How to test mobile devices using

Selendroid and Appium

(Version1.1August2015)

1.Preface
2.Requirements
2.1JavaSDK
2.2AndroidSDK
2.3AndroidVirtualDevices
2.4PhysicalAndroidDevices
3.PreparingYourDevice
4.Selendroid
4.1WhatisSelendroid?
4.2StartingSelendroid
4.3WritingaSimpleTestforSelendroid
4.4RunningaTest
4.5StartingDevicesAtRuntime
4.5.1SelectingAVDsbyProperties
4.5.2SelectingPhysicalDevicesByProperties
4.5.3PerformingaTestOnMultipleEmulators
4.6SelendroidandSiteGenesis
4.8Advantages
5.Appium
5.1WhatisAppium?
5.2InstallingtheAppiumServer
5.3CreatingYourFirstAppiumTestCase
5.3.1SetupofaSimpleAppiumProject
5.3.2UsingAppiumandMaven
5.3.3WritingYourFirstAppiumTestCase
5.4TestExecution
5.5Pitfalls
5.6CreatingAnAppiumTestCaseForSiteGenesis
6.LocalMobileEmulators
6.1AndroidVirtualDevice(AVD)Manager
6.2Genymotion
6.3OtherAlternatives
7.MobileDeviceClouds
7.1AWSDeviceFarm
7.2Keynote
7.3Xamarin
7.4Saucelabs
7.5BrowserStack
7.6Perfectomobile
8.SiteGenesisCommunityTestsuiteWrappert
8.1BrowserStackStandalone
8.2AppiumStandalone

 8.3AppiumWrapper
8.4ChromeWebDriverWrapper
9.KnownProblems
9.1TroubleCreatingScreenshotWithAppium
9.2ClickingOnElementsDoesNotWork
9.3AppiumBuildpathOrder
9.4WindowsDriver
10.Sources

1. Preface

Testingnativeappsandthemobilewebonsmartphonesbecomesmoreandmoreimportantthesedays.
Togetridofallthedifferentplatformsandapplicationtypeswhichexistsitishighlyrecommendedtousea
testautomationframeworklike
Selendroid1 Appium2.Bothframeworksareavailableunderthe
or Apache
LicenseVersion2.0 .Thesourcecodecanbeobtainedfrom GitHub.
ThefollowingtextshallguidethereaderthroughtheprocessofinstallingSelendroid/Appiumwithall
dependenciesunderalinuxenvironmentandfinallycreatesometestcaseswiththe XltScriptDeveloper
.

2. Requirements

BeforeyoucanstartwritingmobiletestcaseswithSelendroidorAppiumitisnecessarytoinstallcertain
dependencies.Firstandforemostyouneedtohavesome SoftwareDevelopmentKits(SDK), whichallows
youtowritetestsandexecutesthem.Additionallyyouneedtoprovidesometestdevices.Thesecanbe
eithervirtualdevicesorphysicalhardwaredevices.Makesureyoufulfillallthoserequirementsbelow
beforeyouproceed.

2.1 Java SDK

JavaSDK3
A (v.1.7andabove)needstobeinstalledandconfigured.Makesurethattheenvironment
JAVA_HOME
variable ispointingtotherightdirectory,i.e.,donotletitpointtothe
JavaRuntime
Environment only.Ifyouneedhelpinstallingjavaconsulttheoracleonlinehelpat
https://www.java.com/en/download/help/download_options.xml ,whichprovidesfurtherinformation.

1
http://selendroid.io/
2
http://appium.io/
3
http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/java/javase/downloads/index.html
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2.2 Android SDK

AndroidSDK4
ToruntestsagainstAndroiddevicesrequiresyoutoinstallthe .Followthestepsbelowto
setupyourAndroidenvironment:

1. downloadtheAndroidSDK( SDKToolsOnly )foryouroperatingsystem

(
http://developer.android.com/sdk/index.html )

2. extractthecontentofthedownloadedarchivetoaanylocationofyourchoosingtherootofyour
userhomedirectoryisarecommendedplace

3. addANDROID_HOME toyour
PATH

exportANDROID_HOME=/install_dir/androidsdklinux
exportPATH=${PATH}:$ANDROID_HOME/tools
exportPATH=${PATH}:$ANDROID_HOME/platformtools

4. starttheAndroidSDKManager byopeningaconsoleandtyping android

ifnothinghappens
yourpathisnotconfiguredcorrectly

5. inthefollowingwindowyoucanselectwhichplatformsandtoolsyouwanttoinstallstartby
selectingtheTools
checkbox,todownloadthemall

6. selectacheckboxbeneathanAndroidVersionmakesurethatthetestautomationframeworkyou
wanttousesupportsthisAPI,forexampleSelendroidsupportsAPI1019

7. selectthecheckbox AndroidSupportLibrary
fromtheExtrasfolder

8. clickon
Installpackages

9. acceptthelicenseandclickonInstall

Thecheckedpackageswillbedownloaded,whichmaytakeawhiledependingonyourconnection.After
thedownloadiscompletedyoucanstartaddingvirtualdevicestoyoursystemoruserealphysical
hardwaretorunyourtests.

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http://developer.android.com/sdk/index.html
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2.3 Android Virtual Devices

Insteadofrunningmobiletestsonrealhardwareyoucanalsouseanemulator.Emulatorsofferssome
advantagescomparedtophysicaldevices.Youcancreateasmanyemulatorsasyoulike,eachofthem
emulatesadifferentAndroiddevicewithdifferentsettings.AnemulatorforAndroidisoftencalled Android
VirtualDevice(AVD) .IfyouhaveinstalledtheAndroidSDKwithittoolsyoucancreateyourownAVDinno
time.
TocreateanewAVDrunthecommand android inaconsoletostarttheAndroidSDKManager.Nextgo
tothetoolbarandclickTools>ManageAVDs .TheAndroidVirtualDevice(AVD)Manager shouldopenin
anotherwindow.HereyoucancreatedifferentAVDsandevenspecifyyourownDeviceDefinitions.This
allowsyoutocreatevirtualdeviceswithhardwarespecsthatdoesnotexistinreallife.Whencreatingan
AVDpayattentiontoselectasupportedAPIversionunder Target,tomakesureyourtestautomation
frameworkwillrecognizethedevice.AlldevicesyoucreatewillbedisplayedintheAVDManager.Ifyou
ratherwanttoworkonconsolelevelyoucanalsousethecommand androidlistavd togetalistofall
installedemulators.
IMPORTANT: doNOTactivatetheUseHostGPUoptionitmightcausesometroublewhileusingthe
frameworks.

