How to Handle Permission Pop-Ups

Overview

This guide explains how to handle permission pop-ups for Android and iOS apps during Appium test execution. You can automatically allow or deny all permissions or selectively handle individual permission pop-ups.

Prerequisites

Before handling permission pop-ups, ensure the following:

• Appium is configured for test execution.

• DesiredCapabilities are configured in the test script.

• Appium version 1.9.1 or above is being used for Android autoGrantPermissions capability.

Steps

Step 1: Grant All Permissions for Android Apps

Use Appium’s autoGrantPermissions capability to automatically determine and grant all required app permissions during installation.

1. Add the following capability in your test script:

DesiredCapabilities capabilities = new DesiredCapabilities(); capabilities.setCapability("autoGrantPermissions", true);

Note - If the noReset capability is set to true, the autoGrantPermissions capability does not work.

Step 2: Allow or Deny All Permissions for iOS Apps

Use Appium’s autoAcceptAlerts capability to automatically allow all permission pop-ups.

1. Add the following capability in your test script:

DesiredCapabilities capabilities = new DesiredCapabilities(); capabilities.setCapability("autoAcceptAlerts", true);

Use Appium’s autoDismissAlerts capability to automatically deny all permission pop-ups.

2. Add the following capability in your test script:

DesiredCapabilities capabilities = new DesiredCapabilities(); capabilities.setCapability("autoDismissAlerts", true);

Note - These capabilities handle privacy access permission pop-ups such as:

• Location access

• Contacts access

• Photos access

Step 3: Allow or Deny Specific Permission Pop-Ups

For selective test scenarios, individual permission pop-ups can be accepted or denied using element locators.

Android Example

driver.findElement(By.xpath(".//android.widget.Button[@text='Allow']")).click()

iOS Example

driver.findElement(By.id("Allow")).click();

Outcome

After completing these steps:

• Android app permissions can be granted automatically.

• iOS permission pop-ups can be automatically accepted or dismissed.

• Individual permission pop-ups can be handled selectively during test execution.

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