export CODE_SIGNING_REQUIRED=NO && brew install fbsimctl --HEAD

TIP: Verify it works by typing in terminal fbsimctl list to output the list of available simulators

4. Install appleSimUtils

A collection of utils for Apple simulators, Detox uses it to set (grant or deny) runtime permissions per application.

5. Install Detox command line tools (detox-cli)

This package makes it easier to operate Detox from the command line. detox-cli should be installed globally, enabling usage of the command line tools outside of your npm scripts.

npm install -g detox-cli

TIP: Verify it works by typing in terminal detox -h to output the list of available commands


Step 2: Add Detox to your project

1. Install detox

Go to the root folder of your React Native app (where package.json is found):

npm install detox --save-dev

2. Install mocha

You can use any JavaScript test runner, Mocha is a good one we recommend:

npm install mocha --save-dev

3. Add Detox config to package.json

The basic configuration for Detox should be in your package.json file under the detox property:

"detox": {
  "configurations": {
    "ios.sim.debug": {
      "binaryPath": "ios/build/Build/Products/Debug-iphonesimulator/example.app",
      "build": "xcodebuild -project ios/example.xcodeproj -scheme example -configuration Debug -sdk iphonesimulator -derivedDataPath ios/build",
      "type": "ios.simulator",
      "name": "iPhone 7"
    }
  } 
}

In the above configuration example, change example to your actual project name. Under the key "binaryPath", example.app should be <your_project_name>.app. Under the key "build", example.xcodeproj should be <your_project_name>.xcodeproj and -scheme example should be -scheme <your_project_name>.

Also make sure the simulator model specified under the key "name" (iPhone 7 above) is actually available on your machine (it was installed by Xcode). Check this by typing fbsimctl list in terminal to display all available simulators.

TIP: To test a release version, replace 'Debug' with 'Release' in the binaryPath and build properties. For full configuration options see Configuration under the API Reference.


Step 3: Create your first test (using mocha test runner)

You can do this automatically by running:

detox init

Or you can do this manually instead by following these steps:

  • Create an e2e folder in your project root
  • Create mocha.opts file inside with this content
  • Create init.js file inside with this content
  • Create your first test firstTest.spec.js inside with content similar to this

TIP: Detox is not tightly coupled to Mocha or this directory structure, both are just a recommendation and are easy to replace without touching the internal implementation of Detox itself.


Step 4: Build your app and run Detox tests

1. Build your app

Use the Detox command line tools to build your project easily:

detox build

TIP: Notice that the actual build command was specified in the Detox configuration above

2. Run the tests (finally)

Use the Detox command line tools to test your project easily:

detox test

That's it. Your first failing Detox test is running!

Next, we'll go over usage and how to make this test actually pass.