2.4 Physical Android Devices

Ifyoudontwanttorelyonemulatorsyoucanalsouserealdevices.Usingphysicalhardwarerequiresyou
toenableUSBdebugging onyourphoneinthe
DeveloperOptions dialog.Ifyoudontknowwherethis
optionsarefollowthislink
http://developer.android.com/tools/device.html#settingup.
Connectthedevicetoyourcomputerthroughusb.Itmaybenecessary(dependingonyourAndroid
version)toacceptthefingerprintforthecomputeryouconnectto.Inthiscaseanewdialogpopsupasking

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youwhethertotrustthecomputerordeclinetheconnection.JustclickOkandyouarefine.Alsomake
surethatnoscreenlockisactivated.
Youcanverifythatyourdeviceiscorrectlyattachedtoyourcomputertypingthecommand adbdevices
inaconsole.Theoutputpresentsalistofallexternaldevicesconnectedtothecomputer.

3. Preparing Your Device

AfterinstallingandconfiguringtheJavaandAndroidSDK,youarereadytostartwritingtestswith
SelendroidorAppium.Asalreadymentionedyoucandecidewhetheryouwanttoexecuteyourtestson
realhardwareoranemulator.Doyouwanttoseehowyourtestcasebehavesonarealdevicethenjust
followthestepsabove .

Ordoyouratherpreferanemulator?Allyouhavetodoisitstartemulationby
executingthecommand emulatoravdNexus442 (replaceNexus442withtheactualnameofyour
previouslycreateddevice).AnewwindowshouldappearwhichactslikeanAndroiddevice.
IMPORTANT: startallyourAVDsatleastonceanddeactivatetheAndroidscreenlock.Otherwisethere
couldbeproblemslaterwhiletesting.

4. Selendroid

4.1 What is Selendroid?

Selendroidisatestautomationframework,whichcanbeusedtotest nativeandhybrid
apps,andthe
mobileweb aswell(mobilewebreferstoaccessingtheinternetthroughamobilebrowser).Theframework
AndroidInstrumentationFramework5
reliesonthe andisthereforelimitedtotestandroiddevicesonly.
Selendroidconsistsoffourmajorcomponents:

1. SelendroidClient javaclientlibrarybasedonSeleniumWebDrivers
2. SelendroidServer whichisrunningontheandroiddevice
3. AndroidDriverApp specialapptotestthemobileweb(notinthepicturebelow)
4. SelendroidStandalone proxybetweenSelendroidClient
andSelendroidServer

5
http://developer.android.com/tools/testing/testing_android.html
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CommunicationbetweentheWebDriverClientandSelendroidStandaloneisbasedonthe JSONwire
protocol
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.ThemainfunctionoftheSelendroidStandaloneistohandlerequestsfromclientsandforward
themtothedevices.Thisalsoincludestransferringappsfromthecomputertotheandroiddevice.Itdoes
notmatterifanemulatororarealdeviceistested.

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https://code.google.com/p/selenium/wiki/JsonWireProtocol
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4.2 Starting Selendroid

RunningSelendroidisstraightforward:justdownloadthe SelendroidStandalone.jar
andyouaregoodto
go.Navigatetothefolderwiththejarfileandrunfollowingcommand:

javajarselendroidstandalone0.15.0withdependencies.jar

Executingthecommandwillstartahttpserverlisteningonport4444.Thisserverwillscancontinuously
yourcomputerformobiledeviceconnections.ThereforeitchecksallyourcreatedAVDswhilealso
watchingfornewpluggedindevices.
Everyactiontheserverperforms(likedetectingnewdevices,runningtestsetc.)willbeloggedtothe
consoleandtodisk.Youcanalsotakealookat http://localhost:4444/wd/hub/status
toseeseeall
connecteddevicesandsomeotherimportantinformation.Watchout:ifyourdeviceisnotlistedunder
supportedDevicesitmaybepossiblethatitusesanotsupportedAndroidAPIversion.Inthatcaseyou
cannotuseitfortestingpurpose.

IfyouprefertorunaSelendroidStandalonefromyourcodeallyouhavetodoiscreateanewdefault
SelendroidConfiguration andlaunchaserverwithit.Takealookatthecodesnippetbelow,which
showsyouhowitworks:

AsyoucanseeitisreallysimpletostartSelendroidStandalonefromyourcode.Ofcourseyoucanchange
theserverconfigurationtoyourneeds,likespecifyingonwhichporttheislistening,theloglevelorsome
generalbehaviour,e.g.,emulatorandsessiontimeout.

4.3 Writing a Simple Test for Selendroid

YoucanwriteSelendroidtestcasesineveryprogramminglanguageforwhichSeleniumoffersclient
bindings.ThefollowingtestcodeiswritteninJavaanddemonstratesthesimpleusageofSelendroid.First,
createanewJavaProjectintheIDEofyourchoice.AddanewclasswiththenameSelendroidTest tothe
projectwhichcontainsthefollowingcode:

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Theclasscontainsthreemethodsthatareexecutedbefore,duringandafterthetest.In begin() anew
webdriveriscreatedwiththecapabilitytocommunicatewithAndroiddevices.Themethod test()
providesthecodewhichwillbetested.Inthiscaseitopensamobilewebbrowser,visitthewebsite
http://m.ebay.de,getahandletothesearchfieldandsearchesforthetextNexus5.Afterthepayloadof
end()
thetest
iscalledandthebrowserisclosed.
BeforeyoucanrunthecodewithSelendroidyouneedtoadd selendroidclient0.15.0.jar
and
selendroidstandalone0.15.0withdependencies.jar toyourprojectbuildpath.

4.4 Running a Test

Torunthecodeaboveyouneedtoa.)startanAVDasexplainedin 3.Preparingyourdevice
orb.)connectyoursmartphonetothecomputerasexplainedin 2.4PhysicalAndroidDevices .
Takecare:ifyouhaverealhardwareconnectedandanAVDrunning,Selendroidwillpickuponeobject
randomlytoperformthetest.MakesureSelendroidStandaloneisstarted(asdescribedin 4.2Starting
Selendroid)andrecognizesyourdevice.Allthatislefttodoistocompileandrunthecodeandwatchyour
deviceperformingthetest.

