I CAN NOT IMPLEMENT CUSTOM WDA SERVER TO start before test script

gemy862000 · August 31, 2021, 8:12am

my wda is deleted after install app through real device iOS
i need to use the

appium/appium/blob/master/docs/en/advanced-concepts/wda-custom-server.md

## How To Set Up And Customize WebDriverAgent Server

Appium for iOS uses [WebDriverAgent](https://github.com/appium/WebDriverAgent)
as the automation backend. This backend is based on Apple's XCTest framework and shares all the
known problem that are present in XCTest. For some of them we have workarounds, but there
are some that are hardly possible to workaround, for example https://github.com/facebookarchive/WebDriverAgent/issues/507.
The approach described in this article enables you to have full control over how WDA is built, managed,
and run on the device. This way you may fine-tune your automated tests in CI environment and make them more stable in
long-running perspective.

Important points:
 * The steps below are not necessary if default Appium capabilities are used.
 The server will do everything for you, however you won't have so much control over WDA.
 * It is mandatory to have SSH or physical access to the machine to which the device under test
 is connected.


### WDA Setup

WebDriverAgent source is automatically downloaded with Appium. The usual folder location

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custom wda server but i failed to implantation that i can not run the helper class WDAServer
if one has the full script with all imports it will help me to make WebDriveragent existed as long as possible because the script is failed

although i use capabilities
cap.setCapability(IOSMobileCapabilityType.USE_PREBUILT_WDA, true); // no need to build WDA. in case you build it manually after appium reinstall/install.
cap.setCapability(IOSMobileCapabilityType.USE_NEW_WDA, false); // do not update WDA on phone if it exists. use with caution! after reinstall appium you should set it true at least one time
cap.setCapability(“wdaStartupRetries”, “4”);
cap.setCapability(“wdaStartupRetryInterval”, “20000”);