Appium on OSX

Appium-OSX Tutorial

Required software:

Java: JDK

Appium : http://appium.io

Any java IDE: Eclipse / Intellij idea

Appium java client : https://mvnrepository.com/artifact/io.appium/java-client/4.1.2

Selenium stand alone server : https://mvnrepository.com/artifact/org.seleniumhq.selenium/selenium-server-standalone/2.53.0

Xcode : developer.apple.com/xcode/downloads : version 5.1 or higher (i.e 6.1 )

( for opening Iphone simulator)

-          Command line tools (OS X 10.9).pkg

-          Xcode_6.1.1.dmg

Device Configuration : Enable UI automation in mobile (1.Connect your mobile to laptop.  2. Go to settings 3. Developper 4. Enable UI automation

Iphone Simulator verification:

Open Xcode

Click on Create a new Xcode project – Choose single view application – product name : test, 

language : Objective c, Device: Universal

Next

Choose folder name

Create

Click on Run

If it opens a simulator, you are done and then you can close everything.

Installation:

Install Appium  and choose IOS

Click on Apple symbol to add or modify settings

Basic  Tab:

Provide App path : App which you want to automate ( download app in your local  .ipa extension)

Force Device : check the check box and choose your connected device

Platform version: UDID- Unique Device Id: (open xcode -> Devices-> select the device you want to 

test , you can find Identifier , this is the UDID ) (This is basically alias name , give Name: KranthiIphone6)

Full Rest : check the checkbox – every time we run test we have a clean start

Advanced tab:

Xcode path : make sure xcode path pointed to actual installation

Click on launch button

Once you see 200 in the console, you can start inspecting elements

Click on Inspector UI ( magnifier symbol )

This will install the app on your mobile and shows screen in inspector

We can choose any element and find xpath for the same

Appium setup Check:

Click on Appium Doctor button

Code sample:

Open Eclipse

Create a maven project

Add appium-client and selenium server standalone jar to build path

Public class FirstTest{

Public static void main(String[] args){

DesiredCapabilities cap=new DesiredCapabilities();

Cap.setCapabilities(“platformName”,”ios”);

Cap.setCapabilities(“platformVersion”,”8.1”);

Cap.setCapabilities(“deviceName”,” KranthiIphone6”);// this we configured earlier in appium server

IOSDriver driver=new IOSDriver(new URL(http://127.0.0.1:4723/we/hub”),cap);

Driver.manage.timeouts().implicitwiat(60,TimeUnits.SECONDS);

Driver.findElement(By.xpath(“xpath”)).click();

//we can build our own xpaths by copying xpath of the device screen and then we can write xpaths

//xpathtester.com/xpath

Driver.quite();

}