4.5 Starting Devices At Runtime

Testingyourcodeinanemulatoraspresentedin 4.4Runningatest
hasonemajordrawback:youneedto
start/stopyourAVDmanuallybeforethetest,everytimeyouwanttouseanotherdevice.Imagineyouhave
atestcaseandaroundtendeviceswhichyouallwantedtotest.Itwouldbeareallytediousjobtotype
always emulatoravddevice#xx justtostartanewdeviceandafterwardsexecutetheactualtest.
Selendroidoffersaconvenientwaytosolvethisspecificproblemandsavesyoualotoftyping.Insteadof
startingemulatorsbyhandyoucanletSelendroidstart/stopthemforyoudynamically(donotconfuse

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startinganAVDwithcreatingone!).Ifyouhavejustoneemulator/deviceoritdoesnotmatteronwhich
deviceyouareperformingatestyoucanstickwiththecodefrom 4.3WritingasimpletestforSelendroid.
ButifyouwanttotestcertaindevicesyouneedtosupplyadditionalinformationtoSelendroid.These
informationareprovidedthrough propertiesduringthecreationofthewebdriver.SelendroidStandalonewill
thentrytoselectadevicewhichmatchesalltherequirements.Takealookatthetablebelowtoseeallthe
propertiesyoucansetformobilewebtesting.
Therearealsosomepitfallsbyselectingdeviceswhichyouneedtotakecareof.Adevicemustsupport
ALLthespecifiedpropertiestoreturnamatch,i.e.,ifyourdevicehastheAndroidtargetAPI19butthe
propertyistellingSelendroidStandalonetolookfordeviceswithAPI18,nomatchwillbefoundandthe
testwillcrash.Ontheotherhand,ifyourpropertiesmatchvariousresults,Selendroidwillpickthefirstone
returned.
SadlythereisnowaytoselectanemulatorbynameorID.Onlyphysicaldevicescanbeaccessedbya
serialnumber.

Property Description

EMULATOR booleanvalue,indicatingwhethertousean
emulatororarealdevice

PLATFORM_VERSION theAndroidtargetAPIversion

LOCALE whichlocalizationshouldbeused

SCREEN_SIZE thedisplayresolution

MODEL specifythemodelofanemulator

API_TARGET_TYPE letyouspecifytheAPIlibraryneededonadevice

DISPLAY onlyforLinux:specifythedisplayonwhichthe
emulatorwindowshouldappear

PRE_SESSION_ADB_COMMANDS allowstheusertoprovidealistofadbcommands
(executedbeforethetest)

4.5.1 Selecting AVDs by Properties

LettingSelendroidpickanemulatorforyourdesiredpropertiesisstraightforward.Theexamplebelow
showsyouhowtoselectadevicebyusingsomeofthepropertiesfromthetableabove.Allyouhavetodo
isslightlymodifythecodefrom
4.3WritingasimpletestforSelendroid begin()
inthe method:

ThissamplecodesnippetwillselectasingleNexus5emulator(ifavailable).Ifmultipledevicesarefound
thefirstreturnedtoSelendroidwillbeused.

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4.5.2 Selecting Physical Devices By Properties

BesideslettingyouspecifywhichAVDtouseyoucanalsotellSelendroidwhichrealdevice(s)shouldbe
tested.Togetalistofalldevicesconnectedtoyourcomputeryoucanrunthecommand adbdevices .
Theoutputmaylooklikethis:

Listofdevicesattached
00199148057dae device
0149bd8205670019 device

Everyentryhasauniqueserialnumberwhichidentifiesthedevice.TotellSelendroidwhichdeviceto
chooseyoucanusethefollowingcode:

4.5.3 Performing a Test On Multiple Emulators

NowthatyouknowhowtoselectdeviceswithSelendroiditshouldbenoproblemtowritemorecomplex
code,whichselectsdifferentdevicesconsecutivelyandruntestsonthem(seetheexamplebelow).

4.6 Selendroid and SiteGenesis

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 SiteGenesisCommunityTestSuite7allowsuserstowritetestcasesforDemandware8based
The
ecommercestores.EverytestcaseinSiteGenesisisasubclassof AbstractScriptTestCase .Ifyou
wanttoextendthetestsuitebyofferingthepossibilitytoperformmobiletestsyouneedawrapperclass.
Thisclassisresponsibleforstarting/shuttingdowntheSelendroidserverandthecreationofthewebdriver.
Runningamobiletestjustrequiresyoutoextendtestcasesfromthenewlycreatedwrapperclass.

MobileWrapper
Inthesampleabovetheclass actsasawrapperclassformobiletestcases.Apossible
implementationofthatclassmaylooklikethis:

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https://github.com/Xceptance/SiteGenesisCommunityTestSuite
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http://www.demandware.com/
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Thepurposeofthisclassistostart/stopaSelendroidServerandcreate/deleteanAndroidDriver.Tosave
timeandresourcestheserveranddriverareonlycreated/deletedonce.Thecreationwilltakeplaceina
staticinitializationblockwhichgetsexecutedwhentheJavaClassloaderloadstheclass.Inthisblockwe
alsoaddashutdownhandlerthatwillbecalledwhenalltestsarefinishedandthe JavaVirtualMachine
(JVM) quits.
Becauseitisnecessarytotellthesuperclasswhichdrivershouldbeused,weneedtocall
setWebDriver() intheconstructorandpassthedriverforeachtestweliketorun.

4.7 Known Problems

Atthetimeofwritingselendroidhassomeissueswhichhaveanegativeimpactonperformingtestsand
mayalsocrashthem.Thefollowingproblemswerefoundbytheauthorduringwritingthisdocumentation:

Issue#1:ItisnotpossibletooverridecertainJavaScriptfunctionslikewindow.alertor
window.confirm

ThereasonforthatisthatSelendroidusesitownmessagingsystemwhichalreadyoverridesthose
functions.AsresulttheSelendroidServermaycrash.Selendroiddevsknowaboutthisissuebutitwill
probablynotbefixedsoon( https://github.com/selendroid/selendroid/issues/361 ).
ThisproblemespeciallyaffectstheXLTFrameworkmethod assumeOkOnAlertOrConfirm intheclass
WebDriverUtils .

Issue#2:Themethodclear()cannotbeused

TherearesomeproblemswhentheselendroidwebdriveriscreatedandtheSeleniumfunctionclear()is
called.Itisnotquiteclearhowandwhentheerrorhappens(maybeitdependsonacertainAndroid
version).Forfurtherreadingvisit https://github.com/appium/appium/issues/3186 or
https://github.com/selendroid/selendroid/issues/492 .

