S2E2 — Mobile Test Automation with Appium 2.0 and Java

Ozgur Kaya

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Software Testing Bootcamp

3 min readFeb 10, 2022

In this video, we will do 2 examples with Appium 2.0:

MobilWeb Test Automation on iPhone Safari (xcuitest). Example Website is our Youtube channel https://www.youtube.com/c/SoftwareTestingBootcamp
Native Android app Test Automation on Android device (uiautomator2) Example App is https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.bilgikolik.app&hl=tr&gl=US

Topics other than mobile automation are out of the scope of this doc.

Webinar Video:

Requirements:

Java JDK 11 installation
Homebrew installation
NodeJS installation
IntelliJ IDEA CE Installation
Appium Server v2.0.0-beta.25 installation (Required for Mobile TestRun & Debugging)
Appium Desktop v1.22 installation (Optional)
Appium Inspector v2022.1.2 installation (Required for Debugging the Apps)
Android Studio installation (Required for Android Emulator access)
Xcode installation (Required for iOS Simulator access)

Appium Server & Driver Installation

Before starting Appium server installation, you need to install NodeJS

npm install -g appium@next
appium driver install uiautomator2
appium driver install xcuitest

Appium Plugin Installation

appium plugin install --source=npm appium-wait-plugin
appium plugin install --source=npm appium-device-farm
appium plugin install --source=npm appium-dashboard

Appium Wait Plugin Activation

source ~/.bash_profile
appium --use-plugins element-wait

NOTE: Now you can say goodbye to your “wait.until” commands on your automation project.

Appium Device Farm Plugin Activation

source ~/.bash_profile
appium server -ka 800 --use-plugins=element-wait,device-farm,appium-dashboard --plugin-device-farm-platform=Android

NOTE: Please visit this link after activation to check your devices. http://localhost:4723/device-farm/

As you can see here, many features in Appium version1 are now decoupled. Whatever you need, you have to install it

How to run?

Run TestNG’s “suite/AndroidGroup.xml” file to start the Android App automation. Remember that you have to create a new Android Emulator on your computer within Android Studio AVD Manager.

Run TestNG’s “suite/SafariGroup.xml” file to start the Safari MobileWeb automation. Remember that you have to enable your Safari Developer options and activate “Automatically Show Web Inspector for JSContexts” for your iOS simulator.