Android emulator and Appium server in docker solution with noVNC supported.
Docker is installed in your system.
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Run docker-appium with command:
docker run -d -p 6080:6080 -p 4723:4723 -v <path_of_apk_that_want_to_be_tested>:/target_apk -e ANDROID_VERSION=<target_android_version> --name appium-container butomo1989/docker-appium
Note: There is an example apk in folder "example".
An Example:
docker run -d -p 6080:6080 -p 4723:4723 -v $PWD/example/sample_apk:/target_apk -e ANDROID_VERSION=4.2.2 --name appium-container butomo1989/docker-appium -
Verify the ip address of docker-machine.
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For OSX, you can find out by using following command:
docker-machine ip default
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For different OS, localhost should work.
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Open http://docker-machine-ip-address:6080/vnc.html from web browser and connect to it without password.
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Wait until the installation of selected android version packages is done and appium is ready to use by waiting following message shown in Terminal:
The name of created emulator can be seen in that terminal. In screenshot above, the emulator name is emulator_4.2.2.
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Run your UI tests by using docker-appium and Android emulator will be started automatically by following desire capability:
desired_caps = { 'avd': 'emulator_4.2.2' }
Note: In folder "example" there is an example of Appium-UITest that is written in python.