appium-xcode

What is appium-xcode?

The appium-xcode npm package provides utilities for interacting with Xcode, Apple's integrated development environment for macOS. It is particularly useful for managing Xcode installations, simulators, and other related tasks programmatically, which is essential for automated testing and continuous integration workflows.

What are appium-xcode's main functionalities?

Get Xcode Version

This feature allows you to retrieve the current version of Xcode installed on your system. It is useful for ensuring compatibility and debugging issues related to specific Xcode versions.

const xcode = require('appium-xcode');
xcode.getVersion().then(version => {
  console.log(`Xcode version: ${version}`);
});

Get Path to Xcode

This feature provides the file system path to the Xcode installation. This can be useful for scripts that need to interact with Xcode directly.

const xcode = require('appium-xcode');
xcode.getPath().then(path => {
  console.log(`Xcode path: ${path}`);
});

Get Available Simulators

This feature lists all the available iOS simulators on your system. It is useful for automated testing setups where you need to select or manage simulators programmatically.

const xcode = require('appium-xcode');
xcode.getSimulators().then(simulators => {
  console.log('Available simulators:', simulators);
});

Other packages similar to appium-xcode

node-simctl

The node-simctl package provides a Node.js wrapper around the simctl command-line tool, which is used to control iOS simulators. While appium-xcode offers broader functionality related to Xcode, node-simctl focuses specifically on simulator management.

ios-deploy

The ios-deploy package allows you to launch iOS apps on a device from the command line. It is useful for deploying and testing apps on physical devices, whereas appium-xcode is more focused on Xcode and simulator management.

xcpretty

The xcpretty package is a fast and flexible formatter for xcodebuild output. It is used to make the output of Xcode builds more readable and easier to parse. While appium-xcode deals with various aspects of Xcode, xcpretty is specifically aimed at improving build output readability.

README

appium-xcode

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Watch

npm run watch

Test

npm test