5. Working with Appium | Appium Essentials

Working with web-apps

Web apps can be run on any device or platform; the only requirement is a web browser and an Internet connection. The best part is that you don't need to install web-apps on the device. They are generally designed with cross-browser compatibility in mind.

Web apps on Android

We are going to take an example of the Google search page.

In this section, we are going to take a look at how to load the native browser on an emulator and then type data in the Google search box. Initially, we will get the native browser as shown in following screenshot:

Perform the following steps to load the native browser on an emulator and then type data in the Google search box:

Update the desired capabilities in the setup() method to launch the native browser:

caps.setCapability("avd","AVD_Nexus_4");// Mention the created AVD name
caps.setCapability(MobileCapabilityType.BROWSER_NAME, "Browser");

Now, we need to navigate to https://www.google.com using the following command:
```
driver.get("https://www...
```

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Appium Essentials

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Appium Essentials

By: Hans

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Working with web-apps

Web apps on Android

Appium Essentials

By : Hans

Appium Essentials

By: Hans

Overview of this book

Working with web-apps

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