Tab bar controls in iOS applications are usually used to allow a user to switch among a set of application’s views. To switch to a desired view, a user selects an appropriate tab bar item.

When testing iOS applications, before you simulate actions on the controls that belong to the application’s view, you may need to determine which tab bar item is currently selected. This topic describes how to check which tab bar item is selected from tests.

Determining the Selected Tab Bar Item

To check which tab bar item is currently selected, use the wFocusedTab property of the iOS TabBar test object that TestComplete associates with that control. The property returns the zero-based index of the selected tab bar item.

The following sample code checks whether the first tab bar item of the tab bar control is selected and if it is not, the code simulates a touch on the first tab bar item to select it.

JavaScript, JScript

function Test()
{
  // Select the mobile device
  Mobile.SetCurrent("iPhone");

  // Obtain the TabBar object
  var p = Mobile.Device().Process("SampleApp");
  var tabBar = p.Window(0).TabBar();

  // Check if the first tab bar item is selected
  if (tabBar.wFocusedTab == 0)
    Log.Message("The first tab is selected");
  else
    tabBar.TouchTab(0);
}

Python

def Test():
  # Select the mobile device
  Mobile.SetCurrent("iPhone")

  # Obtain the TabBar object
  p = Mobile.Device().Process("SampleApp")
  tabBar = p.Window(0).TabBar()

  # Check if the first tab bar item is selected
  if (tabBar.wFocusedTab == 0):
    Log.Message("The first tab is selected")
  else:
    tabBar.TouchTab(0)

VBScript

Sub Test
  ' Select the mobile device
  Mobile.SetCurrent("iPhone")

  ' Obtain the TabBar object
  Set p = Mobile.Device.Process("SampleApp")
  Set tabBar = p.Window(0).TabBar

  ' Check if the first tab bar item is selected
  If tabBar.wFocusedTab = 0 Then
    Log.Message("The first tab is selected")
  Else
    tabBar.TouchTab(0)
  End If
End Sub

DelphiScript

procedure Test();
var p, tabBar;
begin
  // Select the mobile device
  Mobile.SetCurrent('iPhone');

  // Obtain the TabBar object
  p := Mobile.Device.Process('SampleApp');
  tabBar := p.Window(0).TabBar();

  // Check if the first tab bar item is selected
  if tabBar.wFocusedTab = 0 then
    Log.Message('The first tab is selected')
  else
    tabBar.TouchTab(0);
end;

C++Script, C#Script

function Test()
{
  // Select the mobile device
  Mobile["SetCurrent"]("iPhone");

  // Obtain the TabBar object
  var p = Mobile["Device"]["Process"]("SampleApp");
  var tabBar = p["Window"](0)["TabBar"]();

  // Check if the first tab bar item is selected
  if (tabBar["wFocusedTab"] == 0)
    Log["Message"]("The first tab is selected");
  else
    tabBar["TouchTab"](0);
}

Determining the Selected Tab Bar Item From Keyword Tests

To determine the selected tab bar item from keyword tests, use the On-Screen Action or Call Object Method operation to access the properties described above. See Getting and Setting Object Property Values.

Determining the Selected Tab Bar Item

Determining the Selected Tab Bar Item

Determining the Selected Tab Bar Item From Keyword Tests

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