Issue#3:Thewebviewsgotsopenedbutthenclosedimmediately

IfyouwanttouseSelendroidinconjunctionwithSiteGenesisyouneedtopayattentiontotheorderofthe
buildpath.SiteGenesisusessomelibrarieswhicharealsorequiredbySelendroid.Thiscanleadtoversion
conflictsorotherunexpectedbehaviour.Forexample,takealookatthegraphicbelow:

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ThegraphicshowsthebuildclasspathorderfortheauthorsSiteGenesisproject.Itusesthelibraries
requiredforSelendroidandlinkstothesourcesoftheXLTFramework(intheprojectxlt4.6mobile).Ifyou
changetheorderandputthefoldernamedxlt4.6.mobileabovetheentry
selendroidstandalone0.15.0withdependencies.jarthecreationofawebdriverfails.Thiskindoferroris
hardtodetectbecausetheconsolelogdoesnottellyouexactlywhattheproblemis.Inthisexampleallthe
errorlogsaysisthattherearesomeproblemspopulatingthewebdriverwithJSONObjects.
Soiftherearesomestrangeerrorsinyourprojecttrytochangethebuildorderfirst.

4.8 Advantages

Theframeworkoffersmanyadvantages,mostofthemarerelatedtothefunctionalitytotestapps.Togetan
overviewtakeaquickglimpseatthefollowinglist:

youcantestappswithoutmodifyingthem
supportofmultipledevices/simulatorssimultaneously
gesturesupport(touch,swipe,drag)
canhandlehotplughardware

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 supportsAndroidAPI10(2.3.3GingerBread)to19(4.4KitKat)
providessomebuiltinUIinspectortools

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5. Appium

5.1 What is Appium?

Appiumisanotheropensourcetestautomationframeworkfortestingthemobileweb,nativeandhybrid
apps.Theframeworkwasdesignedtosupportcrossplatformtests.Thatmeansausercanwritetestsfor
Android,iOSorevenFirefoxOSusingthesameAPI.ThisworksbecauseAppiumisusingdifferent
vendorprovidedframeworksfordifferentplatforms:

iOS:Apple's
UIAutomation
Android4.2+:Google's
UiAutomator
Android2.3+:Google's
Instrumentation

ThosevendorprovidedframeworksarewrappedintheWebDriverAPIsothattheuserisnotboundto
certainframeworkrestrictions.Forexample,iftheuserwantstouseUIAutomationheisforcedtowritehis
testsinJavaScript.Byencapsulatingtheframeworkstheuserwritehistestsineverylanguagewhichis
WebDrivercompatible.
ThewaythatAppiumworksisverysimilartoSelendroid.AclientsendscommandstoanAppiumServer,
whichtranslatesthesecommandsintovendorspecificinstructionsandforwardsthemtoanemulatororreal
device.Thedeviceexecutestheinstructionsandrepliestotheserverwiththeresultoftheperformed
actions.Theservertakestheresult,printitonscreenandsenditbacktotheoriginalclient.

OneimportantthingtomentionisthatAppiumonlyrunsforAndroidDevicesusingAPI17and
above.AlldevicesconnectedusingalowerAPIversionwillberunnedusingSelendroid.

5.2 Installing the Appium Server

BeforeyouinstallAppiummakesurethatyoufulfillallrequirementsfrom
2.Requirements
andprepared
yourAVDslikedescribedin
3.Preparingyourdevice .
Appiumcanbeobtainedas Node.js9
packagethroughthe Nodes.jspackagemanager(npm)10.Justenter
thefollowingcommandsinyourconsole:

9
https://nodejs.org/
10
https://www.npmjs.com/
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npminstallgappium
npminstallwd

sudo
Itisimportantthatyoudonotuse toinstallorstartAppiumotherwiseAppiumwillcomplainthatit
cannotrun.Ifyouhavealreadyinstallednode.jsandarenotallowedtoinstall/startsomethingwithout
enteringsudoyouneedtouninstallnode.jsfirst.Afterwardsdownloadthenode.jsarchiveforyouroperating
systemfrom https://nodejs.org/download/,extractitandconfigureyourPATH.Nowyoushouldbeableto
install/startnodepackageswithoutsudo .
Aftertheinstallationyoucanusethecommand appiumdoctort overifythatAppiumsdependenciesare
installedcorrectly.

AtthetimeofwritingAppium1.4isthelatestversion.YoucancheckwhichAppiumversionisinstalledby
enteringappiumversion .

5.3 Creating Your First Appium Test Case

YouarealmostreadytocreateyourfirstAppiumTestCase.Allthatismissingnowistheclientcodefor
settingupanAppiumDriver.Dependingonwhetheryouwanttocreateasmallandsimpleprojectorrather
createaprojectwiththebuildmanagerMaven11youcancontinuereadingat 5.3.1SetupofaSimple
AppiumProject
or
5.3.2UsingAppiumandMaven .

5.3.1 Setup of a Simple Appium Project

WritinganAppiumApplicationwithoutabuildmanagerisstraightforward.AtfirstcreateanewJavaProject
letscallitAppium.DownloadthelatestversionofAppiumsClientJarwhichisavailableunderAppiums
Mavenrepository12 .AlsomakesuretodownloadtherecommendedSeleniumversionfortheAppiumclient.
InsteadofdownloadingSeleniumandallitsdependenciesmanuallyyoucanalsojustdownloadthewhole
package SeleniumStandaloneServer13.That.jarfilecontainsalladditionaldependencieswhichyouneed
toaddmanuallyotherwise.AddtheAppiumsClientJarandtheSeleniumServerJarfilestoyourbuild
path.Nowyourprojectissetupandyoucancontinuereading 5.3.3
.

11
https://maven.apache.org/
12
http://mvnrepository.com/artifact/io.appium/javaclient
13
http://seleniumrelease.storage.googleapis.com/2.46/seleniumserverstandalone2.46.0.jar
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5.3.2 Using Appium and Maven

Insteadofcreatingasimplesingleprojectanddownloadingandaddingalldependenciesmanuallytothe
buildpathyoucanalsouseMavenassoftwareprojectmanager.Infactallsourcesandjarsareavailablein
theMavenrepositoryfromAppium http://mvnrepository.com/artifact/io.appium
.Allyouneedtodoisto
pom.xml
createafile thatcontainsalldependenciesrequiredbyAppium.

