The application is actually run but there is a trick you can use to prevent it from running.
int main(int argc, char* argv[]) {
int returnValue;
@autoreleasepool {
BOOL inTests = (NSClassFromString(@"SenTestCase") != nil
|| NSClassFromString(@"XCTest") != nil);
if (inTests) {
//use a special empty delegate when we are inside the tests
returnValue = UIApplicationMain(argc, argv, nil, @"TestsAppDelegate");
}
else {
//use the normal delegate
returnValue = UIApplicationMain(argc, argv, nil, @"AppDelegate");
}
}
return returnValue;
}