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Summary:
UI testing using Automation is not possible for apps that show an alert immediately upon launch (e.g. an app that has a location services popup after fresh install). The Automation script never starts, since the "target application is not frontmost."

Steps to Reproduce:
1. Build an app that has a location services popup immediately when the app is launched.
2. Launch the app using Automation (e.g. Profile using Xcode).
3. Create a new script (the default, "var target = UIATarget.localTarget();" is fine).
4. Run the script.

Expected Results:
The script runs (i.e. the script is able to start and the alert is able to be clicked on).

Actual Results:
The script fails to start.
Log Type: Fail
Log Message: Could not start script, target application is not frontmost.

Workaround:
1. Build the app.
2. Launch in the Simulator.
3. Wait.
4. osascript -e "tell application \"System Events\" to tell process \"iOS Simulator\" to click button \"OK\" of window 1"
5. Close the app.
6. Run the Automation script.

Regression:
No regression testing was performed, but this seems to be a problem that other people have faced in the past. This is the root cause of a bug in Appium (see https://github.com/appium/appium/issues/955).

Notes:
Thanks!