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?
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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:
- clone the appium from the git : git clone https://github.com/appium/appium.git2
- go to the cloned folder
- execute command: $ npm install
(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
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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.
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Tried with Xcode 8 Beta version. Was getting error. – Java Geo Feb 14 '17 at 11:30