—————–Preparation——————-

1、Install Java JDK latest version

https://www.oracle.com/technetwork/java/javase/downloads/index.html

setting Java Path,Android Path

java env

 export JAVA_HOME=$(/usr/libexec/java_home)
 export PATH=${PATH}:$JAVA_HOME/bin

android env

export ANDROID_HOME=/Users/yourfolder/Library/Android/sdk
export PATH=${PATH}:$ANDROID_HOME/tools:$ANDROID_HOME/platform-tools:$ANDROID_HOME/bundle-tool/

2、Install the latest Xcode Desktop version

Install xcode

3、Install Xcode command line (use Command: Xcode-select –install)

4、Install Homebrew with below command

/usr/bin/ruby -e "$(curl -fsSL https://raw.githubusercontent.com/Homebrew/install/master/install)"

5、carthage

brew install libimobiledevice --HEAD

brew install carthage

6、node

brew install node

7、npm

brew install npm

8、xcpretty

gem install xcpretty

if show this: “You don’t have write permissions for the /Library/Ruby/Gems/2.6.0 directory.”

brew install ruby

and set path export PATH="/usr/local/opt/ruby/bin:$PATH"

9、Download Appium Desktop and install it

https://github.com/appium/appium-desktop/releases

10、appium-doctor

npm install -g appium-doctor

and then you can put ‘appium-doctor’ in terminal

11、opencv4nodejs

brew install opencv4nodejs

12、ffmpeg

brew install ffmpeg

13、mjpeg-consumer

npm install mjpeg-consumer

14、set-simulator-location

brew install lyft/formulae/set-simulator-location

15、idb

brew tap facebook/fb

brew install idb-companion

pip3.6 install fb-idb

Note: The idb client requires python 3.6 or greater to be installed.

16、applesimutils

brew tap wix/brew

brew install applesimutils

17、ios-deploy

npm install -g ios-deploy

18、bundletool.jar

在 bundletool 下载最新的bundletool.jar

jar package rename bundletool.jar

in android sdk floder add bundle-tool document

put bundletool.jar in bundle-tool

in terminal chmod +x bundletool.jar

update bash_profile ，android PATH env add :$ANDROID_HOME/bundle-tool/

19、Setting up WebdriverAgent in XCode

download GitHub - facebook/WebDriverAgent: A WebDriver server for iOS that runs inside the Simulator.

under WebDriverAgent floder in terminal :

./Scripts/bootstrap.sh -d

if download successfully WebDriverAgent’s dependence

should go to :/Applications/Appium.app/Contents/Resources/app/node_modules/appium/node_modules/

new a floder :appium-xcuitest-driver

and copy all WebDriverAgent floder in it

like this :

/Applications/Appium.app/Contents/Resources/app/node_modules/appium/node_modules/appium-xcuitest-driver/WebDriverAgent

some error

• WebDriverAgent failed to build: Assign property / Could not build RoutingHTTPServer

https://github.com/appium/appium/issues/13307

• ‘assign’ property of object type may become a dangling reference; consider using ‘unsafe_unretained’

get iphone’s UUID and APP’s bundleID

use tidevice launch the WebDriverAgent

tidevice:https://github.com/alibaba/taobao-iphone-device

# running WebDriverAgent and listen on port 8200 
$ tidevice wdaproxy -B com.facebook.wda.WebDriverAgent.Runner --port 8200

open terminal:

iproxy 8100:8200

lastly, launch appium :)

some error

• can not get session ID

if you can not get session ID

open a terminal,put this :

curl -X POST -d '{"capabilities": {}, "desiredCapabilities": {}}' 'http://localhost:8100/session'