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Appium Essentials

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Appium Essentials
Apr, 2015 | 188 pages
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Table of Contents (14 chapters)
Appium Essentials
Appium Essentials
Credits
Credits
About the Author
About the Author
About the Reviewers
About the Reviewers
www.PacktPub.com
www.PacktPub.com
Preface
Preface
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1
Appium – Important Conceptual Background
Appium – Important Conceptual Background
Appium architecture
The Selenium JSON wire protocol
Appium session
Desired capabilities
The Appium server and its client libraries
Summary
2
Getting Started with Appium
Getting Started with Appium
Appium – pros and cons
System requirements for Android/iOS
Installing different software
Creating emulators and simulators
Setting up an Eclipse Java project
Summary
3
The Appium GUI
The Appium GUI
The Appium server
Summary
4
Finding Elements with Different Locators
Finding Elements with Different Locators
Finding elements for Android web-based apps using the Chrome ADB plugin
Finding elements for iOS web-based apps using Safari's Develop option
Finding elements for native and hybrid apps
Summary
5
Working with Appium
Working with Appium
Important initial points
Automating native apps
Working with web-apps
Hybrid apps' automation
Summary
6
Driving Appium on Real Devices
Driving Appium on Real Devices
Important initial points
Automating native apps
Working with web apps
Automating hybrid apps
Summary
7
Advanced User Interactions
Advanced User Interactions
Exploring advanced user interactions
Summary
Index
Index

Important initial points

Before starting with Appium, let's make sure that we have all the necessary software installed.

The prerequisites for Android are as follows:

  • Java (version 7 or later)

  • The Android SDK API (version 17 or later)

  • An emulator

  • Eclipse

  • TestNG

  • The Appium server

  • The Appium client library (Java)

  • The Selenium Server and WebDriver Java library

  • The APK Info app

The prerequisites for iOS are as follows:

  • Mac OS 10.7 or later

  • Xcode (version 4.6.3 or later; 5.1 is recommended)

  • Simulator

  • Safari on simulator

  • Java Version 7

  • Eclipse

  • TestNG

  • The Appium Server

  • The Appium client library (Java)

  • The Selenium Server and WebDriver Java library

When working with Appium, we need to set the desired capabilities and initiate an Android/iOS driver. First, we need to understand them one by one.

Necessary desired capabilities for Android and initiating the Android driver

There are two ways to set the desired capabilities, one with the Appium GUI and another by initiating the desired capabilities object. Desired capabilities...

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