<
projectxmlns
="http://maven.apache.org/POM/4.0.0"
xmlns:xsi
=
"http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance"
xsi:schemaLocation="
http://maven.apache.org/POM/
4.0.0
http://maven.apache.org/xsd/maven-4.0.0.xsd "
>

<
modelVersion >
4.0.0
</modelVersion >
<
groupId >
com.xceptance </groupId>
<
artifactId
>appium-test
</
artifactId
>
<
version>0.0.1-SNAPSHOT </version
>

<dependencies
>
<dependency >
<
groupId >
io.appium </ groupId >
<
artifactId
>java-client</artifactId>
<
version>3.0.0</
version >
</dependency >
<dependency >
<
groupId >
org.seleniumhq.selenium </groupId
>
<
artifactId
>selenium -java</ artifactId
>
<
version>2.46.0</version >
</dependency >
<dependency >
<
groupId >
com.google.code.gson </groupId>
<
artifactId
>gson</artifactId>
<
version>2.2.4</
version >
</dependency >
<dependency >
<
groupId >
junit</
groupId >
<
artifactId
>junit
</artifactId>
<
version>4.11</
version >
<
scope >
test
</scope>
</dependency >
<dependency >
<
groupId >
org.apache.httpcomponents </groupId
>
<
artifactId
>httpclient</artifactId>
<
version>4.3.3</
version >
</dependency >
<dependency >
<
groupId >
com.google.guava </groupId >
<
artifactId
>guava </
artifactId >
<
version>17.0</
version >
</dependency >
<dependency >
<
groupId >
cglib</
groupId >
<
artifactId
>cglib
</artifactId>
<
version>3.1</
version >
</dependency >
</dependencies
>
</
project
>

5.3.3 Writing Your First Appium Test Case

Ifyourprojectsetupiscompletedyoucanstarttowriteyourfirsttestcase.Itdoesnotmatterifyouwantto
useJUnit14
fortestingorjustwriteafewlinesofcodebecauseAppiumisdecoupledfromJUnitsince
version3.0.ThecodebelowisaquickanddirtyexampleofhowtouseAppiumtotestthemobileweb.

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import
io.appium.java_client.android.AndroidDriver;
import
io.appium.java_client.remote.MobileBrowserType;
import
io.appium.java_client.remote.MobileCapabilityType;
import
io.appium.java_client.remote.MobilePlatform;

import
java.net.MalformedURLException;
import
java.net.URL;

import
org.openqa.selenium.By;
import
org.openqa.selenium.JavascriptExecutor;
import
org.openqa.selenium.WebDriver;
import
org.openqa.selenium.WebElement;
import
org.openqa.selenium.remote.DesiredCapabilities;

publicclass
Appium
{
public
static
void
main(String[]
args
)throws
MalformedURLException
{
DesiredCapabilities
caps=new DesiredCapabilities();
caps
= DesiredCapabilities.
android
();

caps
.setCapability(MobileCapabilityType.
DEVICE_NAME
,
"Nexus5");
caps
.setCapability(MobileCapabilityType.
PLATFORM_NAME, MobilePlatform.
ANDROID
);
caps
.setCapability(MobileCapabilityType.
BROWSER_NAME, MobileBrowserType.
BROWSER);

URL
appiumUrl
=new
URL(
"http://127.0.0.1:4723/wd/hub"
);

WebDriver driver
=new AndroidDriver<WebElement>(
appiumUrl
,
caps
);
driver
.get(
"http://m.ebay.de"
);

final
WebElement
element
=driver
.findElement(By.
id
(
"kw"
));

lement
e .sendKeys("Nexus 5"
);
element
.submit();

if
(
driver!=
null)
{
driver
.quit();
}
}
}

5.4 Test Execution

appium
BeforeyoucanstartyourtestyouneedtostarttheAppiumserverbytyping inyourconsole.The
Appiumserverisstartedandbeginstolisten:

NowyoucaneitherconnectyourphoneviaUSBtoyourcomputerORstartanAVD(forexample,typing
emulatoravdNexus442 willstarttheVirtualDevicewiththenameNexus442).Payattention:One
Appiumservercannothandlemultipledevicesatthesametime.Itispossibletotestagainstmultiple
devicesatthesametimebutthisrequiresrunningmultipleinstancesofAppiumservers(eachlisteningto

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anotherport).ExecutingthefollowingtwolineswillstarttwoseparatedAppiumservers,eachonadifferent
port,usingthedevicesspecifiedbytheparameterpassedinwithinU.

appiump4727bp4728U"1af519b642187c"chromedriverport9516
appiump4725bp4731U"98531da52fc10e"chromedriverport9518

WaituntiltheAVDisstartedoryourconnectdevicegetsrecognized.Youcanverifythatyourdeviceis
adbdevices
readyfortestingbyentering
inyourconsole.Again,ifyouonlyhaveasingleAppiumserver
startedmakesurethatonlyonedeviceislistedasoutput.Whenanythingispreparedyoucanstartyour
testcaseandseehowAppiumexecutesthecommandsonyourphone.

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5.5 Pitfalls

Appiumalsocontainssomepitfallswhichmaygiveyousomeheadache.Ifsomethingdoesnotworktakea
lookatthelistbelow.

Issue#1:Phonegetsunlockedbutnothinghappensafterwards

Appiummessage:
FailedtostartanAppiumsession,errwas:Error:Anoperationdidnotcompletebeforeitstimeout
expired.(Originalerror:timeout:Adbcommandtimedoutafter30seconds

YouhavestartedAppium,bootedyourAVD(orconnectedyourphone)andarereadytoproceedtesting.
Afterstartingyourtestyouseethatthedeviceisunlockedbutnothinghappensafterwards.Maybeyousee
awhitewindowwhichopensupbutclosesimmediatelyoryouseehowthebrowserisopenedbutthen
again,nothinghappens.Appiumtriestoperformfurthercommands(likeopeningawebsite)butitcannot
proceed.ThiserrorisprobablyrelatedtoawellknownproblemdiscussedintheAppiumdeveloperforum15.
AvoidingthisproblemrequiresyoutosetyourphonesettingScreenlocktoNone.Thatmaynotbethe
bestsolutionregardingthattheinitialproblemstillexists(Appiumcannothandlephoneunlockingproperly)
butitwillhelpyoutocontinuewithmobiletesting.

