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How to use device.removeApp method in Appium Xcuitest Driver
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webdriveragent-specs.js
Source:webdriveragent-specs.js 
1import { WebDriverAgent, BOOTSTRAP_PATH } from '../..';2import * as dependencies from '../../lib/check-dependencies';3import * as utils from '../../lib/utils';4import chai from 'chai';5import chaiAsPromised from 'chai-as-promised';6import path from 'path';7import _ from 'lodash';8import sinon from 'sinon';9import { withMocks } from 'appium-test-support';10import { fs } from 'appium-support';11chai.should();12chai.use(chaiAsPromised);13const fakeConstructorArgs = {14 device: 'some sim',15 platformVersion: '9',16 host: 'me',17 port: '5000',18 realDevice: false19};20const defaultAgentPath = path.resolve(BOOTSTRAP_PATH, 'WebDriverAgent.xcodeproj');21const customBootstrapPath = '/path/to/wda';22const customAgentPath = '/path/to/some/agent/WebDriverAgent.xcodeproj';23const customDerivedDataPath = '/path/to/some/agent/DerivedData/';24describe('Constructor', function () {25 it('should have a default wda agent if not specified', function () {26 let agent = new WebDriverAgent({}, fakeConstructorArgs);27 agent.bootstrapPath.should.eql(BOOTSTRAP_PATH);28 agent.agentPath.should.eql(defaultAgentPath);29 });30 it('should have custom wda bootstrap and default agent if only bootstrap specified', function () {31 let agent = new WebDriverAgent({}, _.defaults({32 bootstrapPath: customBootstrapPath,33 }, fakeConstructorArgs));34 agent.bootstrapPath.should.eql(customBootstrapPath);35 agent.agentPath.should.eql(path.resolve(customBootstrapPath, 'WebDriverAgent.xcodeproj'));36 });37 it('should have custom wda bootstrap and agent if both specified', function () {38 let agent = new WebDriverAgent({}, _.defaults({39 bootstrapPath: customBootstrapPath,40 agentPath: customAgentPath,41 }, fakeConstructorArgs));42 agent.bootstrapPath.should.eql(customBootstrapPath);43 agent.agentPath.should.eql(customAgentPath);44 });45 it('should have custom derivedDataPath if specified', function () {46 let agent = new WebDriverAgent({}, _.defaults({47 derivedDataPath: customDerivedDataPath48 }, fakeConstructorArgs));49 agent.xcodebuild.derivedDataPath.should.eql(customDerivedDataPath);50 });51});52describe('checking for dependencies', function () {53 const wda = new WebDriverAgent('12.1');54 const xcodebuild = wda.xcodebuild;55 describe('#launch', withMocks({wda, fs, dependencies, xcodebuild}, function (mocks) {56 afterEach(function () {57 mocks.verify();58 });59 it('should call checkForDependencies', async function () {60 wda.useXctestrunFile = false;61 wda.usePrebuiltWDA = false;62 wda.derivedDataPath = undefined;63 wda.device = {};64 wda.device.udid = 'udid';65 mocks.wda.expects('setupProxies').once().returns();66 mocks.fs.expects('exists').returns(true);67 mocks.dependencies.expects('checkForDependencies').once().returns(false);68 mocks.xcodebuild.expects('init').once().returns();69 mocks.xcodebuild.expects('start').once().returns();70 await wda.launch();71 });72 it('should call checkForDependencies since only usePrebuiltWDA', async function () {73 wda.useXctestrunFile = false;74 wda.usePrebuiltWDA = true;75 wda.derivedDataPath = undefined;76 wda.device = {};77 wda.device.udid = 'udid';78 mocks.wda.expects('setupProxies').once().returns();79 mocks.fs.expects('exists').returns(true);80 mocks.dependencies.expects('checkForDependencies').once().returns(false);81 