iOS [XCUITEST] real devices Parallel Execution

Bingo ....!

With the help of WebDriverAgent Appium will be able to run test on all real iOS devices parallely.
With minor changes in WebDriverAgent ie when we launch XCUI test WebDriverAgent runner use default port 8100 for each test we are running, which will throw error that agent is already running at localhost:8100. I did minor changes in WebDriverAgent source code which can generate random no of port within range of 8100 to 8200 and deployed to Appium directory and hit appium commands with udid of devices on different terminal. Bingo all appium nodes registered to Selenium Hub and i send multiple test with UDID of each device. All test started smoothly running on all iOS which includes iOS 10 too and earlier version.

You can get customised WebDriverAgent from here281.

Prerequisite :

• Mobile Device : iOS 10

• XCODE version : 8

Steps to use this feature:

• [sudo ]npm install -g appium@beta (honestly might be better off pulling from source for latest v1.6.0-beta2 or master branch code from link:- https://github.com/appium/appium.git16 ...)

• sudo chmod 777 /var/db/lockdown (from libimobiledevice/libimobiledevice#35620

• brew uninstall ios-webkit-debug-proxy (follow the instructions here :- https://github.com/google/ios-webkit-debug-proxy42 for building from source)
• brew install --HEAD && brew install ios-webkit-debug-proxy
• brew uninstall libimobiledevice && brew install --HEAD libimobiledevice
• brew install usbmuxd
• brew install carthage (WDA project uses this)
  link: https://github.com/appium/appium-xcuitest-driver#usage30 -- ensure deviceconsole is pulled down, compiled, and realDeviceLogger referenced in your appium capabilities
• Clone WebDriverAgent from https://github.com/sugatmankar/WebDriverAgent281 and replace the one provided in the npm appium dependency
• Get resolved common issue at https://github.com/facebook/WebDriverAgent/wiki/Common-Issues54 -- ensure the provisioning profile or team is set on the WDA project to match your project

Make sure you can run (without errors):

• idevicepair pair (Hit 'Trust' on device)
• idevicepair validate
• ios_webkit_debug_proxy --debug (just make sure this runs without error then you can ctrl+c)

Modify appium capabilities to include:

• platformVersion: '10.0'
• automationName: 'XCUITest'
• realDeviceLogger: (requires you to run make after pulling down deviceconsole repo)