Slow Appium tests on OS X 10.12 Sierra [SOLVED]

dezik 2016-09-27 17:40:15 UTC #1

Does anybody have problems with running Android tests with Appium 1.5.3 after updating from OS X 10.11 to 10.12?
Server starts correctly, Android Driver starts correctly too, but not every element will be found in app, tests run very slow, very often happens "Failed to locate element. Clearing Accessibility cache and retrying."
Please, help me to fix this((

Jerryzhao 2016-09-29 02:18:30 UTC #2

How about appium 1.6beta

dezik 2016-09-29 05:36:16 UTC #3

Does it can help? Ok, I'll try

dezik 2016-09-29 14:31:29 UTC #4

No, it didn't help(
I've noticed that freezes happen after checking for some element is not present or visible. Every time after that test will be frizzed for about 1 minute. I don't have any implicit waits in my test, but even if I set implicit wait to 2 seconds - it won't help(

dezik 2016-10-02 10:10:01 UTC #5

I've found a solution - disabling SIP and reassigning localhost.

Jerryzhao 2016-10-03 09:33:52 UTC #6

Could you please explain how you do that and your step?

dezik 2016-10-03 09:48:30 UTC #7

Sure.
1. Disable SIP like described here: http://osxdaily.com/2015/10/05/disable-rootless-system-integrity-protection-mac-os-x/
2. Edit hosts file like described here: https://thoeni.io/post/macos-sierra-java/

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Jerryzhao 2016-10-03 14:31:31 UTC #8

Good job. Thanks Dezik.

Murali_Mohan 2016-10-06 17:48:36 UTC #9

Hey Guys ..did you also receive an error on Mac OS Sierra ? I am not able to have appium running on 10.12
Here is the appium doctor message.
Error: Could not detect Mac OS X Version from sw_vers output: '10.12
']

dezik 2016-10-07 08:56:09 UTC #10

I have the same error.
But appium server works fine

pranam30 2016-10-13 12:58:34 UTC #12

Even i was facing similar issue.
Try running these commands :
npm uninstall -g appium-doctor
npm install -g appium-doctor