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Appium Essentials

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Appium Essentials

Overview of this book

Table of Contents (14 chapters)

System requirements for Android/iOS


We have read about Appium; now, it's time to know about the system requirements for Android/iOS.

Android requirements on Windows and Mac

The following are the system requirements for Appium on Android:

  • Java (version 7 or later)

  • Android SDK API (version 17 or later)

  • Android Virtual Device (AVD) or real device

iOS requirements

These are the system requirements for iOS devices to start with Appium:

  • Mac OS X 10.7 or later

  • Xcode (greater than or equal to 4.6.3; 5.1 is recommended) with the command-line build tool

  • Java version 7 or later

  • Homebrew

  • Node and npm

In the following section, we will look at how to install different software.