Appium Desired Capabilities-iOS Only

calendarFormat

(Sim-only)  Calendar format to set for the iOS Simulator

e.g. gregorian

bundleId

Bundle ID of  the app under test. Useful for starting an app on a real device or for using other  caps which require the bundle ID during test startup. To run a test on a real  device using the bundle ID, you may omit the ‘app‘ capability, but you must  provide ‘udid‘.

e.g.  io.appium.TestApp

udid

Unique device  identifier of the connected physical device

e.g.  1ae203187fc012g

launchTimeout

Amount of time  in ms to wait for instruments before assuming it hung and failing the session

e.g. 20000

locationServicesEnabled

(Sim-only)  Force location services to be either on or off. Default is to keep current  sim setting.

true or false

locationServicesAuthorized

(Sim-only) Set  location services to be authorized or not authorized for app via plist, so  that location services alert doesn‘t pop up. Default is to keep current sim  setting. Note that if you use this setting you MUST also use the bundleId  capability to send in your app‘s bundle ID.

true or false

autoAcceptAlerts

Accept all iOS  alerts automatically if they pop up. This includes privacy access permission  alerts (e.g., location, contacts, photos). Default is false. Does not work on  XCUITest-based tests.

true or false

autoDismissAlerts

Dismiss all iOS  alerts automatically if they pop up. This includes privacy access permission  alerts (e.g., location, contacts, photos). Default is false. Does not work on  XCUITest-based tests.

true or false

nativeInstrumentsLib

Use native  intruments lib (ie disable instruments-without-delay).

true or false

nativeWebTap

(Sim-only)  Enable "real", non-javascript-based web taps in Safari. Default:  false. Warning: depending on viewport size/ratio this might not accurately  tap an element

true or false

safariInitialUrl

(Sim-only)  (>= 8.1) Initial safari url, default is a local welcome page

e.g.  https://www.github.com

safariAllowPopups

(Sim-only)  Allow javascript to open new windows in Safari. Default keeps current sim  setting

true or false

safariIgnoreFraudWarning

(Sim-only)  Prevent Safari from showing a fraudulent website warning. Default keeps  current sim setting.

true or false

safariOpenLinksInBackground

(Sim-only)  Whether Safari should allow links to open in new windows. Default keeps  current sim setting.

true or false

keepKeyChains

(Sim-only)  Whether to keep keychains (Library/Keychains) when appium session is  started/finished

true or false

localizableStringsDir

Where to look  for localizable strings. Default en.lproj

en.lproj

processArguments

Arguments to  pass to the AUT using instruments

e.g., -myflag

interKeyDelay

The delay, in  ms, between keystrokes sent to an element when typing.

e.g., 100

showIOSLog

Whether to show  any logs captured from a device in the appium logs. Default false

true or false

sendKeyStrategy

strategy to use  to type test into a test field. Simulator default: oneByOne. Real device  default: grouped

oneByOne,  grouped or setValue

screenshotWaitTimeout

Max timeout in  sec to wait for a screenshot to be generated. default: 10

e.g., 5

waitForAppScript

The ios  automation script used to determined if the app has been launched, by default  the system wait for the page source not to be empty. The result must be a  boolean

e.g. true;,  target.elements().length > 0;, $.delay(5000); true;

webviewConnectRetries

Number of times  to send connection message to remote debugger, to get webview. Default: 8

e.g., 12

appName

The display  name of the application under test. Used to automate backgrounding the app in  iOS 9+.

e.g., UICatalog

customSSLCert

(Sim only) Add  an SSL certificate to IOS Simulator.

e.g. 
 -----BEGIN CERTIFICATE-----MIIFWjCCBEKg...
 -----END CERTIFICATE-----

webkitResponseTimeout

(Real device  only) Set the time, in ms, to wait for a response from WebKit in a Safari  session. Defaults to 5000

e.g., 10000

remoteDebugProxy

(Sim only,  <= 11.2) If set, Appium sends and receives remote debugging messages  through a proxy on either the local port (Sim only, <= 11.2) or a proxy on  this unix socket (Sim only >= 11.3) instead of communicating with the iOS  remote debugger directly.

e.g. 12000 or  "/tmp/my.proxy.socket"