How To Clear Chrome/Safari Cache As Part Of Test Set Up

cdubwisdom · January 4, 2024, 2:32pm

I am using Appium to test a mobile app on both Android and iOS. For the most part everything runs fine expect in Android I am having an issue with data retention between tests.

On first launch the app displays a welcome page where the user can select login. Doing so opens a login page that is a webview for entering user creds. My issue is that the previously submitted creds from previous tests are still stored in the browser cache causing tests to fail.

I have tried fullRest, and noRest to clear the AUT’s(App Under Test) cache but since I am not using the chrome app directly in testing it does not clear out any browser cache or memory.

So My question is, How can I clear out browser/chrome/safari cache as part of my test set up? Since using the rest capabilities only affects my AUT?

Aleksei · January 4, 2024, 6:44pm

For android you can clear by package name -)

wreed · January 4, 2024, 7:30pm

This is an example of how to clear Safari cache from iOS settings:

gist.github.com

https://gist.github.com/ishansaini/e6ccfe5424097f2adc9462a816835ca6

ClearSafariCache

AppiumDriverLocalService service = AppiumDriverLocalService.buildDefaultService();

		DesiredCapabilities capabilities = new DesiredCapabilities();
		capabilities.setCapability(MobileCapabilityType.DEVICE_NAME, "QKMOB637");
		capabilities.setCapability(MobileCapabilityType.AUTOMATION_NAME, AutomationName.IOS_XCUI_TEST);
		capabilities.setCapability(MobileCapabilityType.UDID, "6520b1bf4d6e5d790d563d17beeda6aa1cd30d6a");
		capabilities.setCapability(MobileCapabilityType.PLATFORM_VERSION,"11.2.1");
		capabilities.setCapability(MobileCapabilityType.PLATFORM_NAME,"iOS");
		capabilities.setCapability(IOSMobileCapabilityType.PREVENT_WDAATTACHMENTS, true);
		capabilities.setCapability(IOSMobileCapabilityType.USE_PREBUILT_WDA, true);

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Could probably background AUT, open up settings and clear between tests. Not sure about other browsers.