3. Agenda
Introduction
Features List
Current Limitations
Understanding Architecture
Automating Android Apps
– Native/ Hybrid app
– Mobile Web app
Short Demo
Questions & Answers
4. Introduction
Appium is an Open source , Cross Platform test
automation tool for mobile apps
Hosted with GitHub
Maintained by Dan Cuellar, Jonathan Lipps and a
number of other contributors
Supports automation of Native , Hybrid and
Mobile Web apps
Based on WebDriver JSON wire protocol
Based on Client-Server Architecture
Appium Server written in Node.js
7. Features
Supports all the WebDriver Client Libraries
Java
Ruby
Python
JavaScript
PHP
C#
Multiple Client Libraries
8. Features
Common Library for all the mobile
platforms e.g. Android , iOS
Selenium WebDriver Interfaces
implemented
Added mobile specific functions
e.g. driver.pinch(), driver.zoom(), driver.currentActivity(),
driver.lock() etc.
Common API for both Native and Web
components
Common API
9. Features
Android
Real Devices
Emulators
Native Browser
Mobile Chrome
iOS
Real iDevices (e.g. iPhone, iPad etc.)
Simulators
Mobile Safari
Test Modalities
10. Features
Android
• Real Devices
• Emulators
• Native Browser
• Mobile Chrome
iOS
• Real iDevices (e.g. iPhone, iPad etc.)
• Simulators
• Mobile Safari
Test Modalities
11. Limitations
Android
No Support for Toast messages
Android Version 4.2+ required
iOS
Needs mac OSX 10.7+, lower versions
not supported
12. Architecture
Client Server Architecture
Based on WebDriver JSON Wire Protocol
Native test libraries of respective platform is
the backbone of the backend
13. Architecture
Android
UiAutomator ( Version 4.2 or +)
Default Backend for Android
Selendroid ( Version 2.3+)
A separate open source project for
Android automation
Instrumentation is the Backend
iOS
Apple’s UIAutomation Framework
Which Native Library for Which Platform
17. Test Script Development :
Create a maven project in Eclipse
Add dependency
<dependency>
<groupId>io.appium</groupId>
<artifactId>java-client</artifactId>
<version>1.1.0</version>
</dependency>
18. Test Script Development :
public void setUp() throws Exception
{
File classpathRoot = new File(System.getProperty("user.dir"));
File appDir = new File(classpathRoot, "../../../apps/");
File app = new File(appDir, "App_Name.apk");
DesiredCapabilities capabilities = new DesiredCapabilities();
capabilities.setCapability("deviceName","Android");
capabilities.setCapability("browserName", "");
capabilities.setCapability("platformVersion", "4.4");
capabilities.setCapability("app", app.getAbsolutePath());
capabilities.setCapability("appPackage", “package_name ");
capabilities.setCapability("appActivity", ".activity_name");
driver = new AppiumDriver(new URL("http://127.0.0.1:4723/wd/hub"),
capabilities);
}
public void tearDown() throws Exception
{
driver.quit();
}
19. Starting Appium Server
From Source:
Install Node.js
Download Appium or Clone it using GitHub
In cmd navigate to node_modules/appium/bin
Run 'node appium [server arguments]'
From GUI Interface:
Do the configurations as needed from GUI
Click launch button to launch appium server
21. Automating Web Apps
public void setUp() throws Exception
{
DesiredCapabilities capabilities = new DesiredCapabilities();
capabilities.setCapability("platformVersion", "4.4");
capabilities.setCapability("platformName","Android");
capabilities.setCapability("deviceName","Android Emulator");
capabilities.setCapability("browserName", "Browser or Chrome");
capabilities.setCapability("platformVersion", "4.4");
capabilities.setCapability("app", app.getAbsolutePath());
driver = new AppiumDriver(new URL("http://127.0.0.1:4723/wd/hub"),
capabilities);
}
22. Automating Web Apps
Download Google Chrome(30+) in PC
Navigate to ‘chrome://inspect’
Connect device / Start Emulator
Open the browser in the Device/Emulator and
navigate to the URL under test
Click on inspect button on Chrome to get the
page source and inspect elements
How to get Locators?
23. Automating Web Apps
Download Google Chrome(30+) in PC
Navigate to ‘chrome://inspect’
Connect device / Start Emulator
Open the browser in the Device/Emulator and
navigate to the URL under test
Click on inspect button on Chrome to get the
page source and inspect elements
How to get Locators?
25. Locating Elements
By Class (UI component type)
E.g
UIATextField , UIAStaticText (iOS)
android.widget.Button ,
android.widget.EditText (Android)
By Xpath (An abstract representation of certain
element with constraints)
By Id
Some of the Mobile JSON Wire Protocol Strategies
Accessibility ID (for iOS the accessibility identifier and for
Android the content-description)
26. Appium Inspector
Inspect Elements and the element hierarchy with a
GUI interface
Inspect the associated attributes of an element
Easily identify the Xpath for all the elements
Find the enable/disable status of an element
Record test scripts and export in the desired language
Verify mobile commands from Inspector before
implementation
