Mobile automation using
APPIUM
Author : Ashwini Velapure (Test Automation Engineer)https://www.linkedin.com/in/ashwinivelapure
Author : Ashwini Velapure (Test Automation Engineer)https://www.linkedin.com/in/ashwinivelapure
Hello everyone, Before we go for the mobile automation, we
should be familiar with atleast core
JAVA and Selenium web driver.
Lets start!!
We have to follow 5 steps for achieving the complete mobile
automation setup.
1.Android Setup and connecting android device to PC
2.Installtion of Appium
3. Required java code
and Modifications the as per mobile device model.
4.Run the Java Application
5.Inspect Mobile element.
1.Android Setup and connecting
android device to PC
- a.Download latest android SDK
for Windows. Following folders should be there.
- B.Open SDK manager.Install
all the API.As appium support only above android 4.2.
It will take more
time.
Set environment variable
Right click on ‘My Computer’ Go to ‘Properties’
Go to Advanced system settings and Go to Environment
variables TAB
.
ANDROID_HOME will be
pointing toward your Android SDK folder.
- Go ‘Command Prompt’.Type
%ANDROID_HOME%. It will open Android SDK folder.
- Set PATH variable.
You just need to concatenate below String for your existing
PATH.
;%ANDROID_HOME%\tools;%ANDRIOD_HOME%\platforms-tools
- Now Connect your android
phone to laptop in Debug mode.
f.Go to ‘Command Prompt’.change directory to ‘Android
SDK\platform-tools’
Type ‘ adb devices’
You will get attached devices.
(In screen shot,as my SDK is on D drive. I have changed the
drive)
Here You done with Android Set up.
2.Installtion of Appium
1: Downoad Appium
From http://appium.io/
Note:Extract file and
Install Appium.(If you are getting .NET frame work related error message,)
3.Required java code and Modifications the as per mobile device
model.
Java Code
package Ashwini;
import java.io.File;
import java.net.MalformedURLException;
import java.net.URL;
import org.openqa.selenium.By;
import org.openqa.selenium.WebDriver;
import org.openqa.selenium.WebElement;
import
org.openqa.selenium.remote.DesiredCapabilities;
import org.openqa.selenium.remote.RemoteWebDriver;
import io.appium.java_client.android.AndroidDriver;
public class Appium {
public static void main(String[] args) throws Exception {
AndroidDriver driver;
DesiredCapabilities capabilities = new DesiredCapabilities();
//1
capabilities.setCapability("deviceName","Redmi");
capabilities.setCapability("platformName","Android");
capabilities.setCapability("platformVersion","6.0.1");
//2
File file=new File("C:\\Users\\ASHWINI1\\workspace\\Blog\\Apache
POI\\src\\Ashwini\\first2.apk");
capabilities.setCapability("app", file.getAbsolutePath());
//3
driver=new AndroidDriver(new URL("http://192.168.1.103:4723/wd/hub"),capabilities);
WebElement
ele=driver.findElementByAccessibilityId("Login");
ele.click();
}
}
1.Here we are defining
,which android device we connecting to PC.You can get phone details from
‘Settings->Abpout Phone’. Give the android version which is present in ur
mobile.
2.Here we giving apk file
detail,which we are going to install on our phone
3.We need to give URL where
appium is running.For getting this URL please follow below steps:
a) Run cmd and type ip config
b) Go to Appium General Settings.
.
c) Give the server address same as machine ip
4.Run the Java Application
a.Launch
the appium
b.Connect
phone in USB debug mode.(also check device is connected propery by adb devices
command)
c.Check
the checkbox “No Reset”.(It will does not install android app on your phone,As
its already intalled)
d.Start
the Appium Node server.
c.Run the
java application
5.Inspect Mobile element.
For inspecting mobile element,We
need UiAutomaterViewer.This batch file is present in ‘Tools’Folder in the
android SDK.
Connect your android phone
to PC.Open android app in your phone,in which you are supposed to inspect
element.
Using multiple types of
locators you can automate your mobile application.
