The issue I am having is getting Alamofire to work with the xcode UI Testing. 
I have isolated the parts down as much as I can to try and identify where the issue might be, but still can't solve this one. With a new xcode project using swift, I can use Alamofire as expected with the main ViewController.swift and the func viewDidLoad() function okay, but when creating a UI Test, I am unable to use the same code in the func testExample() function.
Versions of tools used:
Xcode     = 9.2(9C40b)    
Swift     = 4.0
cocoapods = 1.4.0     
macOS     = High Sierra Version 10.13.2 (17C205)  
Alamofire = 4.5    
ViewController.swift - Working okay
import UIKit
import Alamofire
class ViewController: UIViewController {
    override func viewDidLoad() {
        super.viewDidLoad()
        // Do any additional setup after loading the view, typically from a nib.
        Alamofire.request("https://httpbin.org/get").responseJSON { response in
            print("Request: \(String(describing: response.request))")   // original url request
            print("Response: \(String(describing: response.response))") // http url response
            print("Result: \(response.result)")                         // response serialization result
            if let json = response.result.value {
                print("JSON: \(json)") // serialized json response
            }
            if let data = response.data, let utf8Text = String(data: data, encoding: .utf8) {
                print("Data: \(utf8Text)") // original server data as UTF8 string
            }
        }
    }
    override func didReceiveMemoryWarning() {
        super.didReceiveMemoryWarning()
        // Dispose of any resources that can be recreated.
    }
}
Result
Request: Optional(https://httpbin.org/get) Response: Optional( { URL: https://httpbin.org/get } { Status Code: 200, Headers { "Access-Control-Allow-Credentials" = ( true etc...
UITestExample() - Not Working
//
//  exalamUITests.swift
//  exalamUITests
//
import XCTest
import Alamofire
class exalamUITests: XCTestCase {
    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.
        XCUIApplication().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.
    }
    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() {
        Alamofire.request("https://httpbin.org/get").responseJSON { response in
            print("Request: \(String(describing: response.request))")   // original url request
            print("Response: \(String(describing: response.response))") // http url response
            print("Result: \(response.result)")                         // response serialization result
            if let json = response.result.value {
                print("JSON: \(json)") // serialized json response
            }
            if let data = response.data, let utf8Text = String(data: data, encoding: .utf8) {
                print("Data: \(utf8Text)") // original server data as UTF8 string
            }
        }
    }
}
Result
2018-01-29 14:55:25.974425+1000 exalamUITests-Runner[12450:454722] +[CATransaction synchronize] called within transaction
2018-01-29 14:55:26.022366+1000 exalamUITests-Runner[12450:454722] Running tests...
2018-01-29 14:55:29.229531+1000 exalamUITests-Runner[12450:454722] Continuing to run tests in the background with task ID 1
Test Suite 'Selected tests' started at 2018-01-29 14:55:29.896
Test Suite 'exalamUITests.xctest' started at 2018-01-29 14:55:29.900
Test Suite 'exalamUITests' started at 2018-01-29 14:55:29.902
Test Case '-[exalamUITests.exalamUITests testExample]' started.
    t =     0.00s Start Test at 2018-01-29 14:55:29.908
    t =     0.17s Set Up
    t =     0.18s     Open Company.exalam
    t =     0.28s         Launch Company.exalam
    t =     6.39s             Wait for Company.exalam to idle
    t =     9.13s Tear Down
Test Case '-[exalamUITests.exalamUITests testExample]' passed (9.339 seconds).
Test Suite 'exalamUITests' passed at 2018-01-29 14:55:39.244.
     Executed 1 test, with 0 failures (0 unexpected) in 9.339 (9.342) seconds
Test Suite 'exalamUITests.xctest' passed at 2018-01-29 14:55:39.245.
     Executed 1 test, with 0 failures (0 unexpected) in 9.339 (9.346) seconds
Test Suite 'Selected tests' passed at 2018-01-29 14:55:39.249.
     Executed 1 test, with 0 failures (0 unexpected) in 9.339 (9.353) seconds
Test session log:
/var/folders/ys/9lh0sqdd62s03g_d10zs46z00000gn/T/com.apple.dt.XCTest/IDETestRunSession-8C0D5A43-AB22-47EA-88C7-6AB878853EBF/    exalamUITests-9DA87773-7D75-4A9A-8127-BAE3CAB18354/Session-exalamUITests-2018-01-29_145508-bLBnaC.log
Podfile
# Uncomment the next line to define a global platform for your project
platform :ios, '9.0'
target 'exalam' do
  # Comment the next line if you're not using Swift and don't want to use dynamic frameworks
  use_frameworks!
  pod 'Alamofire', '~> 4.5'
  # Pods for exalam
  target 'exalamTests' do
    inherit! :search_paths
    # Pods for testing
  end
  target 'exalamUITests' do
    inherit! :search_paths
    use_frameworks!
    pod 'Alamofire', '~> 4.5'
    # Pods for testing
  end
end
This Question was similar, but it is over a year old and I thought I could add more detail.
I'm new to Mac, swift, xcode, and cocoapods, but I have tried all similar S.O. related answers already and tried many different things. (Usually work in python and linux)
Any help would be very much appreciated.
 
     
    