Instruments without delay questions - appium tests slow

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I’m currently using Xcode 7.2.1 Appium 1.5.1 here are the instructions I whipped up for my team, let me know if they help you. Note we have npm installed in our user directory to negate need for sudo.

Fix Instruments 1 Second Delay (negatively affects iOS simulator test speed):

1. Uninstall old version of appium-instruments with:

npm uninstall appium-instruments     (use sudo if you happened to install it with sudo previously)

2. Install the latest version of appium-instruments with:

npm install appium-instruments       (should not require sudo)

3. Install worked correctly if no errors were logged, and you have a folder ~/node_modules/appium-instruments/bin   with xcode-iwd.sh in it.

4. Change to your appium-instruments directory, not your appium directory.

5. Run script per instructions here: https://github.com/appium/appium/blob/master/docs/en/advanced-concepts/iwd_xcode7.md

My script was: sh ./bin/xcode-iwd.sh /Applications/Xcode.app /Users/your_username/node_modules/appium-instruments/

6. To verify your .plist was updated, run the following command in terminal:

/usr/libexec/PlistBuddy -c print /Applications/Xcode.app/Contents/Developer/Platforms/iPhoneSimulator.platform/Developer/SDKs/iPhoneSimulator.sdk/Developer/Library/LaunchDaemons/com.apple.instruments.deviceservice.plist

It should include the following lines pointing to your appium-instruments directory, not your appium directory. These are what negate the 1 second instruments command delay. Make sure the path:

      EnvironmentVariables = Dict {
        LIB_PATH = /Users/your_username/node_modules/appium-instruments//thirdparty/iwd7/
        DYLD_INSERT_LIBRARIES = /Users/your_username/node_modules/appium-instruments//thirdparty/iwd7/DTMobileISShim.dylib
    }
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