5.6 Creating An Appium Test Case For SiteGenesis

SiteGenesisCommunityTestSuite16(SGCTS)
Ifyouarefamiliarwiththe thenyoucanofcoursecreateyour
ownownmobiletestcaseswhichareexecutedbyAppiumandtestSiteGenesissites.IntegratingAppium
intotheSGCTSrequiresyoutowriteanadditionalwrapperthatcreatestheAppiumdriver.
UsuallySGCTStestcasesextends AbstractScriptTestCase.Sowhatyougonnaneedtodoiswritea
furtherwrapperthatextends AbstractScriptTestCase
.Thefollowingclasscouldbeusedformobile
testing:

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https://github.com/appium/appium/issues/2908

16

https://github.com/Xceptance/SiteGenesisCommunityTestSuite
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public
class
AppiumWrapper extendsAbstractScriptTestCase
{
privatestatic
final
AppiumDriver<WebElement> driver
;

static
{
Runtime.
getRuntime
().addShutdownHook
(
new
Thread(){
@Override
public
void
run()
{
AppiumWrapper.quitDriver
();
}
}
);

DesiredCapabilities
caps=new DesiredCapabilities();
caps= DesiredCapabilities.
android();
caps
.setCapability(MobileCapabilityType.
DEVICE_NAME ,
"Nexus5");
caps
.setCapability(MobileCapabilityType.
PLATFORM_NAME , MobilePlatform.
ANDROID
);
caps
.setCapability(MobileCapabilityType.
BROWSER_NAME , MobileBrowserType.
BROWSER);

URL
appiumUrl
=null
;

try
{
appiumUrl =new URL(
"http://127.0.0.1:4723/wd/hub"
);
}
catch
(MalformedURLException e
)
{
e
.printStackTrace();
}

driver
=new
AndroidDriver<>(
appiumUrl
,
caps
);

public
AppiumWrapper()
{
setWebDriver(
driver
);
}

publicstatic
void
quitDriver()
{
System. out
.println(
"Quit Driver"
);
if
(
driver!=
null)
{
driver.quit();
}
}
}

AllthatislefttodonowisletyourcurrenttestcaseextendsthenewlycreatedAppiumWrapper:

@ScriptName
(
"tests.checkout.phone.TCheckoutOrder_AsGuest" )
//public class TCheckoutOrder_AsGuest extends AbstractScriptTestCase
public class
TCheckoutOrder_AsGuest
extends AppiumWrapper
{

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6. Local Mobile Emulators

Thefollowingsectionshowsyouwhichtoolsyoucanuseforcreatinglocalemulators.

6.1 Android Virtual Device (AVD) Manager

Asalreadymentionedin
2.3AndroidVirtualDevicesyoucancreateemulatorsusingtheAndroidVirtual
DeviceManagerthatcomeswiththeAndroidSDK.Creatingdevicesisstraightforward:justclickonthe
buttonCreateandselectwhichdevice,APIversionandskinyouwanttouse.Keepinmindthatbefore
youcanactuallyuseanemulator,youneedtoinstalltherequiredAPIversionforthespecificdevice.

Pros Cons

itisfree notabletoprocessmultipletestcasesina
rowonthesamesimulator
createasmanydevicesasyouwant
youneedtodownload/setuptheAPIsby
containedintheAndroidSDK yourself
youcancreateyourowndevices nopreconfigureddevices

ifyoudonotwantcreateyourown
imaginaryhardware,youarelimitedtojust
afewstandarddevices(Nexus)

VMsmaytookahugeamountofspace

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6.2 Genymotion

GenymotionisanAndroidemulatorthatisavailableat
https://www.genymotion.com/#!/ andletsyoucreate
severalandroiddevices.Asaprivateuseryoucanownacopyforpersonaluseonly.Thatkindofcopyhas
somelimitations(missingscreencast,nocloneandreset).Ifyoudonotwanttheselimitationsandare
willingtopay24.99permonthyoucanbuyabusinesslicenseforGenymotionwithallfeatures.

Pros Cons

canrunmultipletestcasesinarowonthe monthlyfee(businesslicense)
samedevicewithoutcrashing(incontrastto
AVD)

itisInsanelyfastandfullyfeatured17
(comparedtophysicaldevices)

bringsitownADBtools

6.3 Other Alternatives

ThereareafewmorealternativesyoucanusetorunanAndroidemulatorlocallybuttheyallseemtohave
certainlimitationsorflaws(operatingsystem,androidversion,stillinabetaversion),sotheyare
probablynotsuitablefortesting.Anyway,ifyouwanttochecksomeofthemouttakealookatthefollowing
links:
YouWave ,
JarOfBeansand
Andyroid.

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Quotefromthegenymotionwebsite
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7. Mobile Device Clouds

Somedrawbacksofusinglocalemulatorsarethatyouneedtomanagealldevicesbyyourself,installthe
requiredAPIsandtheextrastressforyourCPU.Ifyoudonotwanttosetupemulatorsorrealdevices
yourselfyoucouldalsorentthemonline.Alotofvendorsoffersuchdevicesforexecutingmobiletests.Of
course,allthesesolutionsareSystemasaServicesolutions,sononeofthemisfree.Thefollowingsection
giveyouanoverviewaboutsomecloudmobilerentingservicesfromwhichyoumaychoose.

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7.1 AWS Device Farm

AmazonoffersyoutotestyourAndroidandFireOSappsintheircloud.Alltestsareexecutedonreal
devicesinparallel.Youcaneitherchoosetoperformyourthetestonasmartphoneoronatablet.

Website http://aws.amazon.com/de/devicefarm/

Suitablefor nativeapps,hybridapps

Physical yes(>200)
Dev.

VirtualDev. no

Support Appium,Calabash

Pricing 0,17USDperdevice/min.oramonthlyflatfor250USD

Information CanIuseAWStotestthemobilewebaswell?

Amazon:
Hi,thanksforthequestion.Today,AWSDeviceFarmsupportstestingofnativeand
hybridapps.Forwebapplications,thismeansyoucantesttheappwithinathin
container(WebVieworsimilar)orinaninstrumentedbuildofabrowser.(17thJuly
2015)

AdditionalLinks:
http://docs.aws.amazon.com/devicefarm/latest/developerguide/welcome.html
https://aws.amazon.com/de/blogs/aws/awsdevicefarmtestmobileappsonrealdevices/
https://forums.aws.amazon.com/thread.jspa?messageID=648896

7.2 Keynote

Keynoteisacompanywhichisspecialisedinperformancemonitoring.Theyarethe(selfclaimed)business
leaderincloudbasedtestingandoffercustomersrealdevicesinacloudfortesting.

