How to start Appium for iOS from screen which is not launch screen

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platform : iOS

Screen 1: Default screen that is visible on App launch

Screen 2: This screen does not come by default and may be 2-3 steps down the line after screen1.

Now i want to start the Appium session with Screen 2 and not screen 1. How to do that?
I know this can be done using “appActivity” while initialising appium instance. Looking for an alternative for iOS.

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I don’t think that this can be done on iOS. My suggestion would be to use a setup or before method to get the app into the state you need for testing.

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Hello Shankar Garg Sir,

I know this can be done using “appActivity” while initializing appium instance
Does this means we provide Screen 2 activity name in Desire Capability while creating appium Instance ?
But I have impression that it is must to pass only Launchable activity … Please correct me if I am wrong.

Can u share your first solution please for our learning ?

Regards,
Amit Jain

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@wreed: yeah, we are doing that already. just wanted to confirm there is no alternative like Android.

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@amitjaincoer191: Please refer below code:
capabilities.setCapability(“browserName”, “”);
capabilities.setCapability(“platform”, “Android”);
capabilities.setCapability(“deviceName”, “AndroidPhone”);
capabilities.setCapability(“platformVersion”, “9.0”);

** capabilities.setCapability(“appPackage”, “com.xxxx.xxxx.xx”);**
** capabilities.setCapability(“appActivity”, “com.xxx.xxx.MainActivity”);**

             final File appDir = new File("/Users/xxxx/xxx/xxxx");
	    final File app = new File(appDir, "xxxxx.apk");
                capabilities.setCapability("app", app.getAbsolutePath());

	    driver = new AndroidDriver(uri, capabilities);

appPackage and appActivity can be used to define from where to start android driver.

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Does it means activity we pass while creating session with appium server is not mandatory to be launchable activity of app ?? Please clarify ?

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yes. activity we pass while creating session with appium server is not mandatory to be launchable activity of app