After 16 months of development with over 4,200 commits from 105 contributors, Appium now has 1,139 stars and 922 forks on GitHub. It allows testing of mobile applications using the Selenium WebDriver protocol to access Apple's UIAutomation framework for iOS apps and Google's UiAutomator framework for Android apps without being tied to a specific programming language. Appium uses a client-server architecture to scale testing across devices and environments.

1. mobile automation made awesome
Isaac Murchie • Developer, Ecosystem & Integrations • Sauce Labs
@AppiumDevs • @imurchie • @saucelabs
Testing RubyMotion Applications Using Appium
RubyMotion #inspect • San Francisco, CA
May 28, 2014

2. After 16 months...

3. More than 4,200 commits

4. More than 4,200 commits
2,300 issues closed

5. More than 4,200 commits
1200 pull requests
2,300 issues closed

6. More than 4,200 commits
1,139 stars
1200 pull requests
2,300 issues closed

7. More than 4,200 commits
1,139 stars
922 forks
1200 pull requests
2,300 issues closed

8. More than 4,200 commits
1,139 stars
922 forks
105 contributors
1200 pull requests
2,300 issues closed

9. More than 4,200 commits
1,139 stars
922 forks
105 contributors
1200 pull requests
2,300 issues closed
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10. “This is not meant for full application
acceptance tests. Therefore you should not
let the application launch as normal.”
RubyMotion Testing

11. •No need to recompile/change app
•Language agnostic
•Device independent
•Selenium WebDriver based
Philosophy

12. Give you access to Apple’s UIAutomation
framework without locking you into writing
your tests in JavaScript.
UIAutomation Front-end

13. Appium is configured with a simple hash.
Simple Configuration

14. Appium is configured with a simple hash.
Simple Configuration
def desired_caps
{
'platformName' => 'iOS',
'deviceName' => 'iPhone Retina (4-inch)',
'platformVersion' => '7.1',
'app' => absolute_app_path
}

15. Appium is configured with a simple hash.
Simple Configuration
def desired_caps
{
'platformName' => 'iOS',
'deviceName' => 'iPhone Retina (4-inch)',
'platformVersion' => '6.1',
'app' => absolute_app_path
}

16. Appium is configured with a simple hash.
Simple Configuration
def desired_caps
{
'platformName' => 'iOS',
'deviceName' => 'iPad',
'platformVersion' => '7.1',
'app' => absolute_app_path
}

17. Apple only supports a single instance of
Instruments at a time. This doesn’t scale
well.
!
• Continuous Integration integration
• Client-server architecture allows for
cloud-based solutions
Scaling

18. describe "Handling UITextFields" do
it "should be able to fill in text fields" do
rnd = Random.new
n1 = rnd.rand(100)
n2 = rnd.rand(100)
!
find_element(:name, "Editing").click
!
sum_el = find_element(:name, "Sum")
sum_el.text.should eq ""
!
add_btn = find_element(:name, "Add")
add_btn.enabled?.should be_false
!
el = find_element(:name, "TextField 1")
el.send_keys("#{n1}")
!
sum_el.text.should eq ""
add_btn.enabled?.should be_false
!
el = find_element(:name, "TextField 2")
el.send_keys("#{n2}")
!
sum_el.text.should eq ""
add_btn.enabled?.should be_true
!
add_btn.click
!
sum_el.text.should eq "#{n1 + n2}"
end
end

19. http://appium.io
https://github.com/appium/appium
https://github.com/imurchie/AppiumDemo
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