Is it possible to launch an app on ios device using shell scripting as we do it on ios simulator?
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Answer is NO. It is not possibleParth Bhatt– Parth Bhatt2012-03-26 05:48:23 +00:00Commented Mar 26, 2012 at 5:48
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Answer is YES : it is possible with instruments. See my answer below.ıɾuǝʞ– ıɾuǝʞ2014-07-03 14:28:26 +00:00Commented Jul 3, 2014 at 14:28
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Take a look at fruitstrap : https://github.com/ghughes/fruitstrap
Edit : since Xcode 5 (and Xcode Server) you can tell to xcodebuild which device you want to launch app on : https://developer.apple.com/library/mac/documentation/Darwin/Reference/ManPages/man1/xcodebuild.1.html
xcodebuild -destination "name=KenjiPhone5" -scheme AppName test
The "install" action doesn't install/update app on the device, but the test one does it.
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ff10
This (no longer maintained) tool installs the app on the device via Script, but it does not seem to be able to launch it.
ıɾuǝʞ
I saw that
make debug start a gdb session, maybe you can hack it to only launch the app and then leave gdb without killing the app...
nikhil84
Unstable and related to installing app into ios device.
ıɾuǝʞ
@walle84 : sure, but I use it to deploy app on iOS 5/6 devices before running UIAutomation tests. I've edited my response to use the "official" way with instruments tool provided by Apple.
It is not possible to load app via script in device.
I think there is no such facility provided by Apple. And if you want to submit the app on app-store then you need to follow all the set of rules provided by Apple.
Hope this helps.
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user1256404
is there any tool similar to iphonesim that might be used?
Vignesh
I don't you can find a tool for non jail broken devices. code.google.com/p/mobilefinder might be helpful for jailbroken devices