How to install .ipa file using Appium code

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How to install .ipa file in ios real device, using Appium code

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Try this code…

you must have ipa file is build with developer sign and debug enabled to run it on real devices.

File dir = new File(“<<.app/.ipa location>>“);
File app = new File(dir, “app name.app/.ipa”);
AppiumDriver driver;
DesiredCapabilities capabilities = new DesiredCapabilities();
capabilities.setCapability(CapabilityType.BROWSER_NAME, “”);
capabilities.setCapability(“autoLaunch”, true);
capabilities.setCapability(CapabilityType.PLATFORM, "MAC“);
capabilities.setCapability(CapabilityType.VERSION, “<>”);
capabilities.setCapability(“deviceName”, “device name”);
capabilities.setCapability(“platformName”, “iOS”);
capabilities.setCapability(“udid”, “UDID of device“);
capabilities.setCapability(“bundleId”, “app bundle id“);
capabilities.setCapability(“showIOSLog”, true);
capabilities.setCapability(“app”, app.getAbsolutePath());
driver = new IOSDriver(new URL(“http://0.0.0.0:4723/wd/hub”), capabilities);

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Hi Sruthi,

I have tried your code, but got some errors as follows

[36minfoe[39m: [debug] Couldn’t find ideviceinstaller, trying built-in at /Applications/Appium.app/Contents/Resources/node_modules/appium/build/libimobiledevice-macosx/ideviceinstaller
e[36minfoe[39m: [debug] Cleaning up appium session
e[31merrore[39m: Failed to start an Appium session, err was: Error: Command failed: dyld: Library not loaded: @executable_path/…/lib/libimobiledevice.3.dylib
Referenced from: /Applications/Appium.app/Contents/Resources/node_modules/appium/build/libimobiledevice-macosx/ideviceinstaller
Reason: image not found

e[36minfoe[39m: [debug] Error: Command failed: dyld: Library not loaded: @executable_path/…/lib/libimobiledevice.3.dylib
Referenced from: /Applications/Appium.app/Contents/Resources/node_modules/appium/build/libimobiledevice-macosx/ideviceinstaller
Reason: image not found

at ChildProcess.exithandler (child_process.js:658:15)
at ChildProcess.emit (events.js:98:17)
at maybeClose (child_process.js:766:16)
at Socket.<anonymous> (child_process.js:979:11)
at Socket.emit (events.js:95:17)
at Pipe.close (net.js:466:12)

e[FAILED: fun
org.openqa.selenium.SessionNotCreatedException: A new session could not be created. (Original error: Command failed: dyld: Library not loaded: @executable_path/…/lib/libimobiledevice.3.dylib
Referenced from: /Applications/Appium.app/Contents/Resources/node_modules/appium/build/libimobiledevice-macosx/ideviceinstaller Reason: image not found)
(WARNING: The server did not provide any stacktrace information)

FYI, I have started Appium Server using below code, Please correct me if i am wrong

CommandLine command = new CommandLine(“/Applications/Appium.app/Contents/Resources/node/bin/node”);
command.addArgument(“/Applications/Appium.app/Contents/Resources/node_modules/appium/bin/appium.js”, false);
DefaultExecuteResultHandler resultHandler = new DefaultExecuteResultHandler();
DefaultExecutor executor = new DefaultExecutor();
executor.setExitValue(1);
executor.execute(command, resultHandler);

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try to install ideviceinstaller , i think that is missing.

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ideviceinstaller already installed,

Warning: ideviceinstaller-HEAD-824bb9a_2 already installed

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btw , yo can also install ipa using the GUI from appium settings … i think thats the better way to do so

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Here my requirement is not to use GUI, need to use code only to launch the Appium Server :disappointed:

It is able to install by using GUI, i tried with that

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could u post ur code snippet here… what u are doing actuly

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Exactly I need to Launch the Appium Server, and install .ipa in iOS device through Appium (Java) code in Mac machine using Eclipse IDE

I followed this way…

To Launch the Appium Server

CommandLine command = new CommandLine(“/Applications/Appium.app/Contents/Resources/node/bin/node”);
command.addArgument(“/Applications/Appium.app/Contents/Resources/node_modules/appium/bin/appium.js”, false);
DefaultExecuteResultHandler resultHandler = new DefaultExecuteResultHandler();
DefaultExecutor executor = new DefaultExecutor();
executor.setExitValue(1);
executor.execute(command, resultHandler);

To Intall the .ipa in iOS device I followed the code as Sruthi suggested.

File dir = new File(“<>“);
File app = new File(dir, “app name.app/.ipa”);
AppiumDriver driver;
DesiredCapabilities capabilities = new DesiredCapabilities();
capabilities.setCapability(CapabilityType.BROWSER_NAME, “”);
capabilities.setCapability(“autoLaunch”, true);
capabilities.setCapability(CapabilityType.PLATFORM, "MAC“);
capabilities.setCapability(CapabilityType.VERSION, “<>”);
capabilities.setCapability(“deviceName”, “device name”);
capabilities.setCapability(“platformName”, “iOS”);
capabilities.setCapability(“udid”, “UDID of device“);
capabilities.setCapability(“bundleId”, “app bundle id“);
capabilities.setCapability(“showIOSLog”, true);
capabilities.setCapability(“app”, app.getAbsolutePath());
driver = new IOSDriver(new URL(“http://0.0.0.0:4723/wd/hub”), capabilities);

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did you just copy past the code ?

because it seems like error is due to the app path.

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I have added required details for Desired Capabilities

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Any updates on this issue, even i am facing this.
Do let us know if there is any solution

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DesiredCapabilities capabilities = new DesiredCapabilities();

String appFilePath = System. getProperty (“user.dir”) + File. separator + “src” + File. separator+ “test” + File. separator + “resources” + File. separator ; + “demoApp.ipa”;
File filePath = new File(appFilePath);
capabilities.setCapability(“app”, filePath.getAbsolutePath());

@Nitin: Use this code it will help u, before you runt his script u should place your .ipa file in the project mentioned path