Use webdriverAgent binary path rather than build everytime while using appium for ios device

UtsavSaha 2018-02-22 07:03:31 UTC #1

Currently i need to build webdriverAgent each time i create a fresh setup of appium .
is there any desired capability that would use the path of a webdriveragent binary and install it rather than rebuilding it.

in-ishan 2018-02-22 10:59:23 UTC #2

try --> usePrebuiltWDA: true

UtsavSaha 2018-02-22 13:17:49 UTC #3

Great.but which path would it refer to while picking the binary?

in-ishan 2018-02-23 07:06:45 UTC #4

i think this one:-
/Users/YOURUSERNAME/Library/Developer/Xcode/DerivedData/WebDriverAgent-RANDOMSTRING/Build/Products/Debug-iphoneos/WebDriverAgentRunner-Runner.app

UtsavSaha 2018-02-23 07:19:46 UTC #5

can i customise the path?
my use case is i would create a wrapper on top of appium,only that framework needs to be installed by its users.
this .app would reside inside my framework as an app,and through desired capability this webdriver agent would be used while running ios Test cases.can that be achieved?

in-ishan 2018-02-23 07:26:32 UTC #6

i don’t think we can specify custom path, instead of that you can copy your .app file on that location