This document provides an introduction and overview of Appium, an open source tool for automating mobile applications. It discusses that Appium allows testing of native, hybrid, and mobile web applications on iOS and Android platforms. It also outlines the key benefits of Appium, including that it is open source, cross-platform, supports various frameworks, and has an active community. The document then describes Appium's architecture, how it works with Android and iOS, and system requirements for setting up Appium tests. Finally, it provides basic steps for getting started with Appium testing and some cons to using Appium.

1. Presented By:
Omar Usman
TESTING USINGAPPIUM

2. Introduction
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3. APPIUM
Introduction
‣ Appium is an open source tool for automating native,
mobile web, and hybrid applications on iOS mobile,
Android mobile, and Windows desktop platforms.
‣ Appium is Used to automate tests for native,
hybrid(.ipa and .apk) and mobile web applications.
‣ Native apps are those written using the iOS, Android,
or Windows SDKs

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Why Appium

5. WHY APPIUM?
‣ Open Source Not only is Appium free of cost, but also open source. This
means Appium can be tweaked infinitely to work according to your whims.
‣ Cross-Platform Appium can test any mobile application whether it be a
native one, a hybrid one or even a web app. Whether the app works only
on iOS or Android or even both, Appium has you covered. Above that,
Appium, itself can be installed on Windows, Mac and Linux.
‣ Framework Support Appium as a framework is also supported by various
automation testing tools out there.You shouldn't be locked into a specific
language or framework to write and run your tests.
‣ Community A budding community is extremely necessary. An active
community results in faster bug reports and easier troubleshooting which
is key to the success of an automation testing tool.

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Architecture

8. HOW APPIUM WORKS
APPIUM ARCHITECTURE
• Appium is an HTTP server written using Node.js
• The client communicates to the server using a session, where key elements
of the communication process is sent with the help JSON objects.
Communication is handled by the mobile JSON Wire Protocol.
• Automation is always performed in the context of a session. Clients initiate a
session with a server in ways specific to each library, but they all end up
sending a POST /Session request to the server, with a JSON object called
the 'desired capabilities’ (discussed later) object. At this point the server will
start up the automation session and respond with a session ID which is
used for sending further commands.

9. HOW APPIUM WORKS
APPIUM ARCHITECTURE
• The server differentiates between an iOS request and an Android request
using the desiredCapabilites arguments.
• Appium server then processes the request to the respective UI Automators
• The UI Automator then processes the request and executes the command
on a simulator/emulator/real device.
• The results of the test session are then communicated to the server and
then back to the client system in terms of logs, using the mobile JSON Wire
Protocol.

10. APPIUM ON ANDROID

11. APPIUM ON IOS

12. System
Requirements
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13. SYSTEM REQUIREMENTS
ANDROID
• Java (version 7 or later).
• Android SDK API (version 17 or later).
• Android Virtual Device (AVD) or real device.
• Node and npm
IOS
• Xcode (greater than or equal to 4.6.3; 5.1 is recommended) with the
command-line build tool
• Mac OS X 10.7 or later
• Java version 7 or later
• Homebrew
• Node and npm

14. STEPS TO SETUP
1.InstallANDROID SDK.
2.Install JDK (Java Development Kit)
3.Install Eclipse or IntelliJ
4.Install Appium and Appium Desktop Client
5.Install Appium Doctor in Terminal
6.Install Selenium Server JAR
7.Appium Client Library (in Java, Ruby, Python, PHP, JavaScript, and C#)
8.Add These Files to Eclipse Project (or as Dependencies)

15. Getting Started
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16. GETTING STARTED
Step 01
Start Appium Server From Terminal or By Appium Desktop app

17. GETTING STARTED
Start Appium Server From Terminal or By Appium Desktop app
The Appium Server can be initiated
by Appium app running on Port 4723
and local host 0000.

18. GETTING STARTED
Step 02
Start Eclipse or Any Other IDE Create New Project
Add Dependencies in The Project Language Client Library (i.e Java) Selenium
Libraries (To use WebDriver)

19. GETTING STARTED
Add Desired Capabilities In Java Code for Selenium Server
deviceName = Your Device NAME
udid = Device UDID
platformName = Android or IOS
platformVersion = System Version
appPackage = Name of Package You are going to Target
appActivity = Name of Unique App you are Going to Test
Step 03

20. GETTING STARTED
Find Object’s ID in App By UIAutomator or UIAutomatorViewer
Use these ID values of respective elements in Code to test your app
accordingly
Step 04
You are Good To Test

21. CONS of Appium
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22. CONS OF APPIUM
Cons
‣ Appium does not support testing of Android Version
lower than 4.2.
‣ Limited support for hybrid app testing. e.g.: not
possible to test the switching action of application from
the web app to native and vice-versa.
‣ Sometimes it is hard to Setup on System.
‣ No support to run Appium Inspector on Microsoft
Windows.

23. REFERENCES AND LINKS
References
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‣ http://appium.io/docs/en/about-appium/intro/
http://appium.io/docs/en/about-appium/getting-started/
index.html
https://www.toolsqa.com/mobile-automation/appium/
appium-tutorial/

24. Thank You!