Appium Server v1.3.0-beta1 Released

Karen_Shieh · Oct '14

Hello... I downladed the following file to my mac, and unzipped the file

https://bitbucket.org/appium/appium.app/downloads/Appium-1.3-beta.zip6

Now... How do I set it up.... so that I can launch the appium server and run appium-1.3-beta with a real IOS device with IOS 8.0 on it?

ChrisK · Oct '14

to everyone asking how to run from source,

if you have downloaded the zip then unzip it in a folder and using your terminal cd into said folder and :

./reset.sh
sudo ./bin/authorize-ios.js # for ios only
$ node .

for more info go to :

github.com

appium/appium/blob/master/docs/en/contributing-to-appium/appium-from-source.md

## Running Appium from Source

So you want to run Appium from source and help fix bugs and add features?
Great! Just fork the project, make a change, and send a pull request! Please
have a look at our [Style Guide](style-guide-2.0.md) before getting to work.
Please make sure the unit and functional tests pass before sending a pull
request; for more information on how to run tests, keep reading!

Make sure you read and follow the setup instructions in the README first.

### Setting up Appium from Source

An Appium setup involves the Appium server, which sends messages back and forth
between your test code and devices/emulators, and a test script, written in
whatever language binding exists that is compatible with Appium. Run an
instance of an Appium server, and then run your test.

The quick way to get started:

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SinghP5411 · Oct '14

Once again .. when is full version 1.3 schedule to release . any anticipated date

Ioan · Oct '14

Hi Shermaneric,

I encounter the same issue. When running my tests, on a real device a get the following error "WebKit Threading Violation - initial use of WebKit from a secondary thread."

I am using an iPad2 with the latest version of iOS 8 and 'Ui Automation' option is turned on.
Were you able to fix this issue?

Thanks in advance,
Ioan

shermaneric · Oct '14

Hi loan,
With the latest checkout of the ios8 branch, as of 2014-10-18, my scripts are working on the device and simulator for iOS 8.
On my device, I reset things so that I had to plug the device in and start Xcode to retrieve the device developer settings > enabled UI automation and all was good.

Maybe I had user error all along

Thanks!
Eric

vfxdrummer · Oct '14

This is fantastic, guys! We recently updated our app (https://itunes.apple.com/us/app/revel/id895904213?ls=1&mt=8) to build on Xcode6 & are using Appium1.3Beta to test. It works great!

The only thing I noticed is that the simulator runs very slow. Is that on the Appium side? Is anyone else noticing the slowdown in their tests?

Thanks

p.s. I wrote a blog post about Appium. Still trying to get it approved & out the door on our companies blog. I will let you guys know when it's out.

brentlavelle · Oct '14

I have noticed that send_keys is super slow for me too. I can live with that but the no swiping thing is a killer.

vfxdrummer · Oct '14

We use this for now :
https://github.com/vicwomg/swipeInWindow.py8

system('python2.5 swipeInWindow.py "iOS Simulator" startX startY endX endY')

Satyajit · Oct '14

I think this slowness comes from apple's restriction of a one second delay between every instrument command. In older versions, appium used this https://github.com/facebook/instruments-without-delay6 facebook librarby to work around it but may be this hasn't been ported for ios8. @jlipps could say for sure.

jonahss · Oct '14

Latest master has brought back intruments-without-delay ^.^

vfxdrummer · Oct '14

Nice! Thanks. The slowness was very painful.

Cheers, guys!

derek1106 · Oct '14

So when we can release Appium 1.3 officially?

tarunsujit · Oct '14

I am able to run the appium1.3 from source. (as node . )
how top open Inspector for the same?

tbao · Oct '14

You can run the Appium GUI ( with version older than 1.3 because it's not released yet), then click on the "Magnifier" button as usual

tarunsujit · Oct '14

@tbao I have ios 8. only 1.3 supports ios8 i believe that is why am trying to run Latest Appium 1.3

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