Drive a real iOS Device with Appium 2 (XCUITest)

How to run your Appium 2 scripts on a physical device

First of all, this can be a frustrating experience for first-timers (like me), as there are many steps and Apple’s proprietary process is involved.

This article will walk through the steps I used to run an Appium 2 script for my own app on a physical iOS device. See this article if you are using a simulator instead.

· Before Starting
∘ Hardware
∘ Software: your iOS app
∘ Code Signing Certificate, requires Apple Developer Account
· Preparation
∘ Task 1. Enabling Developer Mode on iPhone
∘ Task 2. Build your iOS app with the correct code signing
∘ Task 3. Export your iOS app to an .ipa file
· Automate it with Appium 2
∘ Attempt to run Appium Automation Script
∘ Run Successfully

Before Starting

Hardware

There are two physical devices involved:

1. A macOS computer with Xcode installed
   I refer to it as iMac. Xcode is to use to build an iOS app that I want…