mocks.xcodebuild.expects('init').once().returns();82 mocks.xcodebuild.expects('start').once().returns();83 await wda.launch();84 });85 it('should not call checkForDependencies with usePrebuiltWDA and derivedDataPath', async function () {86 wda.useXctestrunFile = false;87 wda.usePrebuiltWDA = true;88 wda.derivedDataPath = 'path/to/data';89 wda.device = {};90 wda.device.udid = 'udid';91 mocks.wda.expects('setupProxies').once().returns();92 mocks.fs.expects('exists').returns(true);93 mocks.dependencies.expects('checkForDependencies').never();94 mocks.xcodebuild.expects('init').once().returns();95 mocks.xcodebuild.expects('start').once().returns();96 await wda.launch();97 });98 it('should not call checkForDependencies with useXctestrunFile', async function () {99 wda.useXctestrunFile = true;100 wda.usePrebuiltWDA = false;101 wda.derivedDataPath = undefined;102 wda.device = {};103 wda.device.udid = 'udid';104 mocks.wda.expects('setupProxies').once().returns();105 mocks.fs.expects('exists').returns(true);106 mocks.dependencies.expects('checkForDependencies').never();107 mocks.xcodebuild.expects('init').once().returns();108 mocks.xcodebuild.expects('start').once().returns();109 await wda.launch();110 });111 }));112});113describe('launch', function () {114 it('should use webDriverAgentUrl override and return current status', async function () {115 let override = 'http://mockurl:8100/';116 let args = Object.assign({}, fakeConstructorArgs);117 args.webDriverAgentUrl = override;118 let agent = new WebDriverAgent({}, args);119 let wdaStub = sinon.stub(agent, 'getStatus');120 wdaStub.callsFake(function () {121 return {build: 'data'};122 });123 await agent.launch('sessionId').should.eventually.eql({build: 'data'});124 agent.url.href.should.eql(override);125 wdaStub.reset();126 });127});128describe('get url', function () {129 it('should use default WDA listening url', function () {130 const args = Object.assign({}, fakeConstructorArgs);131 const agent = new WebDriverAgent({}, args);132 agent.url.href.should.eql('http://localhost:8100/');133 });134 it('should use default WDA listening url with emply base url', function () {135 const wdaLocalPort = '9100';136 const wdaBaseUrl = '';137 const args = Object.assign({}, fakeConstructorArgs);138 args.wdaBaseUrl = wdaBaseUrl;139 args.wdaLocalPort = wdaLocalPort;140 const agent = new WebDriverAgent({}, args);141 agent.url.href.should.eql('http://localhost:9100/');142 });143 it('should use customised WDA listening url', function () {144 const wdaLocalPort = '9100';145 const wdaBaseUrl = 'http://mockurl';146 const args = Object.assign({}, fakeConstructorArgs);147 args.wdaBaseUrl = wdaBaseUrl;148 args.wdaLocalPort = wdaLocalPort;149 const agent = new WebDriverAgent({}, args);150 agent.url.href.should.eql('http://mockurl:9100/');151 });152 it('should use customised WDA listening url with slash', function () {153 const wdaLocalPort = '9100';154 const wdaBaseUrl = 'http://mockurl/';155 const args = Object.assign({}, fakeConstructorArgs);156 args.wdaBaseUrl = wdaBaseUrl;157 args.wdaLocalPort = wdaLocalPort;158 const agent = new WebDriverAgent({}, args);159 agent.url.href.should.eql('http://mockurl:9100/');160 });161});162describe('setupCaching()', function () {163 let wda;164 let wdaStub;165 let wdaStubUninstall;166 const getTimestampStub = sinon.stub(utils, 'getWDAUpgradeTimestamp');167 beforeEach(function () {168 wda = new WebDriverAgent('1');169 wdaStub = sinon.stub(wda, 'getStatus');170 wdaStubUninstall = sinon.stub(wda, 'uninstall');171 });172 afterEach(function () {173 for (const stub of [wdaStub, wdaStubUninstall, getTimestampStub]) {174 if (stub) {175 stub.reset();176 }177 }178 });179 it('should not call uninstall since no Running WDA', async function () {180 wdaStub.callsFake(function () {181 return null;182 });183 wdaStubUninstall.callsFake(_.noop);184 await wda.setupCaching();185 wdaStub.calledOnce.should.be.true;186 wdaStubUninstall.notCalled.should.be.true;187 _.isUndefined(wda.webDriverAgentUrl).should.be.true;188 });189 it('should not call uninstall since running WDA has only time', async function () {190 wdaStub.callsFake(function () {191 return {build: { time: 'Jun 24 2018 17:08:21' }};192 });193 wdaStubUninstall.callsFake(_.noop);194 await wda.setupCaching();195 wdaStub.calledOnce.should.be.true;196 wdaStubUninstall.notCalled.should.be.true;197 wda.webDriverAgentUrl.should.equal('http://localhost:8100/');198 });199 it('should call uninstall once since bundle id is not default without updatedWDABundleId capability', async function () {200 wdaStub.callsFake(function () {201 return {build: { time: 'Jun 24 2018 17:08:21', productBundleIdentifier: 'com.example.WebDriverAgent' }};202 });203 wdaStubUninstall.callsFake(_.noop);204 await wda.setupCaching();205 wdaStub.calledOnce.should.be.true;206 wdaStubUninstall.calledOnce.should.be.true;207 _.isUndefined(wda.webDriverAgentUrl).should.be.true;208 });209 it('should call uninstall once since bundle id is different with updatedWDABundleId capability', async function () {210 wdaStub.callsFake(function () {211 return {build: { time: 'Jun 24 2018 17:08:21', productBundleIdentifier: 'com.example.different.WebDriverAgent' }};212 });213 wdaStubUninstall.callsFake(_.noop);214 await wda.setupCaching();215 wdaStub.calledOnce.should.be.true;216 wdaStubUninstall.calledOnce.should.be.true;217 _.isUndefined(wda.webDriverAgentUrl).should.be.true;218 });219 it('should not call uninstall since bundle id is equal to updatedWDABundleId capability', async function () {220 wda = new WebDriverAgent('1', { updatedWDABundleId: 'com.example.WebDriverAgent' });221 wdaStub = sinon.stub(wda, 'getStatus');222 wdaStubUninstall = sinon.stub(wda, 'uninstall');223 wdaStub.callsFake(function () {224 return {build: { time: 'Jun 24 2018 17:08:21', productBundleIdentifier: 'com.example.WebDriverAgent' }};225 });226 wdaStubUninstall.callsFake(_.noop);227 await wda.setupCaching();228 wdaStub.calledOnce.should.be.true;229 wdaStubUninstall.notCalled.should.be.true;230 wda.webDriverAgentUrl.should.equal('http://localhost:8100/');231 });232 it('should call uninstall if current revision differs from the bundled one', async function () {233 wdaStub.callsFake(function () {234 return {build: { upgradedAt: '1' }};235 });236 getTimestampStub.callsFake(() => '2');237 wdaStubUninstall.callsFake(_.noop);238 await wda.setupCaching();239 wdaStub.calledOnce.should.be.true;240 wdaStubUninstall.calledOnce.should.be.true;241 });242 it('should not call uninstall if current revision is the same as the bundled one', async function () {243 wdaStub.callsFake(function () {244 return {build: { upgradedAt: '1' }};245 });246 getTimestampStub.callsFake(() => '1');247 wdaStubUninstall.callsFake(_.noop);248 await wda.setupCaching();249 wdaStub.calledOnce.should.be.true;250 wdaStubUninstall.notCalled.should.be.true;251 });252 it('should not call uninstall if current revision cannot be retrieved from WDA status', async function () {253 wdaStub.callsFake(function () {254 return {build: {}};255 });256 getTimestampStub.callsFake(() => '1');257 