This document discusses Android and iOS automation using Appium. It provides an overview of Appium, including that it is an open source test automation tool for mobile apps that supports automation of native, hybrid and mobile web apps. It also outlines the features of Appium, how to set up automation for Android and iOS apps, and demonstrates automating a mobile web app.

1. Android & iOS automation using
Appium

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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

5. Features
Automation support for
 iOS Mobile
 Android
 Firefox mobile OS
Cross-Platform

6. Features
Automation support for
 Native App
 Hybrid App
 Mobile Web App
Application Types

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

14. Automation of Android Apps
Native & Hybrid Apps

15. Requirements : (Java)
 JAVA IDE (Eclipse)
 Java JDK
 Maven Plugin for Eclipse
 Selenium WebDriver Dependencies/Appium
Java-Client Dependency (Maven)
 Android SDK
 Junit
 Emulator/ Real Device
 Appium Server
 Node.js (If running appium from source)

16. Configurations:
 Environment Variables & Path Settings
 JAVA_HOME
 ANDROID_HOME
 MAVEN_HOME
 Android Platform Version 4.2+ must be
installed

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

20. Automation of Android Apps
Web Apps

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?

24. Appium Server Capabilities
Complete List:
https://github.com/appium/appium/blob/master/docs/en/caps.md

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

29. References
 appium.io
 github.com/appium/appium