Device Preparation
Automatic device preference update
Appium XCUITest prepares preferences of the device under test automatically. Some of them are also configurable via Appium capabilities and the Settings API.
Keyboards configuration
Appium configures keyboard preferences by default to make test runs more stable. You can change some of them via the Settings API.
- Turn
Auto-Correction
in Keyboards off - Turn
Predictive
in Keyboards off - Mark keyboard tutorial as complete
- (Only for Simulator) Toggle software keyboard on
Manual setup for fine tuning
Automatic configuration availability is limited on iOS, especially for a real device. You may need to manually change the device configuration.
Enable Web testing availability
Please turn on Web Inspector on iOS device via Settings -> Safari -> Advanced
Avoid possible wrong coordinate
Please make sure the zoom preference in accessibility is turned off via Settings -> Accessibility -> Zoom. It could cause element coordinates miscalculation.
Expose more elements if needed
In some cases, enabling of the below preferences helps to make some view elements accessible. Appium does not modify these settings automatically, since they could affect the way your application under test performs. Please change them manually if needed.
- Turn
Spoken Content
in Settings -> Accessibility on - Turn
Speak Selection
in Settings -> Accessibility on
Note that the available accessibility content depends on the OS version.