Appium XCUITest - iOS 10 Tests Are Running Very Slow

Issues/Bugs
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Hi,

Environment:
Appium: 1.6.3
Xcode: 8.1
iOS device version: 10.1

Tests running using Appium XCUITest is very slow

findelement by xpath take very very long time.

is there any way to make it fast?

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XPath is known to be slow. You should go for AccessibilityIDs or iOSPredicates ( writing-running-appium/ios_predicate.md )

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Any update on this . Appium 1.6.3 is running very pathetic.

I need to wait 2 days to complete 20 scripts.

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@Jitu1888 @Rashmi I suggest file ticket with facebook WDA project https://github.com/facebook/WebDriverAgent

5

Try disabling UI Automation on your iOS device.
Record results before and after, then compare.

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I am also facing same issue. Is it the problem of WebDriverAgent?

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Hi @Liudas
does disabling UI Automation makes the the testcase execution faster?

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Hi All,

From yesterday’s webinar from Dan Cuellar ( posted some time back ) I understood few points to speed up iOS automation

  1. Always use AccessibilityID
    https://medium.com/the-ministry-of-testing/adding-accessibility-identifiers-to-an-ios-app-c8e09d9c20f3#.r8jy29izx
  2. Warm up iOS simulators
  3. Don’t use implicit waits

Regards,
Vikram