Appium 1.5 does away with most CLI flags that existed previously; the remainder can be converted into JSON and made part of the --default-capabilities flag. For example:
# raw JSON as an argument
--default-capabilities '{"app": "myapp.app", "deviceName": "iPhone Simulator"}'
# or the name of a JSON file
--default-capabilities /path/to/file.json
Windows users will need to escape the quotes in JSON passed on the command line: --default-capabilities "{\"app\": \"myapp.app\"}"
| Flag | JSON key |
|---|---|
| --keep-artifacts | keepArtifacts |
| --platform-name | platformName |
| --platform-version | platformVersion |
| --automation-name | automationName |
| --device-name | deviceName |
| --browser-name | browserName |
| --app | app |
| --launch-timeout | launchTimeout |
| --language | language |
| --locale | locale |
| --udid | udid |
| --orientation | orientation |
| --no-reset | noReset |
| --full-reset | fullReset |
| --app-pkg | appPackage |
| --app-activity | appActivity |
| --app-wait-package | appWaitPackage |
| --app-wait-activity | appWaitActivity |
| --device-ready-timeout | deviceReadyTimeout |
| --android-coverage | androidCoverage |
| --avd | avd |
| --avd-args | avdArgs |
| --use-keystore | useKeystore |
| --keystore-path | keystorePath |
| --keystore-password | keystorePassword |
| --key-alias | keyAlias |
| --key-password | keyPassword |
| --intent-action | intentAction |
| --intent-category | intentCategory |
| --intent-flags | intentFlags |
| --intent-args | optionalIntentArguments |
| --dont-stop-app-on-reset | dontStopAppOnReset |
| --calendar-format | calendarFormat |
| --native-instruments-lib | nativeInstrumentsLib |
| --keep-keychains | keepKeyChains |
| --localizable-strings-dir | localizableStringsDir |
| --show-ios-log | showIOSLog |
| --reboot | reboot |