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Appium drives iOS and Android apps using the WebDriver protocol.
Appium is an open source test automation framework for use with
native, hybrid and mobile web apps.
Appium Solution
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What is it?
Native App – A native app is an app which is built for a specific
platform using specific technologies like Xcode for iOS and Java for
Android.
Hybrid App – A hybrid app is an app which uses native as well as
web technologies to bring best of both worlds.
Html5 App – Html5 app is not installed on a phone. It runs on a
browser and built using web technologies such that it is fully
optimized for screen it runs on.
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Features Comparison
Feature Native Hybrid HTML5
Performance Fast Controlled Slow
Multi-touch/pinch Yes Yes No
Device Access All Almost all Very few
Secure storage Yes Yes Shared/No
Connectivity Online/Offline Online/Offline Mostly Online
Rollout Slow/painful Slow/painful Fast
Security High Low Low
Best for Games/low content Medium dynamic content High dynamic content
Tools Xcode, Eclipse Phonegap, Worklight Any web based
Distribution Downloaded to device
from AppStore
Hosted on a Web server and
accessed on a Web Browser
Downloaded to device from
AppStore
Integration Supports integration with
device features such as
camera and address book
Doesn’t support integration
with device components
Supports integration with
device features such as
camera and address book
Notifications Yes No Yes
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Market overview
Facebook moved away from HTML5 apps
Twitter uses hybrid app approach
A lot of ecommerce sites have HTML5 based mobile websites
LinkedIn also recently moved to native app
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Appium Philosophy
Appium was designed to meet mobile automation needs according
to a philosophy outlined by the following four tenets:
1. You shouldn't have to recompile your app or modify it in any way in
order to automate it. you're testing the same app you're shipping
2. You shouldn't be locked into a specific language or framework to write
and run your tests
3. A mobile automation framework shouldn't reinvent the wheel when it
comes to automation APIs. extended the JSON protocol with extra
API methods useful for mobile automation
4. A mobile automation framework should be open source, in spirit and
practice as well as in name
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What is Appium ?
Appium is an HTTP server that creates and handles WebDriver
sessions
Appium starts a “test case” on the device that spawns a server and
listens for proxied commands
On Android, Appium proxies commands to a UiAutomator test case
running on the device
On iOS Appium proxies commands to a UIAutomation script running
in Instruments
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Client/Server Architecture
Receives connections from a client
Listens for commands
Executes the commands on a mobile device
Responds with an HTTP response representing the result of the
command execution
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Session
Session Object
Clients initiate a session with a server in ways specific to each
library
All libraries end up sending a POST /session request to the server,
with a JSON object called the 'desired capabilities' object
the server will start up the automation session and respond with a
session ID which is used for sending further commands
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JSON
Desired capabilities tell the Appium server what kind of automation
session we're interested in starting up
There are various capabilities which can modify the behavior of the
server during automation (e.g. tell Appium that we want an iOS session, rather than an Android one)
Desired Capabilities
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Appium
Server
Appium Server
Appium is a server written in Node.js.
It can be built and installed from source or installed directly from
NPM
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Appium Clients
There are client libraries (in Java, Ruby, Python, PHP, JavaScript,
and C#) which support Appium's extensions to the WebDriver
protocol. When using Appium, you want to use these client libraries
instead of your regular WebDriver client.
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Appium on real iOS devices
Appium has support for real device testing.
To get started on a real device, you will need the following:
An Apple Developer ID and a valid Developer Account with a
configured distribution certificate and provisioning profile.
An iPad or iPhone. Make sure this has been set up for development
in Xcode. See this article for more information.
A signed .ipa file of your app, or the source code to build one.
A Mac with Xcode and the Xcode Command Line Developer Tools.
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Language Clients
Github Repo and Installation InstructionsLanguage/Framework
https://github.com/appium/ruby_libRuby
https://github.com/appium/python-clientPython
https://github.com/appium/java-clientJava
https://github.com/admc/wdJavaScript (Node.js)
https://github.com/appium/selenium-objective-cObjective C
https://github.com/appium/php-clientPHP
https://github.com/appium/appium-dotnet-driverC# (.NET)
http://github.com/appium/perl-clientPerl
https://github.com/jollychang/robotframework-
appiumlibrary
RobotFramework
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Requirements
IOS
Mac OSX 10.7
XCode 4.5
Command Line Tools
Android
Mac OSX 10.7 or Windows 7 or Linux
Android SDK
Firefox
Firefox OS Simulator
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IOS
Versions: 6.0, 6.1, 7.0, 7.1, 8.0, and 8.1
Devices: iPhone Simulator, iPad Simulator, and real iPhones and
iPads
Native app support: Yes
Mobile web support: Yes, via automation of mobile Safari.
