Want to restart IOS application in a single Appium session without deleting/uninstalling it

[Aleksei]

i use it as driver start key. in such case it is working with minor issue - https://github.com/appium/appium/issues/6307

[jblaze]

Wow. It seems insanely difficult to accomplish the simple tasks of installing the app at the beginning of a test run, closing it at the end of each test, opening it at the beginning of each test, and un-ininstalling it at the end of the test run.

If anyone knows how to accomplish this extremely common scenario (in code and/or server settings) using the iOS simulator or an iOS device, I'd LOVE to hear about it.

An example of the insanity:

//This closes the app and shuts down the simulator!!!
driver.closeApp();

//This restarts the simulator and RE-INSTALLS the app!!!
driver.launchApp();

[Eitan_Bendersky]

@jblaze
Hi,
I using Appium 1.5.3.
I'm using the same commands as you, driver.launchApp(); doesn't re-install the application.
About you approche, re-open and closing the application between each scenario, i do it.
I'm using a command line to open the server: (can be remote server using SSh tool such as http://www.jcraft.com/jsch/) before each scenario.
And after just killing the processs.
About the Appium driver:
I actually create a new driver each time.
It worked for me, but please pay attention, It will make your execution time much longer (craeting new driver takes between 12-30 sec)

In case you want to re-install the application, you can use ideviceinstaller
Hope i helped you.
Eitan.

[jblaze]

But closeApp followed by launchApp closes the simulator, re-opens it, and RE-INSTALLS the app!

I'd love to know how to close and re-open the app WITHOUT re-installing. Please, someone! I've lost about 30 hours trying to figure this out!!!

[Aleksei]

how you understand that APP was really "re-installed" ? in mine case it is just starting.

maybe you start driver with "fullReset = true" option?

find out. uninstall APP happens on driver.closeApp() when:
- fullReset = true
or
- noReset = false

When "noReset=true" + "fullReset=false" driver.closeApp() does not uninstall app but just close it. even without closing Simulator.

[jblaze]

I know it restarted because I modified some data in the app while it was running before I called closeApp and launchApp

[Aleksei]

I created issue in Appium github. Let see if it will be fixed. In the mean time you can close Simulator instead closeApp()

[deepakkg88]

@Aleksei
If I click on contact Us link from Contact page of my application , mail client will open. I am unable to click on back button to come back to my app.
I can navigate back in android using ((AndroidDriver) driver).pressKeyCode(AndroidKeyCode.BACK);
there is no similar way in IOS to navigate back. So I am trying to re-launch my app but it is going to my app’s home page but actually I want go to the contact page from where I clicked the external link.
I have tried below but it is not working as expected.Could you please guide me?
capabilities.setCapability(“fullReset”, false);
capabilities.setCapability(“noReset”, true);

[Aleksei]

I am unable to click on back button to come back to my app.

why? execute:

System.out.println(driver.getPageSource())

identify back button on Mail client and tap on it.

[deepakkg88]

@Aleksei i am able to identify element but tap is not happening.No error in console.So click may be happening somewhere else.I have checked number of elements for the x-path which i use.Only one element is there.Also only one context which is native.

[Aleksei]

@deepakkg88 write you code how you tried to tap on it ? Is it Real device or Simulator?

[deepakkg88]

@Aleksei.It is real device.I tried below 6 ways.

1 .new TouchAction((IOSDriver)driver).tap(driver.findElement(By.xpath("//UIAButton[contains(@label,‘Back to app’)]")));

2. new TouchAction((IOSDriver)driver).tap(driver.findElement(By.xpath("//UIAStatusBar/UIAButton")));

3. new TouchAction((IOSDriver)driver).tap(6, 0);
   4 new TouchAction((IOSDriver)driver).press(driver.findElement(By.xpath("//UIAButton[contains(@label,‘Back to app’)]")));

5 WebElement element=driver.findElement(By.xpath("//UIAButton[contains(@label,‘Back to app’)]"));
org.openqa.selenium.Point location=element.getLocation();
Dimension size1=element.getSize();
int x1=(int) (location.getX()+size1.getWidth()/2.0);
int y1=(int) (location.getY()+size1.getHeight()/2.0);
TouchAction ta = new TouchAction(driver);
ta.tap(x1, y1).perform();

6.driver.findElement(By.xpath("//UIAButton[contains(@label,‘Back to app’)]")).click();

[Aleksei]

@deepakkg88 on real device i hardly believe you can tap outside test app due to Apple restriction. on Simulator - not problem.