I’m using Webdriver.io framework and trying to perform automation on iPhone 6s(real device) but Appium is not able to connect to real device and shows error message “Invalid device”.
WDIO config for iOS
browserName: ‘ios’,
app: ‘/Users//Downloads/PlanWork.ipa.ipa’,
automationName: ‘XCUITest’,
uuid: ‘12123767b192c07b62757f8b486658cffd7fa4d3’,
platformName: ‘iOS’,
platformVersion: 12.1,
deviceName:‘12123767b192c07b62757f8b486658cffd7fa4d3’,
platform: ‘ios’
Appium Logs -
The server is running
[Appium] Welcome to Appium v1.10.0
[Appium] Non-default server args:
[Appium] address: 127.0.0.1
[Appium] port: 9500
[Appium] sessionOverride: true
[Appium] chromedriverExecutable: /Users//Downloads/chromedriver
[Appium] Appium REST http interface listener started on 127.0.0.1:9500
[HTTP] --> POST /wd/hub/session
[HTTP] {“desiredCapabilities”:{“javascriptEnabled”:true,“locationContextEnabled”:true,“handlesAlerts”:true,“rotatable”:true,“browserName”:“ios”,“app”:"/Users//Downloads/PlanWork.ipa.ipa",“automationName”:“XCUITest”,“uuid”:“12123767b192c07b62757f8b486658cffd7fa4d3”,“platformName”:“iOS”,“platformVersion”:12.1,“deviceName”:“12123767b192c07b62757f8b486658cffd7fa4d3”,“platform”:“ios”,“requestOrigins”:{“url”:“http://webdriver.io”,“version”:“4.6.2”,“name”:“webdriverio”}}}
[MJSONWP] Calling AppiumDriver.createSession() with args: [{“javascriptEnabled”:true,“locationContextEnabled”:true,“handlesAlerts”:true,“rotatable”:true,“browserName”:“ios”,“app”:"/Users//Downloads/PlanWork.ipa.ipa",“automationName”:“XCUITest”,“uuid”:“12123767b192c07b62757f8b486658cffd7fa4d3”,“platformName”:“iOS”,“platformVersion”:12.1,“deviceName”:“12123767b192c07b62757f8b486658cffd7fa4d3”,“platform”:“ios”,“xcodeOrgId”:“ABC”,“xcodeSigningId”:“iPhone Developer”,“requestOrigins”:{“url”:“http://webdriver.io”,“version”:“4.6.2”,“name”:“webdriverio”}},null,null]
[BaseDriver] Event ‘newSessionRequested’ logged at 1544468350526 (12:59:10 GMT-0600 (CST))
[Appium] Creating new XCUITestDriver (v2.104.0) session
[Appium] Capabilities:
[Appium] javascriptEnabled: true
[Appium] locationContextEnabled: true
[Appium] handlesAlerts: true
[Appium] rotatable: true
[Appium] browserName: ios
[Appium] app: /Users//Downloads/PlanWork.ipa
[Appium] automationName: XCUITest
[Appium] uuid: 12123767b192c07b62757f8b486658cffd7fa4d3
[Appium] platformName: iOS
[Appium] platformVersion: 12.1
[Appium] deviceName: 12123767b192c07b62757f8b486658cffd7fa4d3
[Appium] platform: ios
[Appium] xcodeOrgId: ABC
[Appium] xcodeSigningId: iPhone Developer
[Appium] requestOrigins: {
[Appium] url: http://webdriver.io
[Appium] version: 4.6.2
[Appium] name: webdriverio
[Appium] }
[BaseDriver] Creating session with MJSONWP desired capabilities: {“javascriptEnabled”:true,"…
[BaseDriver] The following capabilities were provided, but are not recognized by appium: javascriptEnabled, locationContextEnabled, handlesAlerts, rotatable, uuid, platform, requestOrigins.
