allow passing args and envs to app launch

ios/instruments/processcontrol.go

@@ -31,6 +31,24 @@ func (p *ProcessControl) LaunchApp(bundleID string, my_opts map[string]any) (uin
 	return p.StartProcess(bundleID, env, []interface{}{}, opts)
 }
 
+// LaunchApp launches the app with the given bundleID on the given device.LaunchApp
+// It returns the PID of the created app process.
+func (p *ProcessControl) LaunchAppWithArgs(bundleID string, my_args []interface{}, my_env map[string]any, my_opts map[string]any) (uint64, error) {
+	opts := map[string]interface{}{
+		"StartSuspendedKey": uint64(0),
+		"KillExisting":      uint64(0),
+	}
+	maps.Copy(opts, my_opts)
+	// Xcode sends all these, no idea if we need them for sth. later.
+	//"CA_ASSERT_MAIN_THREAD_TRANSACTIONS": "0", "CA_DEBUG_TRANSACTIONS": "0", "LLVM_PROFILE_FILE": "/dev/null", "METAL_DEBUG_ERROR_MODE": "0", "METAL_DEVICE_WRAPPER_TYPE": "1",
+	//"OS_ACTIVITY_DT_MODE": "YES", "SQLITE_ENABLE_THREAD_ASSERTIONS": "1", "__XPC_LLVM_PROFILE_FILE": "/dev/null"
+	// NSUnbufferedIO seems to make the app send its logs via instruments using the outputReceived:fromProcess:atTime: selector
+	// We'll supply per default to get logs
+	env := map[string]interface{}{"NSUnbufferedIO": "YES"}
+	maps.Copy(env, my_env)
+	return p.StartProcess(bundleID, env, my_args, opts)
+}
+
 func (p *ProcessControl) Close() error {
 	return p.conn.Close()
 }

ios/instruments/processcontrol_integration_test.go

@@ -18,21 +18,68 @@ func TestLaunchAndKill(t *testing.T) {
 	}
 	const weatherAppBundleID = "com.apple.weather"
 	pControl, err := instruments.NewProcessControl(device)
-	defer pControl.Close()
 	if !assert.NoError(t, err) {
 		t.Fatal(err)
 	}
+	defer pControl.Close()
+
 	pid, err := pControl.LaunchApp(weatherAppBundleID, nil)
 	if !assert.NoError(t, err) {
 		return
 	}
 	assert.Greater(t, pid, uint64(0))
 
 	service, err := instruments.NewDeviceInfoService(device)
+	if !assert.NoError(t, err) {
+		return
+	}
 	defer service.Close()
+
+	processList, err := service.ProcessList()
 	if !assert.NoError(t, err) {
 		return
 	}
+	found := false
+	for _, proc := range processList {
+		if proc.Pid == pid {
+			found = true
+		}
+	}
+	if !found {
+		t.Errorf("could not find weather app with pid %d in proclist: %+v", pid, processList)
+		return
+	}
+	err = pControl.KillProcess(pid)
+	assert.NoError(t, err)
+}
+
+func TestLaunchWithArgsAndKill(t *testing.T) {
+	device, err := ios.GetDevice("")
+	if err != nil {
+		t.Fatal(err)
+	}
+	const weatherAppBundleID = "com.apple.weather"
+	pControl, err := instruments.NewProcessControl(device)
+	if !assert.NoError(t, err) {
+		t.Fatal(err)
+	}
+	defer pControl.Close()
+
+	var args = []interface{}{"-AppleLanguages", "(de-DE)"}
+	var env = map[string]interface{}{"SomeRandomValue": "YES"}
+
+	pid, err := pControl.LaunchAppWithArgs(weatherAppBundleID, args, env, nil)
+	if !assert.NoError(t, err) {
+		return
+	}
+	assert.Greater(t, pid, uint64(0))
+
+	service, err := instruments.NewDeviceInfoService(device)
+	if !assert.NoError(t, err) {
+		return
+	}
+	defer service.Close()
+
 	processList, err := service.ProcessList()
 	if !assert.NoError(t, err) {
 		return
@@ -49,5 +96,4 @@ func TestLaunchAndKill(t *testing.T) {
 	}
 	err = pControl.KillProcess(pid)
 	assert.NoError(t, err)
-	return
 }