wdaStubUninstall.callsFake(_.noop);258 await wda.setupCaching();259 wdaStub.calledOnce.should.be.true;260 wdaStubUninstall.notCalled.should.be.true;261 });262 it('should not call uninstall if current revision cannot be retrieved from the file system', async function () {263 wdaStub.callsFake(function () {264 return {build: { upgradedAt: '1' }};265 });266 getTimestampStub.callsFake(() => null);267 wdaStubUninstall.callsFake(_.noop);268 await wda.setupCaching();269 wdaStub.calledOnce.should.be.true;270 wdaStubUninstall.notCalled.should.be.true;271 });272 describe('uninstall', function () {273 let device;274 let wda;275 let deviceGetBundleIdsStub;276 let deviceRemoveAppStub;277 beforeEach(function () {278 device = {279 getUserInstalledBundleIdsByBundleName: () => {},280 removeApp: () => {}281 };282 wda = new WebDriverAgent('1', {device});283 deviceGetBundleIdsStub = sinon.stub(device, 'getUserInstalledBundleIdsByBundleName');284 deviceRemoveAppStub = sinon.stub(device, 'removeApp');285 });286 afterEach(function () {287 for (const stub of [deviceGetBundleIdsStub, deviceRemoveAppStub]) {288 if (stub) {289 stub.reset();290 }291 }292 });293 it('should not call uninstall', async function () {294 deviceGetBundleIdsStub.callsFake(() => []);295 await wda.uninstall();296 deviceGetBundleIdsStub.calledOnce.should.be.true;297 deviceRemoveAppStub.notCalled.should.be.true;298 });299 it('should call uninstall once', async function () {300 const uninstalledBundIds = [];301 deviceGetBundleIdsStub.callsFake(() => ['com.appium.WDA1']);302 deviceRemoveAppStub.callsFake((id) => uninstalledBundIds.push(id));303 await wda.uninstall();304 deviceGetBundleIdsStub.calledOnce.should.be.true;305 deviceRemoveAppStub.calledOnce.should.be.true;306 uninstalledBundIds.should.eql(['com.appium.WDA1']);307 });308 it('should call uninstall twice', async function () {309 const uninstalledBundIds = [];310 deviceGetBundleIdsStub.callsFake(() => ['com.appium.WDA1', 'com.appium.WDA2']);311 deviceRemoveAppStub.callsFake((id) => uninstalledBundIds.push(id));312 await wda.uninstall();313 deviceGetBundleIdsStub.calledOnce.should.be.true;314 deviceRemoveAppStub.calledTwice.should.be.true;315 uninstalledBundIds.should.eql(['com.appium.WDA1', 'com.appium.WDA2']);316 });317 });...
webdriveragent.js
Source:webdriveragent.js
...96 }97 async uninstall () {98 log.debug(`Removing WDA application from device`);99 try {100 await this.device.removeApp(WDA_BUNDLE_ID);101 } catch (e) {102 log.warn(`WebDriverAgent uninstall failed. Perhaps, it is already uninstalled? Original error: ${JSON.stringify(e)}`);103 }104 }105 async launch (sessionId) {106 if (this.webDriverAgentUrl) {107 log.info(`Using provided WebdriverAgent at '${this.webDriverAgentUrl}'`);108 this.url = this.webDriverAgentUrl;109 this.setupProxies(sessionId);110 return;111 }112 log.info('Launching WebDriverAgent on the device');113 this.setupProxies(sessionId);114 if (!this.useXctestrunFile && !await fs.exists(this.agentPath)) {...
simulator-management.js
Source:simulator-management.js
...129 log.debug(`App '${bundleId}' is already installed. No need to reinstall.`);130 return;131 }132 log.debug(`Reset requested. Removing app with id '${bundleId}' from the device`);133 await device.removeApp(bundleId);134 }135 }136 log.debug(`Installing ${app} on Simulator with UUID '${device.udid}'...`);137 await device.installApp(app);138 log.debug('The app has been installed successfully.');139}140export { simBooted, createSim, getExistingSim, runSimulatorReset,...
