I am trying to click on the Allow button using Detox.

I have tried the following:

Detox: iOS Simulator how to confirm alert message

I have also tried targeting the "Allow" button by element(by.label('Allow')).tap() and also by.text

I do not want to set location permissions upon app launch. I would like to simulate a user allowing and not allowing location permissions.

I am trying to click on the Allow button using Detox.

I have tried the following:

Detox: iOS Simulator how to confirm alert message

I have also tried targeting the "Allow" button by element(by.label('Allow')).tap() and also by.text

I do not want to set location permissions upon app launch. I would like to simulate a user allowing and not allowing location permissions.

• javascript
• react-native
• detox

• Have you figure this out? – chenop Commented Dec 11, 2022 at 13:16

4 Answers 4

In your init.js file you can allow the permissions:

beforeAll(async () => {
  await detox.init(config, { launchApp: false });
  await device.launchApp({newInstance: true, permissions: {notifications: 'YES'}});
});

Permissions:

calendar=YES|NO
camera=YES|NO
contacts=YES|NO
health=YES|NO
homekit=YES|NO
location=always|inuse|never
medialibrary=YES|NO
microphone=YES|NO
motion=YES|NO
notifications=YES|NO
photos=YES|NO
reminders=YES|NO
siri=YES|NO

You can check the documentation here: https://github.com/wix/detox/blob/master/detox/test/e2e/13.permissions.test.js

This is not possible using Detox. The alert is presented from a different process, while Detox operates strictly in the app's process realm.

It’s possible to do this with Detox 20. System APIs are only available on iOS. Android support is coming soon.

Don't Allow : 0

Allow: 1

async tapIosSystemButton(idx: number) {
    await system.element(by.system.type('button')).atIndex(idx).tap();
    console.log(`Perform iOS system action (tap) atIndex: ${idx}`);
  }

or you can tap with label (text).

https://wix.github.io/Detox/docs/api/system

To "Allow" I have used this with success:

element(by.type('_UIAlertControllerActionView')).atIndex(1);

And for "Don't Allow", this should work:

return element(by.type('_UIAlertControllerActionView')).atIndex(0);