Mobile Automation Testing Using APPIUM

Created By: Keshav Kashyap

Agenda:- What is Mobile Automation? How to Setup Android SDK? Install and Un-install Application using CMD How to get App Properties? How to Use Appium? How to program in Eclipse using Appium? What are Desired Capabilities? How to find elements in Mobile App using UI

Automator? Sample Program and Demo Limitations of Appium

What is Mobile Automation? Mobile Automated testing provides a mechanism

to consistently repeat a test procedure and verify application results. It can be effective both for regression testing as well during development.

Testing mobile applications is different and more complex than testing traditional desktop and web applications.

Mobile applications need to be tested on a variety of software platforms and versions, on diverse hardware and form factors, and under different network connectivity conditions.

Moreover, the rapid pace of mobile OS updates, the frequent introduction of new devices and the customer expectation of quick upgrades require additional test cycles

Challenges in Mobile Automation Testing :-Two Key Challenges in Mobile Application Test AutomationMobile Platforms and Technology CoverageThe primary factor that determines an automation tool’s success is its ability to work across platforms and technology stacks. The following challenges influence automation success:Device Diversity:Multiple platforms and browsers.Rendering differences.Mobile devices with varied application run times. Network Challenges:•Multiple network types (e.g., GSM/GPRS/Wi-Fi/Wi-Max).•Different speeds of connectivity across geographies.•Multiple network operators with customized network features.Hardware Challenges:•Limitations in processing speed.•Limitations of mobile memory size.

Pre-Requisites for Mobile Automation :-• Eclipse should be installed• Android SDK and APIs for recent versions of

Android• Selenium Webdriver knowledge.• Java knowledge.• Basic Knowledge of Mobile.

Setup :- Download Selenium Java zip archive and extract

all the files in a folder called Selenium. Download Appium for Windows zip archive and

extract all files in a folder called Appium. Download Appium Java client jar Create a new java project in Eclipse and add

Selenium and Appium Java client Jar files

How to Setup Android SDK? Install and Setup JAVA Setup Java Path in Environment Variables. Setup Path in User Variable Setup JAVA_HOME in User Variable C:\Program Files\Java\jdk1.7.0\bin; Check that whether Java is installed on your system or not. Open cmd type Java -version Output will provide the installed version of Java Install Android SDK OR Just Copy SDK folder shared by anyone.

If you don’t have SDK folder then you have to just click on the above installer_r16-windows.exe. By default it will be installed in C:\Program Files\Android. You have to

just copy the folder and paste it to some other drive. E.g.:- D:\SDK Now setup ANDROID_HOME Setup Tools and Platform Tools Path in User Variable Restart the system (Strongly Recommended)

Install and Un-install Application using CMDInstall an App :-adb install full_path_of_apk adb install C:\Users\TTND\Downloads\teamchat.apk

Un-Install an App :-adb uninstall package_name_of_apk

adb uninstall com.famelive

How to get App Properties:-

• For app properties we have to use command:-

D:\SDK\build-tools\22.0.1\aapt.exe dump badging app_name.apk

What is Appium?:-Appium is an Open source , Cross Platform test

automation tool for mobile appsHosted with GitHub Maintained by Dan Cuellar, Jonathan Lipps and a

number of other contributorsSupports automation of Native , Hybrid and

Mobile Web appsBased on WebDriver JSON wire protocolBased on Client-Server ArchitectureAppium Server written in Node.js

Appium Architecture:-

How to Use or Run Appium?:-

Go to the Appium folder you downloaded earlier and run Appium.exe.Click on General Settings button (second button) and verify URL you defined in Eclipse matches the server address and port from the Appium app. Click on Launch Button.

How to program in Eclipse using Appium:-

What are Desired Capabilities? Desired Capabilities are a set of keys and values sent to the Appium server to tell the server what kind of automation session we’re interested in starting up.

DesiredCapabilities capabilities = new DesiredCapabilities();capabilities.setCapability(CapabilityType.BROWSER_NAME, “”);capabilities.setCapability(“platformName”, “Android”);capabilities.setCapability(CapabilityType.VERSION, “4.4”);capabilities.setCapability(“deviceName”, “111bd508”);capabilities.setCapability(“app”, app.getAbsolutePath());capabilities.setCapability(“appPackage”, “com.example.android.contactmanager”);capabilities.setCapability(“appActivity”, “.ContactManager”);

driver = new AndroidDriver(new URL(“http://127.0.0.1:4723/wd/hub”), capabilities);

Setup Mobile Device For Automation:-• For setting up mobile devices, we have to

verify that whether developer options is enable or not.

• USB Debugging is allowed or not.• For Real device, Android version must be

4.2 or above.

Object Identification Using UI Automator:- Go to SDK folder and open the tools folder. Open uiautomatorviewer. On the actual device, open the app to the page you want to

automate. In UI Automator Viewer, click on Device screenshot

(second button). Click any element on the page and look in the Node detail

window (there you will find details about the selected element: id, class, name, etc.)

Use the info found (id, class) in Eclipse to click buttons, fill input fields

Required Inputs or Query Parameter Details:-public void setUp() throws Exception { File classpathRoot = new File(System.getProperty("user.dir"));        File appDir = new File(classpathRoot, "../../../apps/");        File app = new File(appDir, "App_Name.apk");        DesiredCapabilities capabilities = new DesiredCapabilities();        capabilities.setCapability("deviceName","Android");        capabilities.setCapability("browserName", "");        capabilities.setCapability("platformVersion", "4.4");        capabilities.setCapability("app", app.getAbsolutePath());        capabilities.setCapability("appPackage", “package_name ");        capabilities.setCapability("appActivity", ".activity_name");        driver = new AndroidDriver(new URL("http://127.0.0.1:4723/wd/hub"), capabilities);    }public void tearDown() throws Exception {        driver.quit();   }

Tool Comparison Report :-

Advantages of Appium:-• Open Source Tool• Support for both platforms iOS and android.• Handles simulators/emulators and real devices• Supports automation of hybrid, native and webapps• Supports most of the programming languages like Java, Ruby,

Python, C# etc.

Limitations of Appium:-

• Appium doesn’t perform testing on mobile devices support Android Version lower than 4.2.

• Under Developing stage can't use for big project initially• Doesn't support image comparison.• Facing difficulty in testing the switching action of application

(from the web app to native and vice-versa).