adding ios device

[unnikrishnanpv89]

I have followed the readme doc to add ios device to device farm.

https://github.com/VKCOM/devicehub/blob/master/doc/ios-docs/ios-device.md

This is running webdriver agent on connected device, but how can I see this device on device farm?

Is it possible to get step by step instruction on adding iOS device to device farm?

[irdkwmnsb]

Hi!
To add an iOS device to Devicehub, make sure your ios-provider connects correctly to the triproxy services.
If you start them in docker the default ports will make up such a command (adjust it if needed):

stf ios-provider \
  --connect-sub tcp://127.0.0.1:7250 \
  --connect-push tcp://127.0.0.1:7270 \
  --connect-app-dealer tcp://127.0.0.1:7160 \
  --connect-dev-dealer tcp://127.0.0.1:7260 \
  --screen-ws-url-pattern 'ws://localhost:<%= publicPort %>' \
  --public-ip localhost \
  --provider localworker \
  --storage-url http://localhost/

See this chart for more info on how the units connect to each other.

Make sure:

• New processes that spawn after the conneciton of an ios device connect to triproxy and DB.
• Logs show messages like ProbeMessage.

For non-local use, replace localhost with a browser-accessible IP.
screen-ws-url-pattern must match the URL that will be opened in the browser to connect via WebSocket.

Also check the nginx config example:
nginx.conf#L38

Hope this helps!

[unnikrishnanpv89]

Thanks for the response, I tried this today and now I can see iOS devices getting added to device hub. I think the issue was Readme.md has different ports so it was not connecting to right services.

But am still facing one issue here, I can see devices and mirroring also works fine. But tap/touch from device hub doesnt work at all. When I check the readme, it mentioned "Simple taps and gestures and button presses are supported". Am I missing something here? I

[irdkwmnsb]

Hm.
The default setup allows for taps.
Check for the provider logs and see if TouchDownMessage and TouchUpMessage are delivered to the provider unit. The logs should reflect user input

[unnikrishnanpv89]

Thanks @irdkwmnsb for your response. Yes I can see TouchDown and TouchUp messages but still its not working

{"seq":96} 2025-04-16T02:56:17.581Z INF/wire:router 28159 [00008120-000C19E10272201E] Received message with type "TouchDownMessage", and data {"seq":97,"contact":0,"x":0.6191526055335999,"y":0.35970234870910645,"pressure":0.5} 2025-04-16T02:56:17.581Z INF/wire:router 28159 [00008120-000C19E10272201E] Received message with type "TouchDownMessage", and data {"seq":97,"contact":0,"x":0.6191526055335999,"y":0.35970234870910645,"pressure":0.5} 2025-04-16T02:56:17.581Z INF/wire:router 28159 [00008120-000C19E10272201E] Received message with type "TouchCommitMessage", and data {"seq":98} 2025-04-16T02:56:17.581Z INF/wire:router 28159 [00008120-000C19E10272201E] Received message with type "TouchCommitMessage", and data {"seq":98} 2025-04-16T02:56:17.655Z INF/wire:router 28159 [00008120-000C19E10272201E] Received message with type "TouchUpMessage", and data {"seq":99,"contact":0} 2025-04-16T02:56:17.655Z INF/wire:router 28159 [00008120-000C19E10272201E] Received message with type "TouchUpMessage", and data {"seq":99,"contact":0} 2025-04-16T02:56:17.655Z INF/wire:router 28159 [00008120-000C19E10272201E] Received message with type "TouchCommitMessage", and data {"seq":0} 2025-04-16T02:56:17.655Z INF/wire:router 28159 [00008120-000C19E10272201E] Received message with type "TouchCommitMessage", and data {"seq":0} 2025-04-16T02:56:17.655Z INF/wire:router 28159 [00008120-000C19E10272201E] Received message with type "GestureStopMessage", and data {"seq":1} 2025-04-16T02:56:17.655Z INF/wire:router 28159 [00008120-000C19E10272201E] Received message with type "GestureStopMessage", and data {"seq":1}

[irdkwmnsb]

What iOS version are you on? Sometimes WDA has troubles sending events to the OS in certain apps which might be the issue here. We had a working setup with iOS 17 and tapping on the main menu