Is it now possible to Automate an App Store App using Appium

Question

Historically, it was not possible to automate iOS app store apps using Appium (e.g. due to the Distribution Certificate used on all app store apps meaning you couldn\'t acce

Answer 1

You can not Automate an Appstore app using Appium.

To do automation testing on a ios app it should be signed with development certificate.

Answer 2

You can launch almost any iOS system app if you know it's bundle identifier.

I use ruby:

def launch_app(bundle_id)
  @driver.execute_script('mobile: launchApp',{'bundleId': "#{bundle_id}"});
end

def terminate_app(app_path)
  @driver.execute_script('mobile: terminateApp',{'app': "#{app_path}"});
end

To launch App Store:

launch_app("com.apple.AppStore")