Over the last few years, Appium has become the automation tool of choice for mobile application UI testing. Advanced Appium Workshop is a hands on session, which will help people to write cross platform tests with gestures and locator-chaining using PageFactory. Workshop would also focus on iOS 10 using XCUITest backend with the latest appium java-client.Participants need to have knowledge of Appium architecture, ability to write basic test for android/iOS and knowledge of OOPS concepts.

1. Advance Appium Workshop
Mobile automation using Appium : An open source, cross
platform tool for automating native, mobile web and hybrid
applications

2. Instruments
Controller
(iOS)
Instruments
Command Server
Unix Socket Server
Instruments
Command Client
Unix Socket Client
Instruments
bootstrap.js
WebDriver
Controller
iOS - UI Automation
WebDriver Script

3. UiAutomator
Controller
(Android)
UiAutomator
Command
Client
TCP Client
WebDriver
Controller
Android - UI Automator (4.2+), Selendroid (2.3+)
WebDriver Script
TCP Server
UiAutomator
Command
Server
bootstrap.jar

4. Appium Dependency Graph

5. Appium Dependency Graph

6. Horizontal Swiping
X Axis
Y Axis
(0,H/2)
(0,0)
(W/2,H/2)
Slider Element

7. Vertical Swiping
X Axis
Y Axis
(0,0)
HEIGHT
Width
(W/2, H-20)
(W/2, H/2 + 50)

8. Deprecated Method in 5.0.0
★ AppiumDriver#swipe(int, int, int, int, int)
★ AppiumDriver#pinch(WebElement)
★ AppiumDriver#pinch(int, int)
★ AppiumDriver#zoom(WebElement)
★ AppiumDriver#zoom(int, int)
★ AppiumDriver#tap(int, WebElement, int)
★ AppiumDriver#tap(int, int, int, int)
★ AppiumDriver#swipe(int, int, int, int, int)
★ MobileElement#swipe(SwipeElementDirection, int)
★ MobileElement#swipe(SwipeElementDirection, int, int, int)
★ MobileElement#zoom()
★ MobileElement#pinch()
★ MobileElement#tap(int, int)
★ io.appium.java_client.SwipeElementDirection
★ io.appium.java_client.TouchebleElement

9. PageObjects Via AppiumFieldDecorator
@FindBy(someStrategy) //for browser or web view html UI
@AndroidFindBy(someStrategy) //for Android native UI
@iOSFindBy(someStrategy) //for iOS native UI
MobileElement someElement;
//the fully cross platform examle
@FindBy(someStrategy)
@AndroidFindBy(someStrategy) //for Android native UI
@iOSFindBy(someStrategy) //for iOS native UI
List<MobileElement> someElements;

10. PageObjects Locators
UIAutomator
iOSNsPredicates
Id
className
accessibilityID
tagName
XPath
iOS9
iOS10
iOSFindBy
iOSXCUITFindBy

11. Chained Locators
@FindBys({@FindBy(someStrategy1),
@FindBy(someStrategy2)})
@AndroidFindBy(parent)
@AndroidFindBy(child)
@iOSFindBy(parent)
@iOSFindBy(child)
MobileElement someElement;
@FindBys({@FindBy(someStrategy1),
@FindBy(someStrategy2)})
@AndroidFindBy(parent)
@AndroidFindBy(child)
@iOSFindBy(parent)
@iOSFindBy(child)
List<MobileElement> someElements;

12. Any Possible
@HowToUseLocators(androidAutomation = ALL_POSSIBLE, iOSAutomation =
ALL_POSSIBLE)
@FindAll{@FindBy(someStrategy1), @FindBy(someStrategy2)})
@AndroidFindBy(fakeID1) @AndroidFindBy(someStrategy2)
@iOSFindBy(fakeID1) @iOSFindBy(someStrategy2)
MobileElement someElement;
@HowToUseLocators(androidAutomation = ALL_POSSIBLE, iOSAutomation =
ALL_POSSIBLE)
@FindAll({@FindBy(someStrategy1), @FindBy(someStrategy2)})
@AndroidFindBy(fakeID1) @AndroidFindBy(someStrategy2)
@iOSFindBy(fakeID1) @iOSFindBy(someStrategy2)
List<MobileElement> someElements;

13. Any Possible
@HowToUseLocators(androidAutomation = ALL_POSSIBLE, iOSAutomation =
ALL_POSSIBLE, iOSXCUITAutomation = ALL_POSSIBLE
)
@FindAll({@FindBy(someStrategy1), @FindBy(someStrategy2)})
@AndroidFindBy(fakeID1) @AndroidFindBy(someStrategy2)
@iOSFindBy(fakeID1) @iOSFindBy(someStrategy2)
@iOSFindBy(uiAutomator = "scrollViews().firstWithPredicate("value
CONTAINS 'View one' ")")
@iOSXCUITFindBy(iOSNsPredicate = "label contains 'View one'")
@iOSXCUITFindBy(className = "fakeID1")
@iOSXCUITFindBy(accessibility = "fakeID2")
List<MobileElement> someElements;

14. WaitTimeOut
PageFactory.initElements(new AppiumFieldDecorator(searchContext,
/*searchContext is a WebDriver or WebElement
instance */
new TimeOutDuration(15, //default implicit waiting timeout for all
strategies
TimeUnit.SECONDS)),
pageObject //an instance of PageObject.class
);
If time of the waiting for elements differs from usual (longer, or shorter when
element is needed only for quick checkings/assertions)
@WithTimeout(timeOut = yourTime, timeUnit = yourTimeUnit)
MobileElement someElement;
@WithTimeout(timeOut = yourTime, timeUnit = yourTimeUnit)
List<MobileElement> someElements;

15. References
• vodQA Github -
https://github.com/saikrishna321/VodQa_MobileAutomationW
orkShop
• Appium Architecture -
http://appium.io/slate/en/master/?java#introduction-to-appium
• Appium [Sauce Labs] - https://saucelabs.com/appium
• https://github.com/SrinivasanTarget/awesome-appium
• https://github.com/hariharanwebmail/VodQAReactNative
• https://github.com/saikrishna321/VodQaAdvancedAppium
• https://github.com/saikrishna321/AppiumTestDistribution
• https://github.com/saikrishna321/PageObjectPatternAppium
• https://github.com/appium/java-client

16. THANK YOU
Q & A
saikrisv@thoughtworks.com
sekars@thoughtworks.com