Website http://www.keynote.com/solutions/testing/mobiletesting

Suitablefor nativeapps,hybridapps,mobileweb

Physical yes(~300)
Dev.

VirtualDev. no

Support Appium

Pricing between0750$

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 Information DeviceAnywhereCloudwhichcontainsthelargestmobiledevicelibraryavailable.

EasytocombinewithAppium.Justcreateadeviceandtheserversendsyoubackan
AppiumIDtouseduringtesting.

Requiresavalidcreditcardforsignup

AdditionalLinks:
http://www.heise.de/developer/meldung/KeynoteMobileTestingmitAppiumFrameworkgekoppelt.html
http://www.keynote.com/solutions/testing/appiumintegration

7.3 Xamarin

Website http://xamarin.com/testcloud

Suitablefor nativeapps,hybridapps,mobileweb

Physical yes(>1000)
Dev.

VirtualDev. no

Support Calabash

Pricing between1,00012,000$

Information Probablytooexpensiveforcustomers

7.4 Saucelabs

Website https://saucelabs.com/mobile/

Suitablefor nativeapps,hybridapps,mobileweb

Physical no
Dev.

VirtualDev. yes(numberunknown)

Support Appium,Selendroid

Pricing between12149$

Information Worksveryreliable
Superslow(~10minutes)
bloated

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7.5 BrowserStack

Website https://www.browserstack.com/automate

Suitablefor (hybridapps),mobileweb

Physical yes(iOS)
Dev.

VirtualDev. yes(>50)

Support Appium

Pricing between2999$(1user/1vm)

Information CapabilityConfigurator
iOSandMACsupport
iOShassometimesproblemstostart
AndroidusesthedeprecatedAndroidDriver

7.6 Perfectomobile

Website http://www.perfectomobile.com/

Perfectomobileoffersyoutorentrealmobiledeviceshostedbyorganisationsand/orpeople.Youcan
choosefromvariousvendorsandmodelsandifyourdesireddeviceisavailableaconnectionis
established.Youevengetthephonenumberforthedevicesothatyoucandophonecallsandwriteor
readSMS.Thatisprettyawesomebecauseyoucangetinstantlyhundredsofnewphonenumbersto
registeryourselfsomewhere.
ThedownsideofthePerfectomobileserviceisthatcustomerisresponsibleforclearinghisowndata
aftereachsession.Thatmeanswhenyouredoneusingthephoneanddisconnect,anotherusermay
reuseyourpreviouslyusedphoneandhasaccesstoallthedatayoustoredonwhichwasnotproperly
deleted.Soitisuptoyoutowipealldataafterthephoneusage.

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8. SiteGenesis Community Testsuite Wrappert

Belowyouwillfinddifferentcodesnippets,thatdemonstrateshowtoruntestcasesagainstmobile
emulators/realdevices.SomesnippetsarewrapperclassesthatallowyoutorunyourSiteGenesis
CommunityTestsuitetestscenariosasmobiletestcases.

8.1 BrowserStack Standalone

Requires:
seleniumserverstandalone2.46.0.jar

public
class
BrowserStack
{
publicstatic
final
String
USER="your-username"
;
publicstatic
final
String
KEY
="your-password"
;
publicstatic
final
String
URL
="http://"
+USER +":"
+KEY
+"@hub.browserstack.com/wd/hub"
;

public
static
void
main(String args[])
throws Exception
{
DesiredCapabilities
caps=new DesiredCapabilities();
caps
.setCapability(
"browserName" ,"iPhone"
);
caps
.setCapability(
"platform"
,"MAC" );
caps
.setCapability(
"device"
,
"iPhone 5" );

WebDriver driver
=new RemoteWebDriver( new URL(
URL ),
caps
);
driver
.get(
"http://www.google.com" );
WebElement searchField
= driver
.findElement(By.
name(
"q"
));

searchField
.sendKeys("Testing on BrowserStack"
);
searchField
.submit();

System.
out
.println(
driver
.getTitle());

driver
.quit();
}
}

8.2 Appium Standalone

Requires:
runningemulator(devicenameNexus5)
runningAppiumservice
javaclient3.0.0.jar
seleniumserverstandalone2.46.0.jar

public
class
Appium30
{
publicstatic
void
main(String[]
args)throwsMalformedURLException
{
caps=new DesiredCapabilities();
caps= DesiredCapabilities.
android();
caps
.setCapability(MobileCapabilityType.
DEVICE_NAME ,"Nexus5");
caps
.setCapability(MobileCapabilityType.
PLATFORM_NAME , MobilePlatform.
ANDROID
);
caps
.setCapability(MobileCapabilityType.
BROWSER_NAME , MobileBrowserType.
BROWSER);

URL appiumUrl = newURL(

"http://127.0.0.1:4723/wd/hub");
WebDriver driver
= newAndroidDriver<WebElement>( appiumUrl
,
caps
);
driver
.get(
"http://m.ebay.de"
);

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 final
WebElement
element
=driver
.findElement(By.
id
(
"kw"
));

element
.sendKeys("Nexus 5"
);
element
.submit();

if
(
driver!=
null
)
{
driver
.quit();
}
}
}

8.3 Appium Wrapper

Requires:
runningemulator(devicenameNexus5)
runningAppiumservice
SGCTStestcasewhichextendsAppiumWrapper
javaclient3.0.0.jar
seleniumserverstandalone2.46.0.jar

public
class
AppiumWrapper
extends AbstractScriptTestCase
{
privatestatic
final
WebDriver
driver
;

static
{
Runtime.
getRuntime
().addShutdownHook
(
new Thread()
{
@Override
publicvoid
run()
{
AppiumWrapper.
quitDriver
();
}
}
);

DesiredCapabilities
caps=new DesiredCapabilities();
caps= DesiredCapabilities.
android
();

caps
.setCapability(MobileCapabilityType.
DEVICE_NAME
,
"Nexus5");
caps
.setCapability(MobileCapabilityType.
PLATFORM_NAME, MobilePlatform.
ANDROID
);
caps
.setCapability(MobileCapabilityType.
BROWSER_NAME, MobileBrowserType.
BROWSER);

URL
appiumUrl
=null
;

try
{
appiumUrl =new URL(
"http://127.0.0.1:4723/wd/hub"
);
}
catch(MalformedURLException e)
{
e
.printStackTrace();
}
driver =new RemoteWebDriver( appiumUrl
,
caps
);
}

public
AppiumWrapper()
{
setWebDriver(
driver
);
}

public
static
void
quitDriver()
{

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 System.out
.println(
"Quit Driver"
);
if
(
driver
!=
null)
{
driver
.quit();
}
}
}

