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Rishi Khanna
Rishi Khanna

Reputation: 409

Appium support with Xcode 8

I have been facing issues with launching instrumentation using Appium and Xcode 8. I recently got to know that apple has removed automation from instrumentations because of which Appium(1.5.3) is not able to not working correctly. Does anyone have a solution to it? Is it going to be fixed in Appium v1.6.0-beta1 version?

Upvotes: 4

Views: 2036

Answers (2)

Java Geo
Java Geo

Reputation: 149

Xcode 7.3 will work with appium 1.5.3.

Xcode 7.2 will work with appium 1.5.2.

When I used other versions I was getting connection error.

Upvotes: 0

kiedysktos
kiedysktos

Reputation: 4100

Yes, Instruments/UI Automation aren't supported by Xcode 8 anymore, so the Appium won't work with it. Now it has to support XCUITest, which replaces UI Automation.

Appium community is working on the new iOS Driver - now it is XCUITest Driver.

Advantages of the new XCUITest driver:

  • Runs on sims and real devices, including TvOS
  • Is able to run on multiple connected devices in parallel
  • Is much faster (way faster)
  • Less buggy!
  • Better control of simulators
  • Can dismiss system-level alerts!

Disadvantages:

  • Only works on iOS 9.0 and up
  • Still no Notification testing

You can have unofficial version by cloning the repo:

(if shrink-wrap error occurs => execute: $ npm shrink-wrap)

More info here: https://discuss.appium.io/t/ios9-uiautomation-what-is-appium-approach-to-uiautomation-deprecation-by-apple/7319/103

Upvotes: 2

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