bug: latest XCUItest driver does not show system dialogs (alerts) in hierarchy about appium HOT 6 CLOSED

Most likely this alert belongs to another application (e.g. springboard). Switch to it using mobile: activateApp API and then it will be possible to interact with the dialog. AFAIK apis that work with alerts check both the active app and the system one.

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ok so i have to create a workaround for this change in XCUITest driver ? because it worked the last version...

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There was an issue where each command would create an unnecessary delay while selecting a proper application to interact with. The issue was fixed, although it also relies on the assumption that an app is then selected by the client unless it is the application under test that is initially passed to the session capabilities.

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@mykola-mokhnach ok added now the workaround to switch to springboard and that works.

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Or:

driver.settings.update({acceptAlertButtonSelector: '**/XCUIElementTypeButton[`label=="Allow Once"`]'})
driver.switch_to.alert.accept

or

driver.execute_script 'mobile: alert', {action: 'accept', buttonLabel: 'Allow Once'}

https://appium.github.io/appium-xcuitest-driver/5.15/reference/execute-methods/#mobile-alert

like these commands also should help to interact with them.

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XCUITest driver 5.15.1 reverted the change in 5.14.1 addressed the fix in #19716 (comment)

The change will come in a future release, but it should not be a patch release. <- v6.0.0 includes this change

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