Hybrid support: Yes.
Support for automating multiple apps in one session: No
Support for automating multiple devices simultaneously: No
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Android
Versions: 2.3 and up
Devices: Android emulators and real Android devices
Native app support: Yes
Mobile web support: Yes
Hybrid support: Yes
Support for automating multiple apps in one session: Yes
Support for automating multiple devices simultaneously: Yes
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Appium is a server written in Node.js.
It can be built and installed from source or installed directly from
NPM
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SauceLabs
Automated testing in the cloud for CI.
Provides the world’s largest cross-browser grid for executing
Selenium & Appium WebDriver tests
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Java JDK
Download java JDK :
www.oracle.com/technetwork/java/javase/downloads/jdk7-downloads-1880260.html
to add new variable and edit the path.
right click on computer - > properties -> Advanced system settings
-> Environment variables
Add new variable :
New : variable name : JAVA_HOME
variable value : C:Program FilesJavajdk1.7.0_79
Edit Path : ;C:Program FilesJavajdk1.7.0_79bin
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Download Eclipse ( with TestNG & Maven)
www.eclipse.org
Add TestNG plugin :
Help -> install new software -> Add ->
Name : TestNG
Location : http://beust.com/eclipse
Add Maven :
Help -> install new software -> Add ->
Name : Maven
Location : http://download.eclipse.org/technology/m2e/releases
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ADT Plugin
ADT Plugin ( Android Developer Tools) :
Help -> install new software -> Add ->
Name : ADT Plugin
Location : https://dl-ssl.google.com/android/eclipse/
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Android SDK
Android SDK ( Software Developer Kit) :
developer.android.com/sdk/index.html
To add the location of the android sdk folder to eclipse :
Window -> Preferences -> Android
SDK Location : the path of the android-sdks
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ANDROID_HOME
to add new variable and edit the path.
right click on computer - > properties -> Advanced system settings
-> Environment variables
Add new variable :
New : variable name : ANDROID_HOME
variable value : pathandroid -sdks
Edit Path : ; pathandroid –sdksplatform-tools
Edit Path : ; pathandroid –sdkstools
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Appium
Install Appium server :
http://appium.io/downloads.html
Download Appium and Selenium jars from Maven repositories
Selenium : http://www.seleniumhq.org/download/
Java-client : https://search.maven.org/#search%7Cga%7C1%7Cjava-
client
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Inspect Elements
Native app :
Android : uiautomatorviewer tool that is located in the
android-sdks/tools.
IOS : Appium Inspector that is located with the appium server.
Web & Hybrid apps :
Chrome://inspect/#devices
* In hybrid apps should pay attention to switch between drivers from
native to web a vice versa.
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Thank You
Nael Abd Aljawad – QA Automation Technical Leader
Notas del editor
A native application (native app) is an application program that has been developed for use on a particular platform or device. (Ingress, Instagram…)
A Web application (Web app) is an application program that is stored on a remote server and delivered over the Internet through a browser interface.(Designer Pages, Wistia ,Wufoo)
A hybrid application (hybrid app) is one that combines elements of both native and Web applications.(Facebook - Three20 as the core UI along with the Facebook SDK but HTML5 for feeds)
http://appium.io/introduction.html
JavaScript Object Notation (JSON) is used to represent objects with complex data structures. It is used primarily to transfer data between a server and a client on the web. It has very much become an industry standard for various REST web services, playing a strong alternative to XML.
A client can send a person’s details to a server in the preceding JSON format, which the server can parse and create an instance of the Person object for use in its execution.
Later, the response can be sent back by the server to the client in the JSON format, the data of which the client can use to create an object of a class.
Npm: package manager that makes it easy for JavaScript developers to share and reuse code, and it makes it easy to update the code that you're sharing.
Node.js: is an open source, cross-platform runtime environment for server-side and networking applications. Node.js applications are written in JavaScript, and can be run within the Node.js runtime on OS X, Microsoft Windows, Linux, FreeBSD, NonStop, IBM AIX,IBM System z and IBM i. Its work is hosted and supported by the Node.js Foundation,[3] a Collaborative Project at Linux Foundation.