@chiwhitesox56
what was the problem? how did you solve this problem?
I am totally stuck in the great mythology of signing and can’t figure out whats wrong.
actually I get the “Library not loaded: @rpath/XCTest.framework/XCTest” error
I was stuck for 5 months, unable to run tests on real iOS devices. I wish I could point you to one exact configuration or error that was causing this framework/XCTest issue (and many other issues), but I cannot. What I ended up doing is wiping my whole machine and starting the setup process from scratch. It was a gamble because I really didn’t know what I was going to do if that didn’t work, but it did.
While in the process of setting up my environment, I took very detailed notes of exactly what I did, in order. I’ll share this with you. There are some very basic steps in here (i.e. install Chrome, etc.) but I wanted a record of exactly what I did in case I had problems again:
- Install Chrome / Firefox
- Install Xcode
- Install Xcode command line tools (
xcode-select --install) - Install Homebrew (
ruby -e "$(curl -fsSL https://raw.githubusercontent.com/Homebrew/install/master/install)") - Install Appium GUI // **NOTE: This is obsolete; install Appium Desktop instead
- Install JDK (JDK 8 Update 121) // **NOTE: Not sure what the current version is, but this was most recent at the time
- Install Eclipse (Eclipse IDE for Java Developers) NOTE: I recently switched to Intelli-J. Personal preference.
- Install git (
brew install git)
- install from git - not from Apple’s fork; see https://www.atlassian.com/git/tutorials/install-git for more details
- Run
git --versionto make sure Apple’s git is not the one being used. If git version indicates Apple, follow instructions for the top-voted answer here: http://apple.stackexchange.com/questions/93002/how-to-properly-update-git-on-mac (Apple’s git is in usr/bin; need to look in the location of official git first)
- Install node with brew (
brew install node) //** NOTE: I initially installed nodejs from https://nodejs.org/en/, but I later read that it shouls be installed via brew. If you installed from the site and need to uninstall and reinstall with brew, instructions are here - Add
export PATH="/usr/local/bin:$PATH"to bash_profile - Run
sudo npm install npm -gto make sure that I got the most recent version of npm - Install Appium (
npm install -g [email protected]) - Install TestNG in Eclipse (Help -> Eclipse Marketplace)
- Install ideviceinstaller (
brew install --HEAD ideviceinstaller) - Install appium doctor (
npm install appium-doctor -g) - Install Carthage (
brew install carthage)
At this point, you should be able to run tests on the Simulator
- Install ios-deploy (
brew install ios-deploy) - Install appium-xcuitest-driver (
npm install -g appium-xcuitest-driver) - Install deviceconsole (
npm install -g deviceconsole) - Navigate to /usr/local/lib/node_modules/appium/node_modules/appium-xcuitest-driver/WebDriverAgent and run the following:
mkdir -p Resources/WebDriverAgent.bundle
./Scripts/bootstrap.sh -d - Follow the steps in this video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Yi177Si5aLU (You will have completed some of the steps in this video already, but the main takeaway is the Xcode part - getting rid of errors in WebDriverAgent.xcodeproj, code signing, etc.)
- In the WebDriverAgent folder, run
bash Scripts/bootstrap.sh -d - Make sure app and developer account are trusted on device (Settings -> General -> Profiles & Device Management)
At this point, you should be able to run tests on real iOS devices
I had an awful time with this and maybe there’s a better way to do it, but this is what finally got me up and running. I wish I knew what was causing this framework/XCTest problem but I never figured it out. Best of luck to you, and if it doesn’t work I’d be happy to help you troubleshoot.
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Thanks a lot!!!
It is really helpful to have your list where everything you have to do is at one place and you do not have to search at many different pages.
I did the same as in the youtube vid and it still didn’t work.
But then i deleted all apple certificates from the keychain and deleted the user from xcode. rebooted the computer. and added the user. Short check that the signing and bundle ids are right and then it WORKED!
So maybe some kind of corrupted certificate or anything related could have caused this problem =)
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I’m so glad that you got it working! Being stuck is the worst… So frustrating. It took me a while to understand how to deal with the various certification issues that can come up, but I think I have a pretty good grasp of it now.