How do you force the iOS upgrade dialog (and other Apple dialogs) to dismiss before running CI tests?

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Every time there's a minor/major OS update available, Apple displays a dialog on our CI iPad (physical device). I believe I have also seen one that is something like "you have not backed up in 2 weeks". Those dialogs block our automation and it makes us look bad when we have no test results. Are there any tools or tricks we can use to dismiss/prevent those dialogs?

Currently we are running iOS 9.

@jmoody what do you do for your CI tests? – Teresa Peters Nov 11 '15 at 21:30 — Teresa Peters, Nov 11 '15 at 21:30

score 1 · Answer 1 · answered Nov 09 '15 at 15:27

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Xcode 7 UI testing does that for you (don't mix it up with ui automation) The drawback is - it runs only on ios9 and up.

answered Nov 09 '15 at 15:27

Oleg Shanyuk

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I tried launching Instruments and starting a session, but even Instruments couldn't make it past a push notification dialog – Teresa Peters Nov 11 '15 at 21:21
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You supposed to run tests, not instruments. Have a look at WWDC video: https://developer.apple.com/videos/play/wwdc2015-406/ – Oleg Shanyuk Nov 12 '15 at 12:06
Ah interesting, I assumed they changed the API within Instruments. I will check that out and reply here. – Teresa Peters Nov 12 '15 at 14:53

How do you force the iOS upgrade dialog (and other Apple dialogs) to dismiss before running CI tests?

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