Native iOS app automation using appium

To automate the native app in iPhone, you will have to start the iPhone Simulator and appium server. If you encounter error saying "Keyboard is not present", You will need to ensure that software keyboard is toggled in iOS simulator setting. Basically you need to ensure that when try to type something in simulator, keyboard is being displayed.

Example - Address book app automation using Appium

package org.softpost.ios.simulator;
import io.appium.java_client.AppiumDriver;
import io.appium.java_client.MobileElement;
import io.appium.java_client.TouchAction;
import io.appium.java_client.android.AndroidDriver;
import io.appium.java_client.ios.IOSDriver;
import io.appium.java_client.ios.IOSElement;
import io.appium.java_client.touch.offset.PointOption;
import org.junit.Test;
import org.openqa.selenium.By;
import org.openqa.selenium.WebElement;
import org.openqa.selenium.interactions.touch.TouchActions;
import org.openqa.selenium.remote.DesiredCapabilities;
import org.openqa.selenium.remote.RemoteWebDriver;

import java.net.URL;
import java.util.concurrent.TimeUnit;

/**
 * Created by Sagar on 10-07-2016.
 */

public class NativeAppTest {
    AppiumDriver driver;
    @Test
    public void testContacts() throws Exception{
        DesiredCapabilities caps = new DesiredCapabilities();
        caps.setCapability("platformName", "iOS");
        caps.setCapability("platformVersion", "12.1");
        caps.setCapability("deviceName", "iPhone X");
        caps.setCapability("AutomationName" , "XCUITest");
        //caps.setCapability("connectHardwareKeyboard", false);
        caps.setCapability("bundleId", "com.apple.MobileAddressBook");

        try {
            driver = new IOSDriver(new URL("http://0.0.0.0:4723/wd/hub"), caps);
            driver.manage().timeouts().implicitlyWait(20, TimeUnit.SECONDS);


            WebElement e = driver.findElement(By.xpath("//XCUIElementTypeButton[@name="Add"]"));


            TouchAction action = new TouchAction(driver);
            //action.tap(new PointOption().withCoordinates(330,20));
            action.tap( PointOption.point(e.getLocation())).perform();

            //e.click();

            driver.findElement(By.xpath("//XCUIElementTypeTextField[@name="Last name"]")).sendKeys("abc");


            Thread.sleep(2000);
        }catch (Exception ex){
            ex.printStackTrace();
        }finally {
            driver.quit();
        }

    }

}