[Feat]: Use `devicectl` command to handle files for real devices as an option #19166

KazuCocoa · 2023-09-17T06:23:52Z

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Xcode 15 introduces xcrun devicectl to manage devices. We could use them in some cases. So far, I see overhead than appium-ios-device while considering iOS 17+, probably we could use the devicectl in some places instead of implementing appium-ios-device for ios 17+, it may help our future maintenance.

Then, maybe file management could help:

xcrun devicectl device info files
xcrun devicectl device copy

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mykola-mokhnach · 2023-09-17T13:02:18Z

It would probably make sense to add a custom devicectl wrapper like with did for simctl (e.g. node-simctl)

KazuCocoa · 2023-09-17T17:00:18Z

Yes, agree with that

KazuCocoa · 2023-09-17T22:15:25Z

Found that the devicectl command did not identify an iOS 16 device on my local. the command raised:

ERROR: The specified device was not found. (com.apple.dt.CoreDeviceError error 1000.)

KazuCocoa · 2024-03-05T09:10:15Z

Noticed that maybe no methods to "delete" files from a device via xcrun devicectl device right now...?

KazuCocoa · 2024-03-05T09:16:26Z

We cannot "delete" a file, but can override with zero size file with:

% xcrun devicectl device copy to --device=00008020-000E5CDA0A23002E --domain-type=appDataContainer --user mobile --domain-identifier=com.apple.testmanagerd --source 08B61FA8-80CC-47F1-A214-64988F827E7A --destination Attachments/08B61FA8-80CC-47F1-A214-64988F827E7A
01:12:02  Acquired tunnel connection to device.
01:12:02  Enabling developer disk image services.
01:12:02  Acquired usage assertion.
File Path on Device
/private/var/mobile/Containers/Data/InternalDaemon/F55E307B-2720-4D1D-8F81-79DBF2AC50E1/Attachments/08B61FA8-80CC-47F1-A214-64988F827E7A

Then, 08B61FA8-80CC-47F1-A214-64988F827E7A on the device can be replaced with 08B61FA8-80CC-47F1-A214-64988F827E7A on the host machine. It might be help to prevent making size big, but not sure how we can actually delete them

mykola-mokhnach · 2024-03-05T09:18:57Z

We cannot "delete" a file, but can override with zero size file with:
% xcrun devicectl device copy to --device=00008020-000E5CDA0A23002E --domain-type=appDataContainer --user mobile --domain-identifier=com.apple.testmanagerd --source 08B61FA8-80CC-47F1-A214-64988F827E7A --destination Attachments/08B61FA8-80CC-47F1-A214-64988F827E7A
01:12:02  Acquired tunnel connection to device.
01:12:02  Enabling developer disk image services.
01:12:02  Acquired usage assertion.
File Path on Device
/private/var/mobile/Containers/Data/InternalDaemon/F55E307B-2720-4D1D-8F81-79DBF2AC50E1/Attachments/08B61FA8-80CC-47F1-A214-64988F827E7A
Then, 08B61FA8-80CC-47F1-A214-64988F827E7A on the device can be replaced with 08B61FA8-80CC-47F1-A214-64988F827E7A on the host machine. It might be help to prevent making size big, but not sure how we can actually delete them

I had the same idea. It might be a good workaround for now

KazuCocoa · 2024-03-05T09:27:12Z

another note. an emopty dir cannot override existing dir.

% xcrun devicectl device copy to --device=00008020-000E5CDA0A23002E --domain-type=appDataContainer --user mobile --domain-identifier=com.apple.testmanagerd --source "empty" --destination Attachments
01:23:28  Acquired tunnel connection to device.
01:23:28  Enabling developer disk image services.
01:23:28  Acquired usage assertion.
ERROR: The specified file could not be transferred. (com.apple.dt.CoreDeviceError error 7000.)
         NSURL = file:///Users/kazu/tmp/videos/empty
--------------------------------------------------------------------------------
ERROR: I/O Error: Could not remove existing file at path Attachments: Operation not permitted (com.apple.dt.remoteservices.error error 11001.)

These also actually did nothing.

% xcrun devicectl device copy to --device=00008020-000E5CDA0A23002E --domain-type=appDataContainer --user mobile --domain-identifier=com.apple.testmanagerd --source "empty-dir" --destination Attachments
01:24:43  Acquired tunnel connection to device.
01:24:43  Enabling developer disk image services.
01:24:43  Acquired usage assertion.
File Path on Device
/private/var/mobile/Containers/Data/InternalDaemon/F55E307B-2720-4D1D-8F81-79DBF2AC50E1/Attachments

% xcrun devicectl device copy to --device=00008020-000E5CDA0A23002E --domain-type=appDataContainer --user mobile --domain-identifier=com.apple.testmanagerd --source "empty-dir" --destination ./
01:25:14  Acquired tunnel connection to device.
01:25:14  Enabling developer disk image services.
01:25:14  Acquired usage assertion.
File Path on Device
/private/var/mobile/Containers/Data/InternalDaemon/F55E307B-2720-4D1D-8F81-79DBF2AC50E1/.

% xcrun devicectl device info files --device=00008020-000E5CDA0A23002E --domain-type=appDataContainer --username mobile --domain-identifier=com.apple.testmanagerd
01:28:06  Enabling developer disk image services.
01:28:06  Acquired usage assertion.
9 files:
Name
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.com.apple.mobile_container_manager.metadata.plist
Attachments/08B61FA8-80CC-47F1-A214-64988F827E7A
Attachments/0C177732-2609-4117-B464-AE77D9E1B0BE
Attachments/206E98E8-0898-4EF5-8228-E369F6521808

mykola-mokhnach · 2024-03-05T09:32:59Z

It is also possible to set attachment lifetime. I assume one of possible values there must be set to delete attachments as soon as the test competes/WDA is killed

KazuCocoa · 2024-03-05T09:36:54Z

oh, it would be nice if can

mykola-mokhnach · 2024-03-05T11:34:49Z

I will add some methods that allow to set lifetime today, so you could try that

mykola-mokhnach · 2024-03-26T08:40:17Z

We do use devicectl, so the feature could be closed as resolved

IshanG97 · 2024-05-16T16:23:59Z

Does anyone know how to load a url on safari on a real connected iPhone? I've tried things like xcrun devicectl device process launch --device <device-udid> com.apple.mobilesafari --payload-url http://www.google.com but no luck

KazuCocoa · 2024-05-16T16:32:42Z

We do it via WDA/remote debugger. Perhaps I tried the method but did not work.
https://github.com/appium/appium-xcuitest-driver/blob/f00d231d6ab0986de7c6d5fa090ec4f9f283dc80/lib/commands/general.js#L158-L174

IshanG97 · 2024-05-16T18:54:56Z

So i tried xcrun devicectl device process launch --device <device-udid> --payload-url http://www.google.com com.apple.mobilesafari and it works - note i put the args before the app bundleId

FYI it also works with com.google.chrome.ios, but i haven't tried other web browsers yet.

KazuCocoa added Enhancement feature XCUITest regarding xcuitest driver labels Sep 17, 2023

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[Feat]: Use `devicectl` command to handle files for real devices as an option #19166

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