browserstack has told me that i need to build my ios app in --profile mode, which is also true of your documentation
the problem is that even if i build in --profile mode, they only way i can archive a .ipa is to choose the Release scheme, choosing any other scheme causes the archive to fail.
running this command to build in profile mode makes the build succeed
[08:09:30]: $ flutter build ios --profile --build-number\=776 --build-name\=5.0.776 --no-codesign --flavor Profile -t lib/test_main.dart
then i archive the .ipa using the xcode Release scheme, the archive succeeds.
I upload to browserstack app live
then i run my appium tests but i get this error
[0-0] 2022-02-22T13:17:27.447Z INFO webdriver: Retrying 3/3
[0-0] 2022-02-22T13:17:27.447Z INFO webdriver: [POST] https://hub-cloud.browserstack.com/wd/hub/session
[0-0] 2022-02-22T13:17:27.448Z INFO webdriver: DATA {
[0-0] capabilities: {
[0-0] alwaysMatch: {
[0-0] app: 'REDACTED',
[0-0] device: 'iPhone 12',
[0-0] os_version: '14.0',
[0-0] project: 'Baird Mobile',
[0-0] build: 'browserstack-build-ios',
[0-0] name: 'Tests',
[0-0] automationName: 'Flutter',
[0-0] acceptSslCerts: 'true'
[0-0] },
[0-0] firstMatch: [ {} ]
[0-0] },
[0-0] desiredCapabilities: {
[0-0] app: 'REDACTED',
[0-0] device: 'iPhone 12',
[0-0] os_version: '14.0',
[0-0] project: 'Baird Mobile',
[0-0] build: 'browserstack-build-ios',
[0-0] name: 'Tests',
[0-0] automationName: 'Flutter',
[0-0] acceptSslCerts: 'true'
[0-0] }
[0-0] }
[0-0] 2022-02-22T13:18:35.834Z ERROR webdriver: Request failed with status 200 due to WebDriver Error: Could not start Mobile Browser. Error occured while starting the session. To verify if all the pre-requisites for running Appium Flutter Driver tests have been met, refer to - https://www.browserstack.com/docs/app-automate/appium/test-hybrid-apps/test-flutter-apps
[0-0] Reason:
[0-0] An unknown server-side error occurred while processing the command. Original error: Failed to connect 3 times. Aborting.
[0-0] 2022-02-22T13:18:35.834Z ERROR webdriver: WebDriver Error: Could not start Mobile Browser. Error occured while starting the session. To verify if all the pre-requisites for running Appium Flutter Driver tests have been met, refer to - https://www.browserstack.com/docs/app-automate/appium/test-hybrid-apps/test-flutter-apps
[0-0] Reason:
[0-0] An unknown server-side error occurred while processing the command. Original error: Failed to connect 3 times. Aborting.
[0-0] at getErrorFromResponseBody (/Users/dhannah/Development/BolUiTestFramework/node_modules/webdriver/build/utils.js:197:12)
[0-0] at NodeJSRequest._request (/Users/dhannah/Development/BolUiTestFramework/node_modules/webdriver/build/request/index.js:158:60)
[0-0] at processTicksAndRejections (internal/process/task_queues.js:95:5)
[0-0] at async startWebDriverSession (/Users/dhannah/Development/BolUiTestFramework/node_modules/webdriver/build/utils.js:67:20)
[0-0] at async Function.newSession (/Users/dhannah/Development/BolUiTestFramework/node_modules/webdriver/build/index.js:58:45)
[0-0] at async remote (/Users/dhannah/Development/BolUiTestFramework/node_modules/webdriverio/build/index.js:73:22)
[0-0] at async Runner._startSession (/Users/dhannah/Development/BolUiTestFramework/node_modules/@wdio/runner/build/index.js:223:56)
[0-0] at async Runner._initSession (/Users/dhannah/Development/BolUiTestFramework/node_modules/@wdio/runner/build/index.js:176:25)
[0-0] at async Runner.run (/Users/dhannah/Development/BolUiTestFramework/node_modules/@wdio/runner/build/index.js:88:19)
[0-0] 2022-02-22T13:18:35.835Z ERROR @wdio/runner: Error: Failed to create session.
[0-0] Could not start Mobile Browser. Error occured while starting the session. To verify if all the pre-requisites for running Appium Flutter Driver tests have been met, refer to - https://www.browserstack.com/docs/app-automate/appium/test-hybrid-apps/test-flutter-apps
[0-0] Reason:
[0-0] An unknown server-side error occurred while processing the command. Original error: Failed to connect 3 times. Aborting.
[0-0] at startWebDriverSession (/Users/dhannah/Development/BolUiTestFramework/node_modules/webdriver/build/utils.js:72:15)
[0-0] at processTicksAndRejections (internal/process/task_queues.js:95:5)
[0-0] at async Function.newSession (/Users/dhannah/Development/BolUiTestFramework/node_modules/webdriver/build/index.js:58:45)
[0-0] at async remote (/Users/dhannah/Development/BolUiTestFramework/node_modules/webdriverio/build/index.js:73:22)
[0-0] at async Runner._startSession (/Users/dhannah/Development/BolUiTestFramework/node_modules/@wdio/runner/build/index.js:223:56)
[0-0] at async Runner._initSession (/Users/dhannah/Development/BolUiTestFramework/node_modules/@wdio/runner/build/index.js:176:25)
[0-0] at async Runner.run (/Users/dhannah/Development/BolUiTestFramework/node_modules/@wdio/runner/build/index.js:88:19)
[0-0] FAILED in joshuarufer_jXfqM5/BairdMobile - /src/specs/login_tests.js
2022-02-22T13:18:35.948Z INFO @wdio/cli:launcher: Run onComplete hook
Spec Files: 0 passed, 1 failed, 1 total (100% completed) in 00:03:58
2022-02-22T13:18:35.950Z INFO @wdio/local-runner: Shutting down spawned worker
2022-02-22T13:18:36.202Z INFO @wdio/local-runner: Waiting for 0 to shut down gracefully
2022-02-22T13:18:36.203Z INFO @wdio/local-runner: shutting down
