Unable to launch iOS Webdriver agent manually on iOS 17.X devices

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When I build Webdriver agent on iOS Test devices (Physical and Simulator) that have iOS V17 or higher, I am not able to launch Webdriver agent on the devices manually.

When I click on the app it just launches with a black screen then closes. I tried multiple Physical devices and a Simulator and I have also made sure to restart the devices multiple times. Note that when building the SAME version from the SAME project on iOS 16.X devices, I am not facing this issue.

Has anyone faced this? any ideas what data I can get to help investigate the issue?

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It is expected. WDA app not running as full UI app.

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hmm, then we have to build WDA on iOS devices for every test or at least every run of automation?

Can I keep usePrebuiltWDA": true after building the app on device manually?

If I recall correctly when setting usePrebuiltWDA = false and running tests, appium keeps reinstalling WDA on every test, which greatly slows down test speed, any way I can change that behaviour?

Any reason it launches on iOS 16.X devices and not 17.X

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Exactly. Doing the same.

Write your all caps.

e.g. mine when i do normal app start:

appium:fullReset: false
appium:noReset: true
appium:useNewWDA: false
appium:usePrebuiltWDA: true
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Nice, will try it.

Thank you so much for the quick replies.

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I have the same black screen issue when I start it manually from the screen, but it works when I do the build from Xcode.

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Unfortunately this is not a valid solution for my situation, I can probably use this when running tests, but NOT for Appium inspector.

The WDA inspector builds seems to be using the default Facebook signing settings and I cannot get access to that directory.

Issue is still there by the way I launch WDA it closes instantly WITHOUT setting up automation mode, so there is NO automation overlay for iOS 17.X devices.

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Exactly, my issue.

Blank screen, then goes back to home, no Automation overlay appearing, Appium cannot connect to device and has to build Xcode again.

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Thank you very much @Aleksei , this worked for the tests themselves, for Inspector, I will need to find a way to configure a separate WDA for it or try the reset flags again.

We can mark this thread as resolved from my side