Automate iOS application with Appium in Docker

Question

Is it possible to automate iOS applications with Appium in Docker with the Appium server running in a container?

Answer 1

You should be able to use the appium-docker-ios Docker image for this.

You'll need an Apple Developer account, a developer profile (with a provisioning profile and a developer certificate), and the developer disk images before you get started.

On your Linux machine, you need to:

• Install docker and usbmuxd
• Pair your iOS device with your host
• Copy your developer profile to ~/.quamotion/quamotion.developerprofile, save the password to your developer profile in ~/.quamotion/quamotion.developerprofile.password and save the developer disks to /.quamotion/devimg.

Then, you can start Appium using the following command:

docker run \
    -p 4723:4723 \
    -v /var/run/usbmuxd:/var/run/usbmuxd \
    -v ~/.quamotion/:/etc/quamotion/
    -e DEVELOPER_PROFILE_PASSWORD=1
    --name appium-docker-ios
    quamotion/appium-docker-ios

You should see the Appium server starting.

From here, you should be able to launch iOS automation just like you would on iOS devices.