How should I automate iOS app using Appium?
Hi Noah,
Automating iOS is a little more complex than automating Android, for a few reasons. First and foremost, Apple has strict guidelines on how an app can be tested, and these guidelines are very different from those of Google.
It should come as no surprise that there are fewer tools available to automate testing on iOS than there are for Android. Unlike Android, where one app can be used to test any number of apps (and the only limitation is the speed of your phone), Apple requires you to work with their own apps like XCode in order to test and run apps on your phone. That also means you have to download an actual .ipa file from the Apple App Store, which slows things down when all you want to do is test it.
For more details you can go through this blog on how to automate iOS app using Appium: