Calabash: Select a date from a UIDatePickerview - iphone

Question

In Calabash Automation testing on iPhone. I need to select a date from a date picker. Please guide me with a ruby step definition.
I want something like
Then I scroll datepicker to date "2002-10-22"

Answer 1

I made a solution after some research. This code is not bulletproof but it works fine for me. I guess someone will get a help from this. if anyone knows how to improve this. please add it here.
In step definitions I add..
Then /^I scroll datepicker to date "1985-01-01"
# Date Format "1985-01-01"
# make sure date picker is up
should_see_date_picker()
is_picker_in_date_mode()
maxdate = picker_maximum_date_time()
target = Date.parse(target_date)
current = Date.parse(datequery())
if(maxdate<target)
screenshot_and_raise "Target date'#{target}' is larger than maximum date'#{maxdate}' in date picker"
end
limit = 100
# => set year
count = 0
dir = (target.year < current.year) ? "down" : "up"
until (target.year == Date.parse(datequery()).year) or (count==limit) do
date = Date.parse(datequery())
scroll_date_component(dir, 2, date.year)
# puts("Inside the loop1 '#{count}'=> '#{date.year}'" )
count += 1
end
# => set month
count = 0
dir = (target.month < current.month) ? "down" : "up"
until (target.month == Date.parse(datequery()).month) or (count==limit) do
date = Date.parse(datequery())
scroll_date_component(dir, 0, date.month)
# puts("Inside the loop2 '#{count}'=> '#{date.month}'" )
count += 1
end
# => set day
count = 0
dir = (target.day < current.day) ? "down" : "up"
until (target.day == Date.parse(datequery()).day) or (count==limit) do
date = Date.parse(datequery())
scroll_date_component(dir, 1, date.day)
# puts("Inside the loop3 '#{count}'=> '#{date.day}'" )
count += 1
end
end
#########################################################
# => ##### Date picker helper methods. #####
def scroll_date_component(direction, column, component)
if(column==0)
# => Month scroll needs the month name string
if (direction.eql? "up")
month_str = Date::MONTHNAMES[component+1]
touch("pickerView scrollView index:#{column} label text:'#{month_str}'")
elsif (direction.eql? "down")
month_str = Date::MONTHNAMES[component-1]
touch("pickerView scrollView index:#{column} label text:'#{month_str}'")
end
else
# => Day and year scrolls are numeric
if (direction.eql? "up")
touch("pickerView scrollView index:#{column} label text:'#{component + 1}'")
elsif (direction.eql? "down")
touch("pickerView scrollView index:#{column} label text:'#{component - 1}'")
end
end
sleep(0.3)
end
def datequery()
return query("datePicker","date").first
end
def should_see_date_picker ()
if query("datePicker", :date).empty?
screenshot_and_raise "Could not find date picker"
end
end
def is_picker_in_date_mode()
res = query("datePicker", :datePickerMode)
screenshot_and_raise "expected to see a date picker" if res.empty?
screenshot_and_raise "expected to see UIDatePickerModeDate" if res.first!=1
end
def picker_maximum_date_time()
res = query("datePicker", :maximumDate)
screenshot_and_raise "expected to see a date picker" if res.empty?
return DateTime.parse(res.first) if (res.first)
end

Answer 2

That gist mentioned by Chathura is very out of date.
Calabash iOS now supports interaction with most date pickers natively.
https://github.com/calabash/calabash-ios/blob/develop/calabash-cucumber/features/step_definitions/calabash_steps.rb#L406
Scenario: I should be able to use the predefined steps to change the picker time
Then I change the date picker time to "10:45"
Scenario: I should be able to use the predefined steps to change the picker date
Then I change the date picker date to "July 28 2009"
Scenario: I should be able to use the predefined steps to change the picker date and time
Then I change the date picker date to "July 28" at "15:23"