App Centre UI Test Fails With Message Error: The .ipa file does not seem to be linked with Calabash framework. for Xamarin iOS

Question

When publishing my ipa to test cloud I receive the above error. I have followed discussions in older articles:

https://forums.xamarin.com/discussion/59412/ipa-file-not-linked-with-calabash
https://forums.xamarin.com/discussion/85814/the-ipa-file-does-not-seem-to-be-linked-with-calabash-framework

etc.

I have double checked that I am:

1. building in Debug
2. My compiler directive looks like: DEBUG;ENABLE_TEST_CLOUD;
3. I have added the code below to enable calabash in AppDelegate.FinishedLaunching

// starts calabash when built for test cloud
if ENABLE_TEST_CLOUD
Xamarin.Calabash.Start();
endif

The strange thing is if I remove the if compiler directive above and just put Xamarin.Calabash.Start(); in the function then it works as expected.

It's almost like my compiler directive is not being honoured but I have double and triple checked, see image below.

Answer 1

I managed to solve it.

My Debug configuration was set to iPhoneSimulator rather than iPhone. Changing this my configuration settings allowed this to build correctly and now works with test cloud

Answer 2

Hello,

Welcome to Microsoft Q&A!

I'm not quite sure if this is the problem, but could you try to modify your code as below

   // add # at beginning  
   #if ENABLE_TEST_CLOUD  
               Xamarin.Calabash.Start();  
   #endif  

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