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S2E2 — Mobile Test Automation with Appium 2.0 and Java

Özgür Kaya

18/03/2023

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In this video, we will do 2 examples with Appium 2.0:

• MobilWeb Test Automation on iPhone Safari (xcuitest). Example Website is our Youtube channel https://www.youtube.com/c/SoftwareTestingBootcamp
• Native Android app Test Automation on Android device (uiautomator2) Example App is https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.bilgikolik.app&hl=tr&gl=US

Topics other than mobile automation are out of the scope of this doc.

Requirements:

• Java JDK 11 installation
• Homebrew installation
• NodeJS installation
• IntelliJ IDEA CE Installation
• Appium Server v2.0.0-beta.25 installation (Required for Mobile TestRun & Debugging)
• Appium Desktop v1.22 installation (Optional)
• Appium Inspector v2022.1.2 installation (Required for Debugging the Apps)
• Android Studio installation (Required for Android Emulator access)
• Xcode installation (Required for iOS Simulator access)

Appium Server & Driver Installation

Before starting Appium server installation, you need to install NodeJS

npm install -g appium@next
appium driver install uiautomator2
appium driver install xcuitest

Appium Plugin Installation

appium plugin install --source=npm appium-wait-plugin
appium plugin install --source=npm appium-device-farm
appium plugin install --source=npm appium-dashboard

Appium Wait Plugin Activation

source ~/.bash_profile
appium --use-plugins element-wait

NOTE: Now you can say goodbye to your “wait.until” commands on your automation project.

Appium Device Farm Plugin Activation

source ~/.bash_profile
appium server -ka 800 --use-plugins=element-wait,device-farm,appium-dashboard --plugin-device-farm-platform=Android

NOTE: Please visit this link after activation to check your devices. http://localhost:4723/device-farm/

As you can see here, many features in Appium version1 are now decoupled. Whatever you need, you have to install it

 

How to run?

Run TestNG’s “suite/AndroidGroup.xml” file to start the Android App automation. Remember that you have to create a new Android Emulator on your computer within Android Studio AVD Manager.

 

Run TestNG’s “suite/SafariGroup.xml” file to start the Safari MobileWeb automation. Remember that you have to enable your Safari Developer options and activate “Automatically Show Web Inspector for JSContexts” for your iOS simulator.

 

Github:

https://github.com/software-testing-bootcamp/S2E2-Appium-2.0-Java-Mobile-Automation

Resources:

https://appium.io/

https://github.com/appium

https://github.com/appium/appium-inspector

https://github.com/appium/appium-desktop

https://github.com/appium/appium-plugins

https://github.com/AppiumTestDistribution/appium-wait-plugin

https://github.com/AppiumTestDistribution/appium-device-farm

https://github.com/appium/java-client/blob/master/docs/v7-to-v8-migration-guide.md

https://javadoc.io/doc/io.appium/java-client/latest/deprecated-list.html

https://mvnrepository.com/artifact/io.appium/java-client

https://www.jetbrains.com/idea/download

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