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Keith_S
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9 days ago
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How to retrieve device ID in run-tests script

Hello. I have tests working on BitBar for both iOS and Android with Appium and AltTester by manually uploading the run-tests script and app build. When doing this manually, I know the device that the...
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    Keith_S
    5 days ago

    To follow up on this, it turns out that you need no device-specific information in your capabilities file in order to connect AltDriver to the devices (for iOS or Android). I'm not sure why this works on BitBar, but not when I run tests locally on my machine. But simply removing the device ID name, OS version (anything device-specific) works for me when running on BitBar.

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Keith_S
Occasional Contributor
5 days ago

To follow up on this, it turns out that you need no device-specific information in your capabilities file in order to connect AltDriver to the devices (for iOS or Android). I'm not sure why this works on BitBar, but not when I run tests locally on my machine. But simply removing the device ID name, OS version (anything device-specific) works for me when running on BitBar.