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# Testing React Native Apps in the Cloud - Part 2

**[Callstack Blog](https://daily.dev/sources/callstack-blog)** · 9 min read · 0 upvotes · 0 comments

## Summary

A step-by-step guide to testing React Native apps in the cloud using Microsoft AppCenter and XCUITest. Covers creating an XCUITest target in Xcode, building and uploading the app via AppCenter CLI, reviewing test results in the AppCenter console, and writing basic UI tests that locate React Native components by accessibility label. Also explains why Release mode is required for XCUITest to work correctly with React Native's JavaScript bundle loading.

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