app-management.js
Source:app-management.js
...40 const {bundleId} = extractMandatoryOptions(opts, ['bundleId']);41 log.info(`Uninstalling the application with bundle identifier '${bundleId}' ` +42 `from the ${this.isRealDevice() ? 'real device' : 'Simulator'} with UDID ${this.opts.device.udid}`);43 try {44 await this.opts.device.removeApp(bundleId);45 log.info(`Removal of '${bundleId}' succeeded`);46 return true;47 } catch (err) {48 log.warn(`Cannot remove '${bundleId}'. Original error: ${err.message}`);49 return false;50 }51};52commands.mobileLaunchApp = async function (opts = {}) {53 const wdaOpts = extractMandatoryOptions(opts, ['bundleId']);54 if (opts.arguments) {55 wdaOpts.arguments = _.isArray(opts.arguments) ? opts.arguments : [opts.arguments];56 }57 if (opts.environment) {58 wdaOpts.environment = opts.environment;...
general.js
Source:general.js
...72commands.removeApp = async function (bundleId) {73 if (this.isRealDevice()) {74 await this.opts.device.remove(bundleId);75 } else {76 await this.opts.device.removeApp(bundleId);77 }78};79commands.launchApp = iosCommands.general.launchApp;80commands.closeApp = iosCommands.general.closeApp;81export { commands };...
Using AI Code Generation
1const { remote } = require('webdriverio');2(async () => {3 const browser = await remote({4 capabilities: {5 }6 });7 await browser.pause(5000);8 await browser.removeApp('com.apple.Preferences');9 await browser.pause(5000);10 await browser.deleteSession();11})();12[debug] [WD Proxy] Got response with status 200: {"value":{},"sessionId":"B9E9A7D9-8B8C-4D6A-9C7C-6B8A6D0C1D4A"}13[debug] [W3C (b4e0d3c3)] Responding to client with driver.removeApp() result: {}14[HTTP] {"script":"mobile: launchApp","args":[]}15[W3C (b4e0d3c3)] Calling AppiumDriver.execute() with args: ["mobile: launchApp",[],"b4e0d3c3-3a3e-4b1e-a2f9-9a0b1d8c0f7a"]
Using AI Code Generation
1var webdriver = require('selenium-webdriver');2var driver = new webdriver.Builder()3 .withCapabilities({4 })5 .build();6driver.execute('mobile: removeApp', {bundleId: 'com.apple.mobilesafari'}).then(function(){7 console.log('Successfully removed app');8}, function(err){9 console.log('Error occurred while removing app: ' + err);10});11driver.quit();
Using AI Code Generation
1var webdriverio = require('webdriverio');2var options = {3 desiredCapabilities: {4 }5};6 .remote(options)7 .init()8 .then(function() {9 return client.removeApp('com.apple.mobilesafari');10 })11 .end();12var webdriverio = require('webdriverio');13var options = {14 desiredCapabilities: {15 }16};17 .remote(options)18 .init()19 .then(function() {20 return client.launchApp();21 })22 .end();23var webdriverio = require('webdriverio');24var options = {25 desiredCapabilities: {26 }27};28 .remote(options)29 .init()30 .then(function() {31 return client.installApp('/Users/username/Desktop/Calculator.app');32 })33 .end();34var webdriverio = require('webdriverio');35var options = {36 desiredCapabilities: {37 }38};39 .remote(options)40 .init()41 .then(function() {42 return client.isAppInstalled('com.apple.mobilesafari');43 })44 .then(function(isInstalled) {45 console.log('isInstalled', isInstalled);46 })
Using AI Code Generation
1const wd = require('wd');2driver.init({3}).then(() => {4 return driver.removeApp('com.apple.Preferences');5}).then(() => {6 return driver.quit();7}).catch((err) => {8 console.log(err);9});
Using AI Code Generation
