How to launch the app store ".ipa" file from Appium?

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Hi Team,

Good Day!
I have to check the app’s UI which is downloading from App Store (Ex: Yelp!.,…). I got the Bundle Identifier of the app and I tried to load the app in my iPhone5S from Appium but, it is not responding. Whenever am launching the app from Appium, it is trying to open the app on my device but, it is failing.

Can you please tell me is it possible to launch the unknown app from Appium? Please help me on this. Thanks.

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Normally when u try to push the app from Appium ,98% it will fail…

U have to manually install the app in the device before calling it from Appium
This should work…

Thanks

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Hi @Mobile_Test_Test,

Thank you for your reply.
This is working for my own application. But, Whenever am trying for someone’s app which are downloaded from the App Store, the appium is not responding.

Please find the steps which followed by,

  1. I downloaded the app from App store (Third party app) .ipa file and I unzip to .app file.
  2. I got Bundle Identifier of the app and I got the UDID of my iPhone 5S device.
  3. I installed that particular app in my device before using Appium app.
  4. I launched the appium app after I mentioned the “Bundle Identifier and UDID” in iOS Settings.
  5. Appium tried to launch the app on my device but, it was fail.

Is it possible to try like this? Looking forward your reply. Thanks.

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Could u give the logs to narrow down the issue…
I just wanted to check what error ur getting on the appium console.

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Hey there,

App Store builds will not work with Appium.
You’ll need to build using an app that has been signed with a Developer Certificate and has Entitlements set for debugging.
Check out on the other posts here to find out more.
If you have access to developers, see if they can build you one.

Otherwise you can re-sign an app store build with your own Certificate as long as you’re just using it for development purposes :slight_smile:

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