Have a way for Instruments to stop after automated tests are done

Originator:apontious
Number:rdar://12745711 Date Originated:11/24/2012
Status:Closed Resolved:?
Product:Developer Tools Product Version:4.5
Classification:Serious Bug Reproducible:Always
 
Summary: Currently, when you "Record Trace" in Instruments with the Automation tool, the trace continues even when the tests are done.

Steps to Reproduce:
- Run a UI Automation test script on an iOS application, such as the "Automatic for the People UI Automation Script.js" script that comes with this project: http://github.com/apontious/Automatic-for-the-People
- Wait for all tests to finish.

Expected Results:
- Now, Instruments stops.

Actual Results:
- Instruments keeps running forever, requiring you to stop it yourself manually each time. Tedious!

Regression:
- Not a regression.

Notes:
The documentation even mentions this issue, in the Automated UI Testing section of the Instruments User Guide. But just because it's documented, doesn't make it right!

Perhaps there could be some special logging message that Instruments listens for, which, if it sees, makes it stop running. I dunno, you folks figure something good out, I'll be happy.

Comments

Closed by Apple

Closed by Apple with no explanation.

By apontious at June 5, 2014, 7:36 a.m. (reply...)

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