Appium

Appium automation (JAVA_HOME(eclipse/intellij), ANDROID_HOME (android studio), appiumCLI, appiuminspector, Maven, TestNG
or any other required dependencies required for working

Appium Commands

Pre requirements for installation

Download Node Js

Download Java JDK

Setup Environment Variables for JAVA
Variable Name: JAVA_HOME
variabe value: C:\Program Files\Java\jdk-21

Path (add new values to path system variable)
%JAVA_HOME%\lib
%JAVA_HOME%\bin

Eclipse (IDE already have maven plugin + can install testNG, Junit from eclipse marketplace)
Download Eclipse

Android Studio
Download Android Studio

--Setup Environment Variables for android Studio:--

ANDRIOD_HOME C:\Users\username\AppData\Local\Android\sdk

Path
%ANDROID_HOME%\build-tools
%ANDROID_HOME%\platforms
%MAVEN_HOME%\bin
C:\Users\Username\AppData\Local\Android\sdk
C:\Users\Username\AppData\Local\Android\sdk\platform-tools

Installing Appium Command line (cmd)

npm install -g appium appium --version appium (run appium)

appium driver list appium driver install uiautomator2

npm install appium-doctor -g appium-doctor --android

npm install -g appium-installer appium-installer

Other useful commands

install the missing packages (mjpeg-consumer) with the below command if needed

npm i -g mjpeg-consumer

pip install Appium-Python-Client

To install, uninstall, or update an Appium driver we can use the respective commands as instructed below.

To install a new driver

appium driver install To install a new driver from npm appium driver install --source=npm [@] To install a driver from a local folder (useful for developers) appium driver install --source=local /Users/me/sources/ To install a new driver from github appium driver install --source=github --package= appium/

To list already installed drivers

appium driver list --installed

To update a driver (it must be already installed)

appium driver update xcuitest

To uninstall a driver (it won't last forever, wouldn't it?)

appium driver uninstall xcuitest

appium plugin list

To install an officially supported plugin

appium plugin install

To install a plugin from a local folder (useful for developers)

appium plugin install --source=local /Users/me/sources/

To install a new plugin from npm

appium plugin install --source=npm

To list already installed plugins

appium plugin list --installed

To update a plugins (it must be already installed)

appium plugin update

To uninstall a plugin

appium plugin uninstall

Download and install appium inspector on your system

Download Appium Inspector

Appium or Inspector also need settings for mobile : Click on settings, about phone and click on android version more than 7 times to open developer tools
USB debugging on - (developer tools)
USB debugging (security settings)
install via USB on
allow appium mobile app when connected via USB
allow uiautomator2 app as well if requied

Restart PC and check by running everything works.........

Appium inspector Capabilities

when you have connected mobile device via USB available on Android studio(ckick mirror screen on Android studio to focus on screen) Goto cmd to check capabilities App package and App activity for appium inspector

C:\Users\username>adb shell
gauguininpro:/ $ dumpsys window displays | grep -e 'mCurrentFocus'
--output should be like---
mCurrentFocus=Window{22c3dbd u0 com.miui.calculator/com.miui.calculator.cal.CalculatorActivity}

(Alternatively, Apk info app can be installed from playstore to check App package and App activity details on mobile)

-----Another Useful cmd command adb devices-------

C:\Users\vimal>adb devices
List of devices attached
6a518668 device

Desired capabilities Example:

desired_caps = {
'platformName': 'Android',
'platformVersion': '13',
'deviceName': 'Google Pixel 7pro',
'app': '/apk/com.slot.spin.game.play.apk',
'appPackage': 'com.slot.spin.game.play',
'appActivity': 'com.slot.spin.game.play.MainActivity',
'automationName': 'UiAutomator2' # Use UiAutomator2 for Android
}

Creating eclipse project and Other Compatibility checks for debugging

Create maven project simple ;
create new package under src/test/java ;
create new class under the package created and include your test java code ;
Dependency need to be added in pom.xml file of the simple maven project according to compatible version as required. You need to change versions if getting errors;

Appium Java Client version must be compatible with Selenium client

Appium Java Client Github

[dependencies]

[dependency]

<groupId>io.appium</groupId>

<artifactId>java-client</artifactId>

<version>9.2.2</version>

[/dependency]

[dependency]

<groupId>org.seleniumhq.selenium</groupId>

 <artifactId>selenium-java </artifactId>
 
<version>4.21.0</version>

[/dependency]

[/dependencies]