Creating WDA File for iOS App Testing

Prerequisites

Before you begin, ensure that you have:

• Paid Apple Developer Account
• Mac Machine
• Xcode and Xcode Command line tools

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Steps to Create WDA File

1. Download from Appium Github.

2. Open WDA Xcode Project in Xcode.

   

3. On Signing & Capabilities, add Apple Account for wherever necessary in Target OS & Integrations.

   

4. Once the signing is done, run the following command to build the latest WDA WebDriverAgent. This command will build the WDA project and prepare it for testing.

   xcodebuild build-for-testing \
   -project WebDriverAgent.xcodeproj -scheme WebDriverAgentRunner \
   -destination 'id=<DEVICE_UDID>'

NOTE

Replace <DEVICE_UDID> with the actual UDID (Unique Device Identifier) of the iOS device or simulator where you want to run the tests.

5. Create a Zip Archive from the Products Folder
   Locate the Products folder within the Xcode derived data directory. The path looks like this:
   

   zip/Users/<user>/Library/Developer/Xcode/DerivedData/WebDriverAgent-<RANDOM-STRING>/Build/Products

   Here, you need to replace with your username and with the random string associated with your WDA build.

6. Generating a New WDA for Installation

   Run the following commands to create a new WDA package for installation.

   xcodebuild -scheme WebDriverAgentRunner -sdk iphoneos -configuration Release -derivedDataPath /tmp/derivedDataPath
   cd /tmp/derivedDataPath/Build/Products/Release-iphoneos
   mkdir -p Payload
   mv WebDriverAgentRunner-Runner Payload
   zip Payload wda.zip
   mv wda.zip wda.ipa

The above commands will generate a new wda.ipa file.

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