Appium, xcode and Mac os version required for ios 10.3.x or above

Gaurav 2017-09-19 13:24:20 UTC #1

What version of appium, xcode and Mac os is required for ios 10.3.x or above.
Currently I am having
1)xcode 8.2, Mac os 10.12.3 and appium 1.6.3 on one machine.
2)xcode 8.2.1, Mac os 10.11.x(EL captian) and appium 1.5.3 on another machine.

And does Appium 1.6.x work with previous ios and android versions?
@wreed @Wafe_is_7 @appium_ios
Kindly help.

wreed 2017-09-19 17:54:41 UTC #2

I use:

OS X: 10.12.6
Xcode: 8.3.3
Appium: 1.6.5

And I’m not having any problems testing 10.3.x. I only need to test iOS 10 and 9, which work well with this setup–I don’t know about earlier iOS versions.

Masoodmd0786 2017-09-19 21:17:08 UTC #3

@wreed are you testing on Real Device ?

wreed 2017-09-20 04:02:49 UTC #4

Real and Simulator. Both working fine.

Gaurav 2017-09-20 08:25:13 UTC #5

@wreed does Appium 1.6.3 work with IOS 10.3.x? Any idea?

wreed 2017-09-20 18:18:07 UTC #6

Googling, the release notes don’t mention iOS version. However, for 1.6.4, it specifies support for iOS 10.3:

I think you should at least update to 1.6.4 for iOS 10.3 support, but if it were me I would move to 1.6.5 or 1.7.0 (since 1.6.6 seems like it’s never coming out of beta). As a personal aside, I have it on my roadmap to update to 1.7.x in Q4.

Gaurav 2017-09-20 18:48:24 UTC #7

@wreed thanks a lot. In the installation steps for appium 1.6.x it is given that setting up Web driver agent is required. I have a developer account but the membership for it has expired. So do I need to renew the membership? Or is it possible to configure Web driver agent just with existing account (without renewing the membership)

wreed 2017-09-20 19:55:19 UTC #8

I believe it needs an actual valid certificate to sign WebDriver App with, so I think you need to renew.

Gaurav 2017-09-20 19:59:54 UTC #9

@wreed Thanks a lot. Having all the doubts as I am new to this. As you suggested appium 1.6.4 or above work with ios 10.3.
To tell exactly, I am having ios 10.3.3. So will appium 1.6.5 do?

wreed 2017-09-20 23:05:04 UTC #10

It’s not me who is telling you, but rather I am providing links to the information. The links say 1.6.4 minimum, my advice is that if you are updating, it’s probably better to go to the latest of the 1.6.x releases, which is currently 1.6.5. If you are feeling more adventurous, there is also 1.7.0.