UIAutomation: Any way to dismiss "Would Like To Use Your Current Location" alert?

Question

my app is using location services, and for automated testing, I want to be able to dismiss the "APP Would Like To Use Your Current Location" popup. However, when I try to do this in Instruments with a UIAutomation script, I get this error:

Fail: Could not start script, target application is not frontmost.

This kind of makes sense, because the alert is produced by a different process. But still, what is Apple's plan for helping people automate their tests in this situation?

score 1 · Answer 1 · answered Mar 29 '13 at 11:36

**Try**

UIATarget.onAlert = function onAlert(alert)
        {
        return true;
        }
alertTitle = target.frontMostApp().alert().name();
if(alertTitle==="APP Would Like To Use Your Current Location")
{
target.frontMostApp().alert().buttons()["OK"].tap();
}

score 0 · Answer 2 · answered Mar 26 '13 at 23:27

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The solution appears to be to use AppleScript, run after a sufficient delay to allow for the alert to appear. You tell it to click on the alert button in the window of the Simulator.

answered Mar 26 '13 at 23:27

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can you post your solution please? – Yosi Dahan May 31 '13 at 11:20

score 0 · Answer 3 · answered Aug 12 '13 at 13:39

Use this code before you trigger the appearance of the Location request dialog. Note the special quotation marks around the app name.

UIATarget.onAlert = function onAlert(alert)
{
    if( alert.name()=="“local” Would Like to Use Your Current Location" )
    {
        alert.buttons()["OK"].tap();
    }
    else
    {
        UIALogger.logFail( "Location request dialog expected.");
    }
    return true;
}

UIAutomation: Any way to dismiss "Would Like To Use Your Current Location" alert?

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