Hello Stack Overflow community,
I'm planning to develop a UI test automation for an iOS application. The problem is that I don't have access to the source code but only the finished ipa file of the app. Is there a possibility to write UI tests with EarlGrey or do I need the source code of the app?
With Appium it should be possible to write UI tests without the source code.
Thanks a lot in advance!
Original EarlGrey by Google required access to iOS project, you can check here the setup.
The new EarlGrey 2 is actually has a similar concept and you need to have source code to use it.
Appium can use developer-signed .app file on simulator. If you want to run tests on real device you need have developer-signed .ipa file plus re-sign WebDriverAgent with the same iOS developer account.
So technically Appium does not require source code, but you need to have access to iOS developer certificates that been used for build