Appium Essentials

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Appium Essentials

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Appium Essentials

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Appium Essentials

Appium Essentials

Credits

About the Author

About the Author

About the Reviewers

About the Reviewers

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Preface

Free Chapter

Appium – Important Conceptual Background

Appium – Important Conceptual Background

Appium architecture

The Selenium JSON wire protocol

Desired capabilities

The Appium server and its client libraries

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

The Appium GUI

The Appium server

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

Working with Appium

Working with Appium

Important initial points

Automating native apps

Working with web-apps

Hybrid apps' automation

Driving Appium on Real Devices

Driving Appium on Real Devices

Important initial points

Automating native apps

Working with web apps

Automating hybrid apps

Advanced User Interactions

Advanced User Interactions

Exploring advanced user interactions

Index

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Chapter 1. Appium – Important Conceptual Background

In this chapter, we will learn about the Appium architecture, JavaScript Object Notation (JSON) wire protocol, and Appium sessions as well as gain an understanding of the desired capabilities before starting Appium. This chapter will also touch upon the topics of the Appium server and its client library.

In short, we will cover the following topics:

Appium's architecture
The Selenium JSON wire protocol
Appium sessions
Desired capabilities
The Appium server and its client library