XCtest UI testing - running test stalls on wait for app to idle - xctest

Question

I'm have just starting using XCTest for UI testing.
While running my tests, execution takes forever.
I get following output:
Wait for app to idle - waits 120 seconds to fail
App animations complete notification not received, will attempt to continue.
I have looked all over and found zero answer on how to either change the timeout or how to manipulate the app to move on.
There are no animations running at all in the app. The screen is fully loaded. My developers also have zero answers as well and I have tried disabling animations which fails the tests outright.
Any ideas on how I can address this?
func testHomeScreen() {
logIn()
let home = app.navigationBars["HOME"].staticTexts["HOME"]
waitForElementToAppear(element: home)
XCTAssert(home.exists)
let myFriendsButton = app.buttons["My Friends"]
XCTAssert(myFriendsButton.exists)
let collectionViewsQuery = app.collectionViews
collectionViewsQuery.buttons["compose"].tap()
app.navigationBars["CREATE POST"].buttons["CANCEL"].tap()
collectionViewsQuery.buttons["photo"].tap()
app.navigationBars["PHOTO BOOTH"].buttons["CANCEL"].tap()
let element = collectionViewsQuery.children(matching: .cell).element(boundBy: 1).children(matching: .other).element
element.children(matching: .other).element(boundBy: 0).children(matching: .image).element(boundBy: 0).tap()
let profileCloseButton = app.buttons["profile close"]
profileCloseButton.tap()
let image = element.children(matching: .image).element
image.swipeUp()
let button = app.navigationBars["DETAILS"].buttons[" "]
let cell = collectionViewsQuery.children(matching: .cell).element(boundBy: 0)
cell.buttons["actionsheet"].tap()
app.sheets.buttons["Cancel"].tap()
cell.buttons["comment"].tap()
button.tap()
collectionViewsQuery.buttons["like selected"].tap()
Here is my LogIn func and Setup.
func logIn() {
let app = XCUIApplication()
if app.tabBars.buttons["HOME"].exists {
logOut()
}
let logInButton = app.buttons["LOG IN"]
logInButton.tap()
let elementsQuery = app.scrollViews.otherElements
let emailField = elementsQuery.textFields["example#email.com"]
emailField.tap()
emailField.typeText("***************")
let passwordSecureTextField = elementsQuery.secureTextFields["Password"]
passwordSecureTextField.tap()
passwordSecureTextField.typeText("************")
app.navigationBars["LOG IN"].buttons["btn login"].tap()
if app.staticTexts["PLEASE TURN ON NOTIFICATIONS"].exists {
XCTAssert(app.staticTexts["This way you will be able to see when your friends post, message, like or comment on your stuff!"].exists)
app.buttons["NOT NOW"].tap()
}
if app.collectionViews.staticTexts["3D Rooms Now Available!"].exists {
XCTAssert(app.collectionViews.staticTexts["Chat with friends in 3D rooms wherever you go! Tap here to get started"].exists)
app.collectionViews.buttons["close"].tap()
}
if app.staticTexts["DAILY"].exists {
XCTAssert(app.staticTexts[" SPIN"].exists)
app.buttons["close"].tap()
}
}
Setup:
class HomeScreenTests: XCTestCase {
let app = XCUIApplication()
override func setUp() {
super.setUp()
// Put setup code here. This method is called before the invocation of each test method in the class.
// In UI tests it is usually best to stop immediately when a failure occurs.
continueAfterFailure = false
// UI tests must launch the application that they test. Doing this in setup will make sure it happens for each test method.
app.launch()
// In UI tests it’s important to set the initial state - such as interface orientation - required for your tests before they run. The setUp method is a good place to do this.
}
Here is a chunk of the output from the test logs:
LogFile