How to get the iOS device console logs with appium java?

RGIAPN 2016-01-11 20:39:46 UTC #1

how to get the iOS device console logs with appium java ?

wreed 2016-01-11 21:07:02 UTC #2

You can print them to your Appium log with the capability, showIOSLog.

http://appium.io/slate/en/master/?java#ios-only

RGIAPN 2016-01-11 21:36:28 UTC #3

thank you, and how to retrieve and store the logs into a string with java ?

wreed 2016-01-11 22:52:11 UTC #4

I don't think you can retrieve the logs as a whole. If you want to get the device logs into their own file I think your best bet would be to print them to the Appium log, and then do some post test run parsing on that log file to create a new log with only device logs. Some kind of regular expression would be able to help here.

shermaneric 2016-01-12 03:42:58 UTC #5

Cool! I never knew there was an option for this! I've been calling out to the terminal and running: idevicesyslog

RGIAPN 2016-01-12 06:17:02 UTC #6

and how to get the appium logs in java ?

RGIAPN 2016-01-12 06:30:02 UTC #7

can you capture and use the logs in your automation code?

wreed 2016-01-12 07:57:26 UTC #8

Print them to a file, or log. Then you can parse them post tests or whatever.

RGIAPN 2016-01-12 08:14:58 UTC #9

i open the appium log file in: /tmp/appium.log, but the device console logs are not found

wreed 2016-01-12 17:17:01 UTC #10

Ah! You must be using the Appium App. For full control over Appium you'll need to install by NPM or clone the source code. I don't think the App gives you the flexibility to do the things you want.

Full disclosure: I consider the App a nice "proof of concept" but I would never use it for a serious automation project. Too limiting!

RGIAPN 2016-01-12 20:55:42 UTC #12

ok then, how to store the logs into a String in java ?

wreed 2016-01-12 23:24:56 UTC #13

I just took a look at the app. Under the Apple menu there is a checkbox for "Show iOS System Log". Have you tried that?

RGIAPN 2016-01-13 05:54:19 UTC #14

this option show the system logs but not the logs printed by the app using NSLog (iOS)

wreed 2016-01-13 20:52:25 UTC #15

Ok. I don't know how you can get a log from the device like this using the app.

RGIAPN 2016-01-13 21:03:33 UTC #16

using appium from source ?

wreed 2016-01-13 21:19:40 UTC #17

As I said above, use the showIOSLog option using source or an NPM install.

julesmummdry 2016-11-22 16:05:12 UTC #18

Hi, I am trying to get the real device console logs as well.
By setting the capability showIOSLog to true, will this automatically write the logs into my appium.log file? or do I have to do something extra. because right now I dont see those logs in the appium log.
Maybe some hint what else to do?

Thanks Juliane

Sonali 2016-11-24 05:49:13 UTC #19

showIOSLog did not work for me too for real device. I am using

Appium 1.6.1-beta
Xcode 8.1
iOS10

Sonali 2016-12-02 05:47:03 UTC #20

I got the solution and now device logs for ios could be fetched.

pavanbachu 2017-01-31 01:01:01 UTC #21

Hello @Sonali Can you please share the solution for how to get the appium logs in the java code ?