Setup & Requirements

Prerequisite

Appium version 2.4.X

Make sure to install go-ios for real device testing. Refer go-ios

Install the plugin using Appium's plugin CLI, either as a named plugin or via NPM:

appium plugin install --source=npm appium-device-farm

No special action is needed to make things work on the client side.

The plugin will not be active unless turned on when invoking the Appium server. See "Argument options" below

appium server -ka 800 --use-plugins=device-farm  -pa /wd/hub --plugin-device-farm-platform=android

You can also pass all the arguments in a config file. Refer here

appium server -ka 800 --use-plugins=device-farm --config ./server-config.json -pa /wd/hub

User can block/unblock devices from Dashboard manually. These devices will not be picked up for automation.

Once automation picks the device user cannot manually unblock, it's responsible for the automation script.

Resign the WDA provided here: WDA. Upload the resigned WDA to the server from the UI. Make sure the WDA uploaded should be named as wda-resign.ipa.

Follow the instructions here to resign the WDA.

Verify: Install the resigned WDA on the device and check if the WDA is working fine. Use the command ios install --path=/pathto/wda-resign.ipa

To reflect the test status on dashboard.

WDIO

      await driver.executeScript('devicefarm: setSessionStatus', [
        {
          status: 'passed', //passed or failed
        },
      ]);

To reflect the test name on dashboard.

WDIO

      await driver.executeScript('devicefarm: setSessionName', [
        {
          name: 'Test Name',
        },
      ]);