[CB-11137] Appium test runner should not use deprecated Appium server args

• Type: Task
• Status: Closed
• Priority: Major
• Resolution: Fixed
• Component/s: Appium, cordova-medic
• Assignee: Alexander Sorokin
• Reporter: Alexander Sorokin
• Created: 22/Apr/16 09:30
• Updated: 25/Apr/16 08:57
• Resolved: 25/Apr/16 08:57

Description

It's better to use desiredCapabilities and pass them to Appium server instance from wdHelper.js because:

1. The support for deprecate args wioll be dropped sooner or later.
2. it allows us to work around the bug with `executeAsync` function not working on real iOS devices