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WebDriverAgent taking too long to start running.

See original GitHub issue

The problem

While running scripts on a iOS device, the webdriveragent takes more than 60 seconds to start running.

The tests eventually run and pass but the execution time of each test is extremely high.

Environment

Appium version (or git revision) that exhibits the issue: v1.12.1
Desktop OS/version used to run Appium: OSX 10.14.4
Node.js version (unless using Appium.app|exe): v10.15.3
Mobile platform/version under test: iOS v.12.2
Real device or emulator/simulator: Simulator iPhone Xs

Details

On running tests on iOS device/simulator, the WebDriverAgent takes too long to start and subsequently each test takes a lot of time to run.

Link to Appium logs

https://gist.github.com/AnujDasari/5c342433fd47043f3dec0cadf1f1e844

Code To Reproduce Issue [ Good To Have ]

capabilities = new DesiredCapabilities();
capabilities.setCapability(MobileCapabilityType.DEVICE_NAME, "iPhone Xs");
capabilities.setCapability(MobileCapabilityType.PLATFORM_NAME, "iOS");
capabilities.setCapability(MobileCapabilityType.PLATFORM_VERSION, "12.2");
capabilities.setCapability(MobileCapabilityType.APP, "/Users/anuj/Downloads/Demo.app");
capabilities.setCapability(MobileCapabilityType.AUTOMATION_NAME, AutomationName.IOS_XCUI_TEST);
capabilities.setCapability("useNewWDA", true);

Issue Analytics

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Created 4 years ago
Comments:5

Top GitHub Comments

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mykola-mokhnachcommented, May 28, 2019

Closed as third party issue

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mykola-mokhnachcommented, May 23, 2019

is there anything else I can do to reduce this delay?

You can try to disable useNewWDA cap. Setting it to true enforces WDA rebuilding for each session. Proper use of useXctestrunFile and usePrebuiltWDA caps might also reduce the init time.

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