Appium 1.4.11 Released

willchen 2015-10-08 18:28:44 UTC #21

I've got instruments-without-delay working by updating the plist, but it only works for iOS 9.0 simulators. Commands are still taking a long time with iOS 8.1 simulators. Is there some way to make instruments-without-delay work on iOS 8.x simulators?

tbao 2015-10-12 16:37:08 UTC #22

@willchen I have the same issue too. So I had a workaround that I keep 2 version of xcode installed on my machine. If i want to run automation with ios 8.x then I switch to xcode 6.
I know this is an ugly solution but currently it's the only choice for me. If someone can propose a better solution then I would be appreciated.

seleniumappiumnewbie 2015-10-12 16:51:09 UTC #23

@tbao How do you install two versions of Xcode on the Mac? I'm new with the Mac, please provide detail steps on how to do that. I like to do that too in the future when there's upgrades too. Thanks for your help.

tbao 2015-10-12 17:48:30 UTC #24

@seleniumappiumnewbie I am not sure if there is other post related to this on Appium forum already. But here are the steps that I did anyways:
1. Download Xcode 6 as mentioned at: http://stackoverflow.com/questions/4839526/where-to-download-older-xcode-versions. ( Assuming your latest xcode version is 7)
2. Install xcode 6 with the .dmg file, remember to choose "keep both" option, otherwise it will overwrite your installed xcode 7. Then rename your newly xcode directory to "Xcode-6" (it is located at /Applications)
3. Run the command: sudo xcode-select -switch /Applications/Xcode-6.app/Contents/Developer. This will set your default xcode command line to xcode 6. You can check if it is switched correctly by running: xcodebuild -version
4. Now open your xcode 6 and open your project and build it.
5. Run appium and your environment should be updated with xcode 6 configuration.

NOTE: to switch to the latest xcode version ( 7 in this case), run this command: sudo xcode-select -switch /Applications/Xcode.app/Contents/Developer

seleniumappiumnewbie 2015-10-12 17:52:39 UTC #25

Thank you tbao for the detailed steps.

moizjv 2015-10-12 18:10:06 UTC #26

Thanks @tbao for detailed post. I was thinking to put this in appium docs, do you want to put it here here? I wil be glad to review it, and get it in :).

tbao 2015-10-12 23:44:48 UTC #27

@moizjv It would be great if you can review and put my post into the appium docs. Thanks

makhov 2015-10-14 11:11:17 UTC #28

@tbao,
I can't use instruments-no-delay with Xcode7.

I add

<key>EnvironmentVariables</key>
<dict>
<key>DYLD_INSERT_LIBRARIES</key>
<string>/Users/amakhov/instruments-without-delay/build/DTMobileISShim.dylib</string>
<key>LIB_PATH</key>
<string>/Users/amakhov/instruments-without-delay/build</string
</dict>

to /Applications/Xcode-beta.app/Contents/Developer/Platforms/iPhoneSimulator.platform/Developer/SDKs/iPhoneSimulator.sdk/Developer/Library/LaunchDaemons/com.apple.instruments.deviceservice.plist file, but iwd still not working.

Do I forgot something to do?
What is in your /usr/bin/instruments file?

tbao 2015-10-14 17:54:26 UTC #29

@makhov You would try these steps as:

Try to checkout the correct project at: https://github.com/lawrencelomax/instruments-without-delay and build it with your xcode
Verify if com.apple.instruments.deviceservice.plist is configured correctly
If it still does not work, I think there is a possibility that you are using Xcode beta and there is something inconsistent. Try to install the official Xcode and redo every step again.

This solution is working for me and someone as well so I think it should work for you if you follow the steps correctly

moizjv 2015-10-19 23:46:53 UTC #30

Hi All,

I have written a small bash script to solve this issue.

github.com

appium/appium/blob/master/docs/en/advanced-concepts/iwd_xcode7.md

## Setting up instruments without delay (iwd) for xcode 7 and iOS >= 9.0

For iOS >= 9.0 instruments without delay (iwd) does not work by passing binaries through
the command line (appium does this under the hood for xcode < 7). See [iwd](https://github.com/lawrencelomax/instruments-without-delay/tree/xcode7-quirks#xcode-7--ios-9-support)

For enabling iwd for xcode >= 7,
- Checkout [appium-instruments](https://github.com/appium/appium-instruments)
- Run `xcode-iwd.sh` present in `<appium-instruments>/bin/`

```
sh <appium-instruments>/bin/xcode-iwd.sh <path to xcode> <path to appium-instruments>
```
eg. `sh ./bin/xcode-iwd.sh /Applications/Xcode.app /Users/xyz/appium-instruments/`

Note: iwd with xcode7 will only work for iOS >= 9.0, you can switch to older xcode for iOS < 9.0

Thanks,
Moiz

andreeamatei 2015-11-12 10:20:34 UTC #31

Hi Moiz, should this script work for xcode 7.1 as well, or just 7?
Thanks

stefan 2015-11-18 13:57:56 UTC #32

Are you gonna fix it in some release, or it stays this way?

Regards,
Stefan