Adding an Apple TV device to Suitest

  • Apple TV (tvOS)

Suitest supports Apple TV devices running tvOS version 17 or later. After setting up an Apple TV device you will be able to run automated end-to-end tests on Apple TV apps.

Re-pair the Apple TV to upgrade to our new driver

In order to make the Apple TV testing experience smoother, we have upgraded our drivers for you. In order to start using them, open the device details of your Apple TV, go to Settings tab, and click Re-pair button.

Apple TV devices can be controlled only by SuitestDrive running on any supported operating system.

In order to use SuitestDrive, you need to pair it with your Suitest account first.

Preparing Apple TV

To add the device to Suitest a couple of changes in the device settings will have to be done.

Enable UI Automation

Navigate to Settings > Developer then switch on Enable UI Automation.

Sleep settings

Navigate to Settings > General > Sleep After in the pop-up change the option from 10 hours to never.

Pairing with Apple TV

Once you have the device ready, you can proceed with pairing your Apple TV. Suitest supports Apple TVs with tvOS 17 and newer. The machine hosting SuitestDrive and the Apple TV need to be located on the same network to allow pairing.

On the Apple TV open Settings > Remotes and Devices > Remote App and Devices and leave it at this page.

Now you can start adding a device in Suitest:

  1. Open the Device wizard

  2. Click Add physical device

  3. Choose Apple TV and click Next

  4. Select the SuitestDrive (from within the same network) and fill-in the IP address of your Apple TV. In addition to that, you can also create a Custom name for your testing device.

  5. Once you click next, the Apple TV will display a 6 digit pairing code. Fill this value into a corresponding field inside your browser and confirm.

    6-digit code displayed on the Apple TV screen

  6. Now, device is connected to Suitest. In addition, you can also set up Infrared control.

Setting up additional features

This setup process is only temporary - we are working on an automated solution.

Related to the following features:

In order to get these features, perform the following actions:

  1. Download our WDA package

  2. Sign the package with your provisioning profile (see Apple Developer docs for more information)

  3. Create new Apple TV configuration and upload the signed package there

  4. Run a test with an Open app line only on each testing device

Now that you have your Apple TV device configured, it's time to instrument your app and start testing.

Something went wrong?

Please check the Apple devices troubleshooting section for guidance.