Testing apps using appium

This project contains examples for testing Android, iOS applications using the appium testing framework.

Pre-requisites

To run these samples you need to install the core components like Android SDK, Xcode( for iOS ) on your machine along with the following tools:

• Appium

  npm install -g appium

• Python

  brew install python

• Appium Python Client

  pip install Appium-Python-Client

• PyTest

  pip install -U pytest

• Carthage ( for iOS )

  brew install carthage

Building iOS Project

To prepare the app for testing, build it with a specific SDK using XcodeBuild. Assuming you’ve changed to your Xcode project folder, type the following command to create the build:

xcodebuild -sdk iphonesimulator12.2

This will compile the project and create the build under the build folder. You can find a build/Release-iphonesimulator directory that contains the .app package that you’ll need to communicate with the Appium server.

Building Android Project

To prepare the app for testing, build it using gradlew. Assuming you’ve changed to your android project folder, type the following command to create the build:

./gradlew assemble

This will compile the project and create the build under the build/outputs/apk folder. You can find the .apk package that you’ll need to communicate with the Appium server.

Running Tests

Now is the moment to run the tests but you need to start appium server first. In Terminal, execute the command below:

appium

To execute the following tests ( Android/iOS ) switch to the /Tests directory of the project and type the following command to execute the tests:

• iOS

  pytest test_ios.py

• Android

  Make sure to set ANDROID_HOME environment variable pointing to the Android SDK and then start the emulator which you've specified in the test_android.py file before executing the command below.

  pytest test_android.py

You should see a message specifying the time taken to execute the test and how many of the test cases passed/failed.

Voila!

You deserve a pat on your back for following through this lengthy process to get your appium tests running!