ios - Is it possible to instantiate a View Controller from a Storyboard for Kiwi Testing -

i'm in testing code within viewcontroller (that controls active depending on state of uiswitches etc) , decided go kiwi it, since using other low-level logic testing.

my expectation run tests this:

__block aviewcontroller *avc;  it(@"(tokentextfield) should hidden if token switch set off", ^{     lvc.usetokenswitch.on = false;     [[thevalue(avc.tokentextfield.hidden) should] equal:thevalue(yes)]; }); 

my problem initialisation of aviewcontroller. if did:

avc = [[aviewcontroller alloc] initwithnibname:@"aviewcontroller" bundle:nil]; 

i getting "aviewcontroller" without controls initialised, i'd have init each of them manually.

so have tried obtaining aviewcontroller doing this:

uistoryboard *storyboard = [uistoryboard storyboardwithname:@"mainstoryboard" bundle:nil]; avc = [storyboard instantiateviewcontrollerwithidentifier:@"aviewcontroller"]; 

yet results in error message:

nsinvalidargumentexception "could not find storyboard named 'mainstoryboard' in bundle nsbundle </applications/xcode.app/contents/developer/platforms/iphonesimulator.platform/developer/sdks/iphonesimulator6.1.sdk/developer/usr/bin> (loaded)" raised

i have included mainstoryboard in testing target, , included in "build phases" -> "copy bundle resources" , still nothing.

so wondering if possible instantiate viewcontroller storyboard in kiwi testing target? (as haven't seen examples of anywhere).

is approach wrong , should mocking viewcontroller?

am missing included in test target?

the problem you’re passing nil bundle. can see in error message bundle it’s using. in unit test, want this:

class viewcontrollerclass = [myviewcontroller class];  nsstring *classname = nsstringfromclass(viewcontrollerclass); nsbundle *classbundle = [nsbundle bundleforclass:viewcontrollerclass];  myviewcontroller *viewcontroller = [[myviewcontroller alloc] initwithnibname:classname                                    bundle:classbundle]; 

by looking bundle contains view controller’s class, you’ll nib file it.

for storyboards, code similar:

class viewcontrollerclass = [myviewcontroller class];  nsstring *classname = nsstringfromclass(viewcontrollerclass); nsbundle *classbundle = [nsbundle bundleforclass:viewcontrollerclass];  uistoryboard *storyboard = [uistoryboard storyboardwithname:@"mainstoryboard" bundle:classbundle];  myviewcontroller *viewcontroller = [storyboard instantiateviewcontrollerwithidentifier:classname]; 

(this assumes nib names , storyboard identifiers match class names. if don’t, change it.)