main.go

@@ -109,7 +109,7 @@ Usage:
   ios install --path=<ipaOrAppFolder> [options]
   ios uninstall <bundleID> [options]
   ios apps [--system] [--all] [--list] [--filesharing] [options]
-  ios launch <bundleID> [--wait] [--kill-existing] [options]
+  ios launch <bundleID> [--wait] [--kill-existing] [--arg=<a>]... [--env=<e>]... [options]
   ios kill (<bundleID> | --pid=<processID> | --process=<processName>) [options]
   ios runtest [--bundle-id=<bundleid>] [--test-runner-bundle-id=<testrunnerbundleid>] [--xctest-config=<xctestconfig>] [--log-output=<file>] [--xctest] [--test-to-run=<tests>]... [--test-to-skip=<tests>]... [--env=<e>]... [options]
   ios runwda [--bundleid=<bundleid>] [--testrunnerbundleid=<testbundleid>] [--xctestconfig=<xctestconfig>] [--log-output=<file>] [--arg=<a>]... [--env=<e>]... [options]
@@ -221,7 +221,7 @@ The commands work as following:
    ios install --path=<ipaOrAppFolder> [options]                      Specify a .app folder or an installable ipa file that will be installed.
    ios pcap [options] [--pid=<processID>] [--process=<processName>]   Starts a pcap dump of network traffic, use --pid or --process to filter specific processes.
    ios apps [--system] [--all] [--list] [--filesharing]               Retrieves a list of installed applications. --system prints out preinstalled system apps. --all prints all apps, including system, user, and hidden apps. --list only prints bundle ID, bundle name and version number. --filesharing only prints apps which enable documents sharing.
-   ios launch <bundleID> [--wait] [--kill-existing] [options]         Launch app with the bundleID on the device. Get your bundle ID from the apps command. --wait keeps the connection open if you want logs.
+   ios launch <bundleID> [--wait] [--kill-existing] [--arg=<a>]... [--env=<e>]... [options] Launch app with the bundleID on the device. Get your bundle ID from the apps command. --wait keeps the connection open if you want logs.
    ios kill (<bundleID> | --pid=<processID> | --process=<processName>) [options] Kill app with the specified bundleID, process id, or process name on the device.
    ios runtest [--bundle-id=<bundleid>] [--test-runner-bundle-id=<testbundleid>] [--xctest-config=<xctestconfig>] [--log-output=<file>] [--xctest] [--test-to-run=<tests>]... [--test-to-skip=<tests>]... [--env=<e>]... [options]                    Run a XCUITest. If you provide only bundle-id go-ios will try to dynamically create test-runner-bundle-id and xctest-config.
    >                                                                  If you provide '-' as log output, it prints resuts to stdout.
@@ -817,7 +817,9 @@ The commands work as following:
 		if bKillExisting {
 			opts["KillExisting"] = 1
 		} // end if
-		pid, err := pControl.LaunchApp(bundleID, opts)
+		args := toArgs(arguments["--arg"].([]string))
+		envs := toEnvs(arguments["--env"].([]string))
+		pid, err := pControl.LaunchAppWithArgs(bundleID, args, envs, opts)
 		exitIfError("launch app command failed", err)
 		log.WithFields(log.Fields{"pid": pid}).Info("Process launched")
 		if wait {
@@ -1277,6 +1279,27 @@ func instrumentsCommand(device ios.DeviceEntry, arguments docopt.Opts) bool {
 	return b
 }
 
+func toArgs(argsIn []string) []interface{} {
+	args := []interface{}{}
+	for _, arg := range argsIn {
+		args = append(args, arg)
+	}
+	return args
+}
+
+func toEnvs(envsIn []string) map[string]interface{} {
+	env := map[string]interface{}{}
+
+	for _, entrystring := range envsIn {
+		entry := strings.Split(entrystring, "=")
+		key := entry[0]
+		value := entry[1]
+		env[key] = value
+	}
+
+	return env
+}
+
 func crashCommand(device ios.DeviceEntry, arguments docopt.Opts) bool {
 	b, _ := arguments.Bool("crash")
 	if b {