MonoTouch and NUnitLite: what is the “Host” setting for?

Question

I'm using NUnitLite quite a lot but have always been wondering what the host settings are about in the options menu. The options aren't explained in the documentation here:

http://docs.xamarin.com/ios/tutorials/Unit_Testing

Can somebody shed some light on this feature that might maybe change my life forever, if only I knew about it?

Answer 1

This is for test automation (e.g. from build bots) where the test output results, normally sent to the console, are sent to a TCP socket server.

Blogs entries on the subjet:

• Touch.Unit Automation
• Touch.Unit Automation Revisited

A simple server is available in touch.unit github repository.