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Could not reuse existing WDA on real iPhone device.

See original GitHub issue

The problem

Problem is that Appium could not reuse existing WDA on real iPhone device - every next test script run there would be unsuccessful try to get response, deleting existing WDA and installing new WDA.

There are some interesting things:

  1. For http://localhost:8100/status request THERE IS response 200! But later “Failed to create WDA session”

  2. Strange line [XCUITest] at quitAndUninstall (/Users/admin/appium/node_modules/appium/node_modules/appium-xcuitest-driver/lib/driver.js:476:13) Seems like buggy log output.

Environment

  • Appium server v1.11.1
  • Node.js v10.15.1
  • Npm 6.8.0
  • Mobile platform/version under test: iOS 12.1
  • Real device: iPhone X

Link to Appium logs

GIST appuim_log_XCUITest_real_device_could_not_reuse_WDA.

Issue Analytics

  • State:closed
  • Created 5 years ago
  • Comments:14 (3 by maintainers)

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amokmencommented, Mar 13, 2019

It seems I got it.

If you sign app with iOS Developer certificate and trying to run it on device manually without connection to Xcode or command line xcodebuild - app simple would not run! Apple security reasons…

To be able run app on real device without Xcode/xcodebuild session, you should sign it with iOS Distribution certificate. And create Ad Hoc provisioning profile with that certificate. And before it you should link device to your Apple account and include this device to provisioning profile.

Or you just could use your Apple iOS Developer certificate but Appium would EVERY TIME for every new session run rebuild WDA.

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