1async function removeApp(device) {2 await device.removeApp('com.apple.Preferences');3}4async function installApp(device) {5 await device.installApp('/Users/username/Downloads/Settings.app');6}7async function launchApp(device) {8 await device.launchApp();9}10async function terminateApp(device) {11 await device.terminateApp('com.apple.Preferences');12}13async function activateApp(device) {14 await device.activateApp('com.apple.Preferences');15}16async function backgroundApp(device) {17 await device.backgroundApp(3);18}19async function reset(device) {20 await device.reset();21}22async function isAppInstalled(device) {23 await device.isAppInstalled('com.apple.Preferences');24}25async function installApp(device) {26 await device.installApp('/Users/username/Downloads/Settings.app');27}28async function removeApp(device) {29 await device.removeApp('com.apple.Preferences');30}31async function launchApp(device) {32 await device.launchApp();33}34async function terminateApp(device) {35 await device.terminateApp('com.apple.Preferences');36}
Using AI Code Generation
1var wd = require('wd');2var assert = require('assert');3var desired = {4};5var driver = wd.promiseChainRemote('localhost', 4723);6 .init(desired)7 .then(function() {8 return driver.removeApp('com.example.apple-samplecode.UICatalog');9 })10 .then(function() {11 return driver.quit();12 })13 .done();14I am trying to use the removeApp() method of the Appium XCUITest Driver to uninstall an app from the simulator. However, I am getting the following error:15[debug] [MJSONWP] Calling AppiumDriver.removeApp() with args: ["com.example.apple-samplecode.UICatalog","5c5b5f5b-7c58-4d8a-aa6b-1f0b5e2e8d4b"]16 at ChildProcess.proc.on.code (/usr/local/lib/node_modules/appium/node_modules/teen_process/lib/exec.js:94:19)17 at emitTwo (events.js:106:13)18 at ChildProcess.emit (events.js:191:7)19 at maybeClose (internal/child_process.js:877:16)20 at Process.ChildProcess._handle.onexit (internal/child_process.js:226:5)21[debug] [XCUITest] at XCUITestDriver.removeApp$ (lib/driver.js:1074:15)22 at tryCatch (/usr/local/lib
Using AI Code Generation
1const wd = require('wd');2const assert = require('assert');3const path = require('path');4const fs = require('fs');5const os = require('os');6const { exec } = require('child_process');7const { sleep } = require('./utils');8const BUNDLE_ID = 'com.apple.Preferences';9const APP_NAME = 'Preferences';10const driver = wd.promiseChainRemote('localhost', 4723);11const desired = {12};13(async () => {14 try {15 await driver.init(desired);16 await driver.removeApp(BUNDLE_ID);17 await driver.launchApp();18 await driver.closeApp();19 await driver.removeApp(BUNDLE_ID);20 await driver.launchApp();21 await driver.closeApp();22 await driver.removeApp(BUNDLE_ID);23 await driver.launchApp();24 await driver.closeApp();25 await driver.removeApp(BUNDLE_ID);26 await driver.launchApp();27 await driver.closeApp();28 await driver.removeApp(BUNDLE_ID);29 await driver.launchApp();30 await driver.closeApp();31 await driver.removeApp(BUNDLE_ID);32 await driver.launchApp();33 await driver.closeApp();34 await driver.removeApp(BUNDLE_ID);35 await driver.launchApp();36 await driver.closeApp();37 await driver.removeApp(BUNDLE_ID);38 await driver.launchApp();39 await driver.closeApp();40 await driver.removeApp(BUNDLE_ID);41 await driver.launchApp();42 await driver.closeApp();43 await driver.removeApp(BUNDLE_ID);44 await driver.launchApp();45 await driver.closeApp();46 await driver.removeApp(BUNDLE_ID);47 await driver.launchApp();48 await driver.closeApp();49 await driver.removeApp(BUNDLE_ID);50 await driver.launchApp();51 await driver.closeApp();52 await driver.removeApp(BUNDLE_ID);53 await driver.launchApp();54 await driver.closeApp();55 await driver.removeApp(BUNDLE_ID);56 await driver.launchApp();
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