FAQs
In an unusual twist, these are actually questions that are frequently asked on the frank-discuss mailing list!
No sorry. In order to test an application with Frank you need to compile or link the Frank server into the application you are testing.
If you want to test a pure web app (no native code at all) then Frank can't help you, but the WebDriver project's iPhoneDriver is a good option. If you have a hybrid app (a Native app which uses web views to implement some of the UI) then Frank does have some functionality to inspect the state of a web view, and evaluate javacript, but it's fairly basic for now.
Technically there should be a way to do this by modifying UISpec, the library Frank uses to inspect the application UI. However, due to the idosyncratic way that UISpec is implemented it has been very challenging to fix this. If you have a solution, please contribute a patch!
Yes. Frank exposes an app_exec command which you can use to execute any method which your app delegate implements.
Yes, people have this working. However it is still experimental at this point. Ask on the mailing list for more details.
There are various solutions to this, depending on how your application is implemented. Check out the Step Definition Compendium, or ask on the mailing list for more details.