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Upgrading XCode to 9.1 and iOS Simulator to iOS 11.1 has slowing down Appium-iOS tests drastically

Upgrading XCode to 9.1 and iOS Simulator to iOS 11.1 has slowing down Appium-java based tests drastically.

My set-up

  • Appium-ide: 1.2.7
  • Appium command-line: 1.7.1
  • IOS: macOS Sierra 10.12.6
  • XCode: 9.1(9B55)
  • iOS Simulator: iOS 11.1

Previously it was as below & tests were running with speed

  • XCode: 8.3
  • iOS Simulator: iOS 10.3
Solution

  • The issue has got resolved using latest version XCode 10, Simulators on latest iOS version 11.4 and using latest Appium runtime 1.8.2-beta from npm. Need to the fresh install of iOS to 11.4 & remove any 11.3 / 11.0 / 10.3 version.