As you learned in the previous chapter, In order to perform automation it’s necessary to locate the unique selectors for: Mobile Applications and Mobile Web Browser(Chrome). However, if you haven’t already realized (you soon will!), finding these unique elements can sometimes be painful. And this is where...
Up until now, you’ve learned the basics of using Appium and testing against emulators and simulators. However, for production apps it is imperative to test on real devices to ensure the behavior is as expected for your end-users. The mobile ecosystem is particularly fragmented given...
Up until now we’ve learned all the Appium basics, including how to extract elements and executing the tests on devices and emulators. Although automation is great, in today’s fast moving world there is a constant demand to execute tests faster and on more devices. So the...
In the last chapter we explored the Page Object Model in some detail. If you recall, we touched on the wait method and its significance and we promised to get back to it. So in this chapter we will understand how wait (or Synchronization) performs...
Automation Testing with Appium fundamentally boils down to a simple 2-step process: Identify the Ui Element locator(address) Perform an action on it. So far we have looked into the basics of Appium and learned how can you build the basic script for Mobile Application Automation testing. But that was...
In the last chapter we discussed the Appium Inspector tool and learned how we can extract the elements for any application. Appium Inspector is a great tool to extract elements from Android and iOS both. However, it can take some time to do so. In the...
As you learned in the previous chapter, In order to perform automation it’s necessary to locate the unique selectors for: Mobile Applications and Mobile Web Browser(Chrome). However, if you haven’t already realized (you soon will!), finding these unique elements can sometimes be painful. And this is where...
Understanding how to properly use Locators is key to building your automation scripts. After all, if you’re unable to “find” the UI element, you cannot control it (such as clicking a button). In Mobile (or Web) Automation Testing automating any scenario follows these 2 steps: Find...
In the previous chapter you were briefly introduced to Desired Capabilities. This is a core capability of Appium. In this chapter we will take a deep dive into this feature. Desired Capabilities help us to configure the Appium server and provide the criteria which we wish...
And now the moment you’ve been waiting for: Writing your first test case. You’ll quickly grasp the basics of Appium and see how it can be used for test automation. We’re going to cover a lot of ground in this chapter but it will be well...