How do we launch an app with logged in state?

[vanessafsoares]

I've been trying to use the device.launchApp() function to set the login state while detox launches the app, but I don't know if it's possible to set an accessToken that way, has anyone tried something similar and it worked? Or know how we can use detox to do this?

[jzaefferer]

Our solution looks like this:

await device.launchApp({
  url: `detox:${email}:${password}`,
});

The url is then handled as a special deep link to fill the login fields and submit it (via JavaScript inside a webview). It seems quite hacky, but it works.