Getting iPhone Documents Directory in TestCases

Question

I'm running test cases which uses sqlite database to test my code on iPhone simulator using default SenTestingkit, when i try to get the home directory using either of the following ways

NSArray *paths = NSSearchPathForDirectoriesInDomains(NSDocumentDirectory, NSUserDomainMask, YES);
NSString *docsPath = [paths objectAtIndex:0];

or

NSString *home = NSHomeDirectory();

i got a wrong path that points to the following bath

/Users/{user}/Library/Application Support/iPhone Simulator/5.1

and i couldn't create the sqlite database, any idea how to get the right path in the Test cases?

Thanks

Answer 1

I found the answer :)

first I had to detect whether i'm in TestCase or running project using NSClassFromString for the SenTest Class then construct the path according to each case

if (NSClassFromString(@"SenTest") == nil) {
        // Running project -> path inside the Document folder
        NSArray *paths = NSSearchPathForDirectoriesInDomains(NSDocumentDirectory, NSUserDomainMask, YES);
        NSString *docsPath = [paths objectAtIndex:0];
        path = [docsPath stringByAppendingPathComponent:KDatabaseName];
    } else {
        // Test case -> path inside "UnitTests" folder in the project directory
        NSString *directory = [[NSFileManager defaultManager] currentDirectoryPath];
        path = [directory stringByAppendingPathComponent:@"UnitTests/"];
        path = [path stringByAppendingPathComponent:KDatabaseName];
    }