{IOS}Appium1.5 wrong BUNDLEID safari launcher

emile · April 8, 2016, 12:35pm

hi all i want to automate safari on real device,
i’m facing this :

[debug] [Instruments] [INST STDERR] 2016-04-12 16:25:39.540 instruments[762:19073] WebKit Threading Violation - initial use of WebKit from a secondary thread.
[debug] [Instruments] [INST STDERR] Instruments Usage Error: Specified target process is invalid: com.bytearc.SafariLauncher
instruments, version 7.3 (60133)
usage: instruments [-t template] [-D document] [-l timeLimit] [-i #] [-w device] [[-p pid] | [application [-e variable value] [argument ...]]]

i have these capabilities :

	public void SetUp () throws MalformedURLException {
		DesiredCapabilities Caps = new DesiredCapabilities();
		Caps.setCapability("platformVersion", "9.3");
		Caps.setCapability("platformName", "iOS");
		Caps.setCapability("deviceName", "iPad");
		Caps.setCapability(MobileCapabilityType.BROWSER_NAME,"safari");
		Caps.setCapability("bundleId","mybundleID");
		Caps.setCapability("app", "/Users/admin/Documents/installations/appium/node_modules/appium-ios-driver/build/SafariLauncher");
		Caps.setCapability("udid", "MYUDID");
		driver = new IOSDriver(new URL("http://127.0.0.1:4723/wd/hub"), Caps);
		driver.manage().timeouts().implicitlyWait(30, TimeUnit.SECONDS);
		driver.get("https://www.google.com/");

	}

i launch ios webkit debug proxy and his launcher.js
i work with appium 1.5 i have xcode 7.3 and ipad under ios 9.3
i modified the bundle of the SafariLauncher then i think it’s my problem but i don’t know how to solve it …

In the appium api : http://appium.io/slate/en/1.5/?java#automating-mobile-web-apps
they say to get the identity code , the UUID but i don’t know where to use it , i always put the udid of my real device

thx to help me.

emile · April 13, 2016, 12:36pm

here are my complete appium logs :

gist.github.com

https://gist.github.com/anonymous/32ad690199d5154135c3a4d7d9a5e56b

gistfile1.txt

Mac-mini-de-admin:appium admin$ node . -U MYUDID --app 'safari' 
[Appium] Welcome to Appium v1.5.1 (REV anuberinhexadecimal)
[Appium] Non-default server args:
[Appium]   app: 'safari'
[Appium]   udid: 'MYUDID'
[Appium] Deprecated server args:
[Appium]   --app => --default-capabilities '{"app":"safari"}'
[Appium]   -U,--udid => --default-capabilities '{"udid":"MYUDID"}'
[Appium] Default capabilities, which will be added to each request unless overridden by desired capabilities:
[Appium]   app: 'safari'

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dhruv_91 · April 27, 2016, 4:29pm

Have you tried signing the code and installing the provisioning profile through xcode in the SafariLauncher project, i have been facing the same issue while running on real devices with ios9.3.1. I solved it by manually installing the provisioning profile and copying the SafariLauncher.app generated into the node_module/appium-ios-driver/build/SafariLauncher folder.
See if that works, if you need detailed steps, do let me know

emile · April 28, 2016, 2:34pm

hi thx to help me ! i was sad because i made 2 topics for this and no one was answering ^^,
Yes i tried to do it… if i don’t do what you say appium don’t want to show me this lign in logs :
[debug] [iOS] SafariLauncher exists
he crash before if i dont copy the .app and without the provisionning profile …
i beleived that was because of the safari launcher that was not for the version 1.5 but if you can … i can ^^ then i would ask you if you can tell me the detailed step i certainly missed something even if i tried many times .
if it’s can help i’m working with an i pad air 2

dhruv_91 · May 23, 2016, 2:09pm

Hi Emile,
Sorry for the late reply, have been really busy,
Please find the steps below:
Prerequisites:

Latest Appium build 1.5.2
Apple Developers ID
Provisioning Profile with your Devices(in your case iPad air 2) added to it
Xcode supporting the iOS on you iPAD

Steps:
Note: Keep your device connected

Navigate to your folder where you downloaded the latest build of appium
No navigate to /node_modules/safari-launcher
Open the Safari-Launcher.xcode project in Xcode
In Targets, Select SafariLauncher
In General Settings -> Identity->Bundle ID, type : com.bytearc.SafariLauncher and in -> Team dropdown, select your Apple developers ID
In Build Settings -> Code Signing -> Provisioning Profile -> Select your provisioning profile for all the fields and for code Signing Identity, select iPhone Developer
Now the run the project
When build is successful, safari Launcher would be downloaded to your iPAD.

Now run your tests.
Let me know if you need further details

emile · August 3, 2016, 2:15pm

Hi @dhruv_91,
It’s my turn to say sorry ^^, i’ve been really busy too…
I have just 2 questions, i saw many help from the community telling to use the com.bytearc.SafariLauncher

It’s not working for me. XCode is unhappy and say no it’s not your bundle id you can’t use it " … i tried with a bundle like com.XXXX.SafariLauncher but it i get the instrument error then if you have any idea i would like You to help me please

Else there is the guys which say that they are using the driver capability to set up theire bundle id
Like here : Appium 1.3.5 instruments startup uses wrong bundleId
But i already did this … and it’s doesn’t modify the bundleid …

CarlJokl · August 31, 2016, 11:56am

I am also having trouble that I am trying to explicitly set the bundle id to be launched and it seems to be ignored:

Error launching com.bytearc.SafariLauncher: NotFound (4)

I have signed the the SafariLauncher app with a company provisioning profile. The trouble is that this provisioning profile is bound to the domain uk.co.(company).test.automation.

I am setting the bundle id in both the node-config.js and via the --default-capabilities parameter to Appium with “bundleId”:“uk.co.(company).test.automation.SafariLauncher” however no matter what
I do I still get the error:
Error launching com.bytearc.SafariLauncher: NotFound (4)
The XCode project refers to the package/bundle id: uk.co..test.automation.SafariLauncher
but it doesn’t make a difference.
The weird thing is testing was working yesterday but now today this problem has suddenly come up.
I am at the point desperately searching though the Appium JavaScript files looking for the place where this parameter is being passed to instruments. I can’t find it in instruments.js but that may be delegating to code in another file / library.

TuHuynh · August 31, 2016, 3:01pm

Hopefully this helps you:

Please try with below steps:

Go to Apple Developer Page
Open the page [Certificate, Identifiers & Profile]
In the [Identifiers] click on [App IDs] --> Delete the old App IDs (which one has “uk.co.(company).test.automation.SafariLauncher”)
Create a new one with type “Wildcard” and the bundle idle has to be: com.byterac.*
In the [Provisioning Profile] click on [Development] then choose the iOS Provisioning Profile that you created before
–> Edit it to change to the new App IDs which was created above.
Download it and double click to open it in Xcode.
Now, you need to rebuild the SafariLauncher again with the new Provisioning profile. DON’T forget to put [com.byterac.SafariLauncher] in the [Bundle Identifier] in Xcode

dhruv_91 · September 5, 2016, 5:03am

Hi @emile and @CarlJokl,

@TuHuynh’s answer should solve your problem, as he has mentioned in the 4th step, it is important to create Wildcard App ID , as to how to rebuild SafariLauncher (step 7 in @TuHuynh’s answer), go through my previous answer.
Hope this helps.