How do I import a Swift file from another Swift file?

Question

I simply want to include my Swift class from another file, like its test

PrimeNumberModel.swift

import Foundation

class PrimeNumberModel { }

PrimeNumberModelTests.swift

import XCTest
import PrimeNumberModel  // gives me "No such module 'PrimeNumberModel'"

class PrimeNumberModelTests: XCTestCase {
    let testObject = PrimeNumberModel()  // "Use of unresolved identifier 'PrimeNumberModel'"    
}

Both swift files are in the same directory.

Answer 1

I had the same problem, also in my XCTestCase files, but not in the regular project files.

To get rid of the:

Use of unresolved identifier 'PrimeNumberModel'

I needed to import the base module in the test file. In my case, my target is called 'myproject' and I added import myproject and the class was recognised.

Answer 2

UPDATE Swift 2.x, 3.x, 4.x and 5.x

Now you don't need to add the public to the methods to test then. On newer versions of Swift it's only necessary to add the @testable keyword.

PrimeNumberModelTests.swift

import XCTest
@testable import MyProject

class PrimeNumberModelTests: XCTestCase {
    let testObject = PrimeNumberModel()
}

And your internal methods can keep Internal

PrimeNumberModel.swift

import Foundation

class PrimeNumberModel {
   init() {
   }
}

Note that private (and fileprivate) symbols are not available even with using @testable.

---

Swift 1.x

There are two relevant concepts from Swift here (As Xcode 6 beta 6).

1. You don't need to import Swift classes, but you need to import external modules (targets)
2. The Default Access Control level in Swift is Internal access

Considering that tests are on another target on PrimeNumberModelTests.swift you need to import the target that contains the class that you want to test, if your target is called MyProject will need to add import MyProject to the PrimeNumberModelTests:

PrimeNumberModelTests.swift

import XCTest
import MyProject

class PrimeNumberModelTests: XCTestCase {
    let testObject = PrimeNumberModel()
}

But this is not enough to test your class PrimeNumberModel, since the default Access Control level is Internal Access, your class won't be visible to the test bundle, so you need to make it Public Access and all the methods that you want to test:

PrimeNumberModel.swift

import Foundation

public class PrimeNumberModel {
   public init() {
   }
}

Answer 3

In the Documentation it says there are no import statements in Swift.

Simply use:

let primNumber = PrimeNumberModel()

Answer 4

Check target-membership of PrimeNumberModel.swift in your testing target.

Answer 5

In Objective-C, if you wanted to use a class in another file you had to import it:

#import "SomeClass.h"

However, in Swift, you don't have to import at all. Simply use it as if it was already imported.

Example

// This is a file named SomeClass.swift

class SomeClass : NSObject {

}

// This is a different file, named OtherClass.swift

class OtherClass : NSObject {
    let object = SomeClass()
}

As you can see, no import was needed. Hope this helps.

Answer 6

According To Apple you don't need an import for swift files in the Same Target. I finally got it working by adding my swift file to both my regular target and test target. Then I used the bridging header for test to make sure my ObjC files that I referenced in my regular bridging header were available. Ran like a charm now.

import XCTest
//Optionally you can import the whole Objc Module by doing #import ModuleName

class HHASettings_Tests: XCTestCase {

override func setUp() {
    let x : SettingsTableViewController = SettingsTableViewController()

    super.setUp()
    // Put setup code here. This method is called before the invocation of each test method in the class.
}

override func tearDown() {
    // Put teardown code here. This method is called after the invocation of each test method in the class.
    super.tearDown()
}

func testExample() {
    // This is an example of a functional test case.
    XCTAssert(true, "Pass")
}

func testPerformanceExample() {
    // This is an example of a performance test case.
    self.measureBlock() {
        // Put the code you want to measure the time of here.
    }
}

}

SO make sure PrimeNumberModel has a target of your test Target. Or High6 solution of importing your whole module will work

Answer 7

I was able to solve this problem by cleaning my build.

Top menu -> Product -> Clean Or keyboard shortcut: Shift+Cmd+K

Answer 8

As of Swift 2.0, best practice is:

Add the line @testable import MyApp to the top of your tests file, where "MyApp" is the Product Module Name of your app target (viewable in your app target's build settings). That's it.

(Note that the product module name will be the same as your app target's name unless your app target's name contains spaces, which will be replaced with underscores. For example, if my app target was called "Fun Game" I'd write @testable import Fun_Game at the top of my tests.)

Answer 9

Check your PrimeNumberModelTests Target Settings.

If you can't see PrimeNumberModel.swift file in Build Phases/Compile Sources, add it.

Answer 10

You need to add a routine for the compiler to reference as an entry point, so add a main.swift file, which in this case simply creates an instance of your test file:

main.swift

PrimeNumberModelTests()

Then compile on the command line (I am using El Capitan and Swift 2.2):

xcrun -sdk macosx swiftc -emit-executable -o PrimeNumberMain PrimeNumberModel.swift PrimeNumberModelTests.swift main.swift

In this case, you will get a warning: result of initializer is unused, but the program compiles and is executable:

./PrimeNumberMain

CAVEAT: I removed the import XCTest and XCTestCase type for simplicity.

Answer 11

So, you need to

1. Import external modules you want to use
2. And make sure you have the right access modifiers on the class and methods you want to use.

In my case I had a swift file I wanted to unit test, and the unit test file was also a swift class. I made sure the access modifiers were correct, but the statement

import stMobile

(let's say that stMobile is our target name)

still did not work (I was still getting the 'No such module' error), I checked my target, and its name was indeed stMobile. So, I went to Build Settings, under packaging, and found the Product Module Name, and for some reason this was called St_Mobile, so I changed my import statement

import St_Mobile

(which is the Product Module Name), and everything worked.

So, to sum up:

1. Check your Product Module Name and use the import statement below in you unit test class

   import myProductModuleName
   

2. Make sure your access modifiers are correct (class level and your methods).

Answer 12

Instead of requiring explicit imports, the Swift compiler implicitly searches for .swiftmodule files of dependency Swift libraries.

Xcode can build swift modules for you, or refer to the railsware blog for command line instructions for swiftc.

Answer 13

As @high6 and @erik-p-hansen pointed out in the answer given by @high6, this can be overcome by importing the target for the module where the PrimeNumberModel class is, which is probably the same name as your project in a simple project.

While looking at this, I came across the article Write your first Unit Test in Swift on swiftcast.tv by Clayton McIlrath. It discusses access modifiers, shows an example of the same problem you are having (but for a ViewController rather than a model file) and shows how to both import the target and solve the access modifier problem by including the destination file in the target, meaning you don't have to make the class you are trying to test public unless you actually want to do so.