## C++ tests on iOS [GTMGoogleTestRunner](https://github.com/google/google-toolbox-for-mac/blob/master/UnitTesting/GTMGoogleTestRunner.mm) is used to convert googletest cases to XCTest that can be run on iOS. GTMGoogleTestRunner doesn't execute the `main` function, so we can't have any test logic in `main`. However, it's ok to call `::testing::InitGoogleTest` in `main`, as `GTMGoogleTestRunner` [calls InitGoogleTest](https://github.com/google/google-toolbox-for-mac/blob/master/UnitTesting/GTMGoogleTestRunner.mm#L151). `grpc::testing::TestEnvironment` can also be called from `main`, as it does some test initialization (install crash handler, seed RNG) that's not strictly required to run testcases on iOS. ## Porting exising C++ tests to run on iOS Please follow these guidelines when porting tests to run on iOS: - Tests need to use the googletest framework - Any setup/teardown code in `main` needs to be moved to `SetUpTestCase`/`TearDownTestCase`, and `TEST` needs to be changed to `TEST_F`. - [Death tests](https://github.com/google/googletest/blob/master/googletest/docs/advanced.md#death-tests) are not supported on iOS, so use the `*_IF_SUPPORTED()` macros to ensure that your code compiles on iOS. For example, the following test ```c++ TEST(MyTest, TestOne) { ASSERT_DEATH(ThisShouldDie(), ""); } int main(int argc, char** argv) { grpc::testing::TestEnvironment env(&argc, argv); ::testing::InitGoogleTest(&argc, argv); grpc_init(); return RUN_ALL_TESTS(); grpc_shutdown(); } ``` should be changed to ```c++ class MyTest : public ::testing::Test { protected: static void SetUpTestCase() { grpc_init(); } static void TearDownTestCase() { grpc_shutdown(); } }; TEST_F(MyTest, TestOne) { ASSERT_DEATH_IF_SUPPORTED(ThisShouldDie(), ""); } int main(int argc, char** argv) { grpc::testing::TestEnvironment env(&argc, argv); ::testing::InitGoogleTest(&argc, argv); return RUN_ALL_TESTS(); } ``` ## Limitations Due to a [limitation](https://github.com/google/google-toolbox-for-mac/blob/master/UnitTesting/GTMGoogleTestRunner.mm#L48-L56) in GTMGoogleTestRunner, `SetUpTestCase`/`TeardownTestCase` will be called before/after *every* individual test case, similar to `SetUp`/`TearDown`.