Use webdriverAgent binary path rather than build everytime while using appium for ios device

UtsavSaha · February 22, 2018, 7:03am

Currently i need to build webdriverAgent each time i create a fresh setup of appium .
is there any desired capability that would use the path of a webdriveragent binary and install it rather than rebuilding it.

in-ishan · February 22, 2018, 10:59am

try --> usePrebuiltWDA: true

UtsavSaha · February 22, 2018, 1:17pm

Great.but which path would it refer to while picking the binary?

in-ishan · February 23, 2018, 7:06am

i think this one:-
/Users/YOURUSERNAME/Library/Developer/Xcode/DerivedData/WebDriverAgent-RANDOMSTRING/Build/Products/Debug-iphoneos/WebDriverAgentRunner-Runner.app

UtsavSaha · February 23, 2018, 7:19am

can i customise the path?
my use case is i would create a wrapper on top of appium,only that framework needs to be installed by its users.
this .app would reside inside my framework as an app,and through desired capability this webdriver agent would be used while running ios Test cases.can that be achieved?

in-ishan · February 23, 2018, 7:26am

i don’t think we can specify custom path, instead of that you can copy your .app file on that location

rahulmirakhur · June 15, 2019, 10:26am

I think “derivedDataPath” capability will help you change the location.