- Install prerequisite software
- Set up a workspace via CocoaPods (this opens Xcode):
$ cd Firestore/Example $ pod update $ open Firestore.xcworkspace
- Select the Firestore_Tests_iOS scheme
- ⌘-u to build and run the unit tests
You can also build from the command-line, though this requires a slightly different setup:
PLATFORM=iOS pod update --project-directory=Firestore/Example
scripts/build.sh Firestore iOS
Note:
PLATFORM
here is specifying an environment variable that's active for thepod update
invocation.- You can also use
macOS
ortvOS
in place ofiOS
above. - This will modify the Xcode project files; you'll need to revert these changes to create a PR.
The issue that requires
this workaround is that Firestore's Podfile
contains multiple platforms, and
ever since Xcode 10.2, CocoaPods generates Xcode projects that are break by
default when built by the xcodebuild
command-line tool. There's a workaround
possible that involves disabling Xcode's default mechanism of finding implicit
dependencies, but this is something we'd have to disable Firebase-wide and
there hasn't been an appetite to do this.
Firestore also supports building with Swift Package Manager. To build this way use:
scripts/build.sh Firestore iOS spm
This is rarely necessary for primary development and is done automatically by CI.
You can install a set of type formatters to improve the presentation of
Firestore internals in LLDB and Xcode. Add the following to your ~/.lldbinit
file:
command script import ~/path/to/firebase-ios-sdk/scripts/lldb/firestore.py
(substitute the location of your checkout of the firebase-ios-sdk.)
Prefer running the integration tests against the Firestore Emulator. This is much faster than running against production and does not require you to configure a Firestore-enabled project.
- In a new terminal, run
scripts/run_firestore_emulator.sh
and leave it running. - In Xcode select the
Firestore_IntegrationTests_iOS
scheme (or macOS or tvOS). - ⌘-u to build and run the integration tests.
The command-line build script runs integration tests by default and will start and stop an emulator for you.
Occasionally it's useful to run integration tests against a production account.
- Set up a
GoogleServices-Info.plist
file inFirestore/Example/App
. - Ensure your Firestore database has open rules (the integration tests do not authenticate).
- In Xcode select the Firestore_IntegrationTests_iOS scheme
- ⌘-u to build and run the integration tests
If you want to switch back to running integration tests against the emulator:
- Ensure that
GoogleServices-Info.plist
is in its default state (git checkout Firestore/Example/App/GoogleServices-Info.plist
).
Typically you should not need to worrying about regenerating the C++ files from the .proto files. If you do, see instructions at Protos/README.md.