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Appium 1.6.3 Real IOS : Getting stuck on "Waiting for WebDriverAgent to start on device"

See original GitHub issue

@jlipps / @imurchie

The problem

Getting stuck on “Waiting for WebDriverAgent to start on device”. My App and WDA installed. But waited for so long time and My App didn’t get started.

Environment

Appium version (or git revision) that exhibits the issue: 1.6.3
Last Appium version that did not exhibit the issue (if applicable): 1.6.0
Desktop OS/version used to run Appium: Mac El Capitan 10.11.6
Node.js version (unless using Appium.app|exe): 6.8.1
Mobile platform/version under test: iOS 9.3.2
Real device or emulator/simulator: real device
Appium CLI or Appium.app|exe: Appium CLI

Details

App is not getting launched with Appium 1.6.3. It used to work with Appium 1.6.0. I have installed 1.6.3 in my Mac El Capitan. since installation, WDA and My App both are installed on device but not getting launched.

Link to Appium logs

https://gist.github.com/shivakrishnach31/f26d630d80924c65a0c7ed8b0788c381

Code To Reproduce Issue [ Good To Have ]

DesiredCapabilities capabilities = new DesiredCapabilities();
capabilities.setCapability("deviceName", "Shiva’s iPhone");
capabilities.setCapability("automationName", "XCUITest");
capabilities.setCapability("browserName","");
capabilities.setCapability("platformName", "iOS");
capabilities.setCapability("platformVersion", "9.3");
File app = new File("<PATH>");
capabilities.setCapability("app", app.getAbsolutePath());
capabilities.setCapability("udid", deviceUDID());
capabilities.setCapability("sendKeyStrategy", "grouped");
capabilities.setCapability("realDeviceLogger", "/usr/local/lib/node_modules/deviceconsole/deviceconsole");
//capabilities.setCapability("xcodeConfigFile", System.getProperty("user.dir")+"/src/com/****/****/utils/ProjectSettings.xcconfig");
		driver = new IOSDriver<MobileElement>(new URL("http://127.0.0.1:4723/wd/hub"),capabilities);