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Appium is a tool for automating native, mobile web, and hybrid applications on iOS, Android, and Windows platforms. It supports iOS native apps written in Objective-C or Swift and Android native apps written in Java or Kotlin. It also supports mobile web apps accessed using a mobile browser (Appium supports Safari on iOS and Chrome or the built-in 'Browser' app on Android). Perform Appium automation tests on LambdaTest's online cloud.
Learn the basics of Appium testing on the LambdaTest platform.
Learn how to configure and run your Java Serenity automation testing scripts on LambdaTest platform using Serenity.
Before you can start performing App automation testing with Appium, you would need to follow these steps:
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Install the latest Java development environment i.e. JDK 1.6 or higher. We recommend using the latest version.
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Install Maven which supports JUnit framework out of the box. Maven can be downloaded and installed following the steps from the official website. Maven can also be installed easily on Linux/MacOS using Homebrew package manager.
Clone the LambdaTest’s LT-appium-java-serenity and navigate to the code directory as shown below:
git clone https://github.com/LambdaTest/LT-appium-java-serenity
cd LT-appium-java-serenity
Make sure you have your LambdaTest credentials with you to run test automation scripts on LambdaTest. To obtain your access credentials, purchase a plan or access the Automation Dashboard.
Set LambdaTest Username
and Access Key
in environment variables.
For Linux/macOS:
export LT_USERNAME=YOUR_LAMBDATEST_USERNAME \
export LT_ACCESS_KEY=YOUR_LAMBDATEST_ACCESS_KEY
For Windows:
set LT_USERNAME=YOUR_LAMBDATEST_USERNAME `
set LT_ACCESS_KEY=YOUR_LAMBDATEST_ACCESS_KEY
Step-3: Upload your iOS application (.ipa file) or android application (.apk file) to the LambdaTest servers using our REST API. You need to provide your Username and AccessKey in the format Username:AccessKey
in the cURL command for authentication. Make sure to add the path of the appFile in the cURL request. Here is an example cURL request to upload your app using our REST API:
Using App File:
Linux/macOS:
curl -u "YOUR_LAMBDATEST_USERNAME:YOUR_LAMBDATEST_ACCESS_KEY" \
--location --request POST 'https://manual-api.lambdatest.com/app/upload/realDevice' \
--form 'name="Android_App"' \
--form 'appFile=@"/Users/macuser/Downloads/proverbial_android.apk"'
Windows:
curl -u "YOUR_LAMBDATEST_USERNAME:YOUR_LAMBDATEST_ACCESS_KEY" -X POST "https://manual-api.lambdatest.com/app/upload/realDevice" -F "appFile=@"/Users/macuser/Downloads/proverbial_android.apk""
Using App URL:
Linux/macOS:
curl -u "YOUR_LAMBDATEST_USERNAME:YOUR_LAMBDATEST_ACCESS_KEY" \
--location --request POST 'https://manual-api.lambdatest.com/app/upload/realDevice' \
--form 'name="Android_App"' \
--form 'url="https://prod-mobile-artefacts.lambdatest.com/assets/docs/proverbial_android.apk"'
For Windows:
curl -u "YOUR_LAMBDATEST_USERNAME:YOUR_LAMBDATEST_ACCESS_KEY" -X POST "https://manual-api.lambdatest.com/app/upload/realDevice" -d "{"url":"https://prod-mobile-artefacts.lambdatest.com/assets/docs/proverbial_android.apk","name":"sample.apk"}"
Tip:
- If you do not have any .apk or .ipa file, you can run your sample tests on LambdaTest by using our sample 🔗 Android app or sample 🔗 iOS app.
- Response of above cURL will be a JSON object containing the
App URL
of the format - lt://APP123456789123456789 and will be used in the next step.
Once you are done with the above-mentioned steps, you can initiate your first Java Serenity test on LambdaTest.
Test Scenario: Check out LambdaTestSerenityDriver.java file to view the sample test script
You can update your custom capabilities in test scripts. In this sample project, we are passing platform name, platform version, device name and app url (generated earlier) along with other capabilities like build name and test name via capabilities object. The capabilities object in the sample code are defined as:
DesiredCapabilities capabilities = new DesiredCapabilities();
capabilities.setCapability("plugin","Serenity LambdaTest Plugin");
capabilities.setCapability("isRealMobile", true);
capabilities.setCapability("app","lt://proverbial-android"); // Enter app url here
Info Note:
- You must add the generated APP_URL to the
"app"
capability in the config file. - You can generate capabilities for your test requirements with the help of our inbuilt Capabilities Generator tool. A more Detailed Capability Guide is available here.
The tests can be executed in the terminal using the following command:
mvn verify -P single //For single test
mvn verify -P parallel //For parallel test
You can test your locally hosted or privately hosted projects with LambdaTest Selenium grid using LambdaTest Tunnel. All you would have to do is set up an SSH tunnel using tunnel and pass toggle tunnel = True
via desired capabilities. LambdaTest Tunnel establishes a secure SSH protocol based tunnel that allows you in testing your locally hosted or privately hosted pages, even before they are live.
Refer our LambdaTest Tunnel documentation for more information.
Here’s how you can establish LambdaTest Tunnel.
Download the binary file of:
Open command prompt and navigate to the binary folder.
Run the following command:
LT -user {user’s login email} -key {user’s access key}
So if your user name is lambdatest@example.com and key is 123456, the command would be:
LT -user lambdatest@example.com -key 123456
Once you are able to connect LambdaTest Tunnel successfully, you would just have to pass on tunnel capabilities in the code shown below :
Tunnel Capability
DesiredCapabilities capabilities = new DesiredCapabilities();
capabilities.setCapability("tunnel", true);
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