[XCUITest] The capabilities should generally not include both an ‘app’ and a ‘browserName’
[BaseDriver] Session created with session id: 14c72676-26eb-4fef-a1a5-52e3e6700a3f
[XCUITest] Current user: ‘r0s00z6’
[XCUITest] Simulator udid not provided, using desired caps to create a new simulator
[simctl] Creating simulator with name ‘appiumTest-12123767b192c07b62757f8b486658cffd7fa4d3’, device type id ‘12123767b192c07b62757f8b486658cffd7fa4d3’ and runtime id ‘12.1’
[simctl] Error: simctl error running ‘create’: Invalid device type: 12123767b192c07b62757f8b486658cffd7fa4d3
[simctl] at Object.wrappedLogger.errorAndThrow (/Applications/Appium.app/Contents/Resources/app/node_modules/appium-support/lib/logging.js:78:13)
[simctl] at /Applications/Appium.app/Contents/Resources/app/node_modules/node-simctl/lib/simctl.js:49:11
[simctl] at Generator.throw ()
[simctl] at asyncGeneratorStep (/Applications/Appium.app/Contents/Resources/app/node_modules/@babel/runtime/helpers/asyncToGenerator.js:3:24)
[simctl] at _throw (/Applications/Appium.app/Contents/Resources/app/node_modules/@babel/runtime/helpers/asyncToGenerator.js:29:9)
[simctl] at run (/Applications/Appium.app/Contents/Resources/app/node_modules/core-js/modules/es6.promise.js:75:22)
[simctl] at /Applications/Appium.app/Contents/Resources/app/node_modules/core-js/modules/es6.promise.js:92:30
[simctl] at flush (/Applications/Appium.app/Contents/Resources/app/node_modules/core-js/modules/_microtask.js:18:9)
[simctl] at process._tickCallback (internal/process/next_tick.js:61:11)
[simctl] Error: Could not create simulator with name 'appiumTest-12123767b192c07b62757f8b486658cffd7fa4d3’, device type id ‘12123767b192c07b62757f8b486658cffd7fa4d3’ and runtime id ‘12.1’. Reason: ‘simctl error running ‘create’: Invalid device type: 12123767b192c07b62757f8b486658cffd7fa4d3’
[simctl] at Object.wrappedLogger.errorAndThrow (/Applications/Appium.app/Contents/Resources/app/node_modules/appium-support/lib/logging.js:78:13)
[simctl] at /Applications/Appium.app/Contents/Resources/app/node_modules/node-simctl/lib/simctl.js:361:9
[simctl] at Generator.throw ()
[simctl] at asyncGeneratorStep (/Applications/Appium.app/Contents/Resources/app/node_modules/@babel/runtime/helpers/asyncToGenerator.js:3:24)
[simctl] at _throw (/Applications/Appium.app/Contents/Resources/app/node_modules/@babel/runtime/helpers/asyncToGenerator.js:29:9)
[simctl] at run (/Applications/Appium.app/Contents/Resources/app/node_modules/core-js/modules/es6.promise.js:75:22)
[simctl] at /Applications/Appium.app/Contents/Resources/app/node_modules/core-js/modules/es6.promise.js:92:30
[simctl] at flush (/Applications/Appium.app/Contents/Resources/app/node_modules/core-js/modules/_microtask.js:18:9)
[simctl] at process._tickCallback (internal/process/next_tick.js:61:11)
[XCUITest] Error: Could not create simulator with name ‘appiumTest-12123767b192c07b62757f8b486658cffd7fa4d3’, device type id ‘12123767b192c07b62757f8b486658cffd7fa4d3’ and runtime id ‘12.1’. Reason: ‘simctl error running ‘create’: Invalid device type: 12123767b192c07b62757f8b486658cffd7fa4d3’
[XCUITest] at Object.wrappedLogger.errorAndThrow (/Applications/Appium.app/Contents/Resources/app/node_modules/appium-support/lib/logging.js:78:13)
[XCUITest] at /Applications/Appium.app/Contents/Resources/app/node_modules/node-simctl/lib/simctl.js:361:9
[XCUITest] at Generator.throw ()
[XCUITest] at asyncGeneratorStep (/Applications/Appium.app/Contents/Resources/app/node_modules/@babel/runtime/helpers/asyncToGenerator.js:3:24)
[XCUITest] at _throw (/Applications/Appium.app/Contents/Resources/app/node_modules/@babel/runtime/helpers/asyncToGenerator.js:29:9)
[XCUITest] at run (/Applications/Appium.app/Contents/Resources/app/node_modules/core-js/modules/es6.promise.js:75:22)
[XCUITest] at /Applications/Appium.app/Contents/Resources/app/node_modules/core-js/modules/es6.promise.js:92:30
[XCUITest] at flush (/Applications/Appium.app/Contents/Resources/app/node_modules/core-js/modules/_microtask.js:18:9)
[XCUITest] at process._tickCallback (internal/process/next_tick.js:61:11)
