test(ios): separate simulator boot from detox run

perhaps we can isolate and handle Simulator boot issues

Author: mikehardy

.github/workflows/scripts/boot-simulator.sh

@@ -0,0 +1,21 @@
+#!/bin/bash
+
+# Any command here that exits non-zero is an error
+set -e
+
+# Get our simulator name from our test Detox config
+pushd "$(dirname "$0")/../../../tests" || exit 1
+SIM="$(cat .detoxrc.js | grep iPhone | cut -d"'" -f2)"
+echo "Attempting to boot iOS Simulator $SIM..."
+
+# Boot the simulator if not booted, make sure it is in the foreground
+(xcrun simctl boot "$SIM" || true) && open -a Simulator.app
+
+# Is it booted?
+xcrun simctl list |grep -i 'iPhone 16 ('|grep -v 'Phone:'|grep -v 'unavailable'|grep -v CoreSimulator|grep Booted
+
+# Are we a Debug or Release build?
+BUILDDIR="$(ls -1 ios/build/Build/Products/)"
+
+# Install our app (glob so Release or Debug works)
+xcrun simctl install 'iPhone 16' "ios/build/Build/Products/$BUILDDIR/testing.app"

.github/workflows/tests_e2e_ios.yml

@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@ on:
   workflow_dispatch:
     inputs:
       iterations:
-        description: "Number of iterations to run. Default 1. Max 122."
+        description: 'Number of iterations to run. Default 1. Max 122.'
         required: true
         default: 1
         type: number
@@ -282,6 +282,11 @@ jobs:
         continue-on-error: true
         run: nohup sh -c "sleep 110 && xcrun simctl spawn booted log stream --level debug --style compact > simulator.log 2>&1 &"
 
+      - name: Pre-Boot Simulator
+        # The goal here is to separate Simulator boot from Detox run,
+        # So that Simulator boot issues we seem to have may be handled separately
+        run: ./.github/workflows/scripts/boot-simulator.sh
+
       - name: Detox Test
         if: contains(matrix.buildmode, 'debug')
         timeout-minutes: 50