AppiumFramework

Repository to Keep Track of Appium Workload

I will be updating all my Appium Related Work in this Repository

About Appium

Appium is an open source test automation tool developed and supported by Sauce Labs to automate native and hybrid mobile apps. It is basically know as a Cross-Platform Mobile Automation Tool. It uses JSON wire protocol internally to interact with iOS and Android native apps using the Selenium WebDriver.

Appium Architecture

Appium is a HTTP server written in node.js which creates and handles multiple WebDriver sessions for different platforms like iOS and Android. Appium starts a “test case” on the device that spawns a server and listens for proxies commands from the main Appium server. It is almost same as Selenium server which perceives HTTP requests from selenium client libraries and it handles those requests in different ways depending upon the platforms. Each vendor like iOS and Android have a different way and mechanism to run a test case on the device so Appium kind of hacks in to it and run this testcase after listening commands from Appium server

Appium Setup

Please Note that the below setup has been done and tested on MAC OS Make sure you have the latest mac (since xcode version is dependent on your mac os version) version and your editor is updated

Install Brew, Node & npm on your machine via iterm

brew tap caskroom/versions
brew update
brew install carthage
brew install node
npm install -g npm

Check the Node & npm version

node --version
npm --version

Install Latest Version of Java. I am installing Java 8 because it is the LTS Version (Long Term Support)

brew cask install java8

Install Appium and Web driver globally

npm install -g appium
npm install wd

Download JDK Latest Version
Download the Selenium, Selenium Stand Alone and Appium JAR's for Java Client Selenium JAR for JAVA Selenium Standalone JAR Appium Client Libraries
Install IntelliJ IDEA, and Go to File -> Project Structure -> Upload the JDK from local machine

Android Automation

For Android Automation, We need to install the Android Studio Android Studio
Update System Preferences, Open bash_profile in terminal:

nano ~/.bash_profile
Paste the below :
export ANDROID_HOME=/Users/User_name/Library/Android/sdk
export PATH=$ANDROID_HOME/platform-tools:$PATH
export PATH=$ANDROID_HOME/tools:$PATH
export JAVA_HOME=$(/usr/libexec/java_home)
export PATH=$JAVA_HOME/bin:$PATH
SAVE AND EXIT TERMINAL

Check that JAVA_HOME and ANDROID_HOME is set:

$echo $JAVA_HOME
$echo $ANDROID_HOME

Open the Android Studio and go to Preferences -> System Settings -> Android SDK & Download the Necessary Package.

I use Genymotion Virtual Emulator for Android and i love it. You will ❤️ it too.

Follow the Steps to install Genymotion : https://docs.genymotion.com/Content/01_Get_Started/Installation.htm

Launch Genymotion and Click "Settings"→ ADB and set the path for Android-SDK.

Add a New Virtual Device by clicking on the "Add" button
Select the Virtual Device Created and Click "Start".

Launch Appium and Navigate to Android Settings. Change the Capabilities as per the selected Virtual device.
Launch the Appium Inspector.
How to install .apk file into Genymotion Emulator :

To check the devices attached to the local machine adb devices
adb install PATH_TO_APK adb install /Users/USER_NAME/Workspace/qa_android_em_app/YourAPK.apk

IOS Automation

Install the XCODE Dependencies

$ xcode-select --install
$ sudo xcode-select --reset
$ sudo xcode-select --switch /Applications/Xcode.app
$ brew install libimobiledevice --HEAD

There is also a dependency, made necessary by Facebook’s WebDriverAgent, for the Carthage dependency manager.
$ brew install carthage

Deviceconsole allows analyzing crash logs and console output from the device
$ npm install deviceconsole

Install and debug iPhone apps from the command line, without using Xcode
$ brew install ios-deploy

Xcpretty is a fast and flexible formatter for xcodebuild
$ gem install xcpretty

You need to authorize use of the iOS Simulator. If you’re only testing Android, this can be skipped.
$ npm install -g authorize-ios
$ authorize-ios

Launch the IOS Simulator by opening XCODE or Launch it through command Line

See all the Available Simulator Devices Created along with UDID xcrun simctl list
Install and Launch the Application xcrun simctl install <YOUR-DEVICE-ID> <PATH-TO-APPLICATION-BUNDLE> xcrun simctl launch <YOUR-DEVICE-ID> <BUNDLE-ID-OF-APP-BUNDLE>
Need Help? xcrun simctl help

Install appium-doctor to verify that all of Appium’s dependencies are met :

$ npm install -g appium-doctor
$ appium-doctor
$ appium-doctor --ios
$ appium-doctor --android

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Install the Inspector that you can use to look at your app's elements, get basic information about them, and perform basic interactions with them I Suggest the Following based on my experience :

IOS - Appium Desktop Android - UI Automator Viewer

Tasks List

If you need any help with the installation, please contact me on anoop.ambunhi@gmail.com

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