8.4 ChromeWebDriver Wrapper

Requires:
Chrome(Browser)
ChromeDriver18
SGCTStestcasewhichextendsChromeWebDriver
seleniumserverstandalone2.46.0.jar

public
class
ChromeWebDriverWrapper extends
AbstractScriptTestCase
{
private
static
WebDriver
driver
;

static
{
Runtime.
getRuntime
().addShutdownHook(
new Thread(){
@Override
public
void
run() {
ChromeWebDriverWrapper.
quit
();
}
});

System.
setProperty
(
"webdriver.chrome.driver"
,
"/home/Appium/Downloads/chromedriver"
);

Map<String, String>
phone=
new HashMap<>();
phone
.put(
"deviceName",
"Google Nexus 5"
);

Map<String, Object>
chromeOptions=new HashMap<>();
chromeOptions
.put(
"mobileEmulation"
,
phone
);

DesiredCapabilities
caps
= DesiredCapabilities.
chrome();
caps
.setCapability(ChromeOptions.
CAPABILITY ,
chromeOptions
);

driver
=new
ChromeDriver(
caps
);
}

public
ChromeWebDriverWrapper()
{
if
(
driver!=
null
)
{
setWebDriver(
driver
);
}
}

public
static
void
quit()
{
if
(
driver!=
null)
{
driver
.quit();
}
}
}

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https://sites.google.com/a/chromium.org/chromedriver/downloads

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9. Known Problems

9.1 Trouble Creating Screenshot With Appium

SomedriversdoesntsupporttheXLTscreenshotimplementationandthereforecrashwhiletakinga
screenshot.ToavoidthatproblemmakesuretoexplicitsetthedriverdevicecontexttoNATIVE_APP.
Makesurethatyousavethepreviouslyassignedvalueandresetthecontexttoit,otherwisestrange
behaviormayoccur.

URL
url
=newURL(
"http://127.0.0.1:4723/wd/hub");
AppiumDriver<WebElement> driver
=new AndroidDriver<>(
url
,
caps
);

driver
.get(
"https://www.browserstack.com/" );
WebElement element =
driver
.findElement(By.id
(
"pricing-upgrade-link"
));
new Actions(driver
).moveToElement( element
).perform();

String context= driver

.getContext();
driver.context(
"NATIVE_APP" );
File
scrFile
= ((TakesScreenshot) driver
).getScreenshotAs(OutputType.
FILE
);
System. out.println(
"Screenshot saved as: "+scrFile
);

driver
.context(
context
);
driver
.quit();

9.2 Clicking On Elements Does Not Work

Sometimesclickingonelementsdoesnotseemtowork.Ofcoursethereareseveralreasonswhyitmay
notworkasexpected,soyoushouldstartyourinvestigationbydebuggingyourcodeandtakealookatthe
returnvaluesofsomefunctions(istheelementlocatorcorrect,wastheelementfound).Ifeverythingis
correct,theremightbeanother,hardertotrack,error,thatscausingthisbehavior:invisiblescrollbars.
Letsclarifywhatthiserrorisbyanexample:imagineyouwanttocheckacheckboxonawebsite.Thatbox
ispartofaformandisnotdisplayedinthecurrentviewport(therectanglewhichcoversthemobiledisplay).
Takealookat screenshot9A .

Screenshot9A Screenshot9B

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Mostwebdriverimplementationsexpectthatelementstointeractwith,mustliewithinthecurrentviewport.If
anelementliesnotwithintheviewport,thewebdrivertriestoscrolltotheelement.In
screenshot9Bthe
webdriverscrollsasfarasneededtofullydisplaythecheckboxintheviewport.Assoonasthecheckboxis
visibletheclickcommandisfired.Butnothinghappens?Now,howdidthatcome?

Somewebpagesoffershorizontal/verticalscrollbarsfornavigation.However,mobiledevicesaremostly
configuredtouseasmuchspaceaspossibletodisplayinformationintheviewport.Sounnecessary
elements,likescrollbars,arefadedout.Theyareonlydisplayedwhentheyarerequired:duringscrolling.
Sowhathappenedinthisscenarioisthis:thewebdriverstartsscrollingtothecheckbox.Ascrollbaris
displayedforafractionofasecond.Thescrollbarisdrawnoverourcheckboxandcoverstheelement
belowwhichthewebdriverdoesnotrecognize.Insteadofcheckingthecheckboxbyaclick,anotherUI
element,thescrollbar,issimplyclicked.
Screenshot9C demonstratestheexplainedsituation.
Asworkaroundyoucouldscrolltoeachelementbeforeyouexecuteaclickandwaituntilacertain
thresholdisreached(forexample,scrollandwait100ms).Itmaynotbethebestsolution

Screenshot9C

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9.3 Appium Buildpath Order

PayattentiononorganizingyourimportswhenusingSGCTSandAppium.Itisrecommendedthatyour
includedlibrarieshaveacertainorder,otherwisesomestrangeruntimebehaviormaybedetected.
Unfortunately,errorsrelatedtothebuildpathorderarehardtotrack,becauseerrormessagesthatmight
appearoftenseemsalittlevague.IncaseyouhavetroubletorunyourAppiumprojectforunknown
reasonsyoumightwanttotrytoadaptthebuildpathorder.Thescreenshotbelowshowsyouapossible
configurationforusingAppiuminconjunctionwithSGCTS.

9.4 Intel HAXM Driver For Windows

WhenusingMicrosoftWindows19 asoperatingsystemitmaybepossiblethattheperformanceofyourlocal
emulatorsisreallychoppy,ifyoudonthaveinstalledthelatestIntel20 HardwareAcceleratedExecution
Manager(HAXM).HAXMisahypervisorwhichallowsyoutotakeadvantageofIntelsVirtualization
Technology(IntelVT)andthismaygiveyourlocalemulatorsahugeperformanceboost.Thatsthereason
whytheAndroidSDKManageroffersyouthe Intelx86EmulatorAccelerator(HAXMinstaller) package.So
ifyousufferunderthelowperformanceyoumaygivethatpackageatry.

19

http://www.microsoft.com/enus/windows
20

http://www.intel.de/content/www/de/de/homepage.html
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10. Sources

http://selendroid.io/faq.html
http://selendroid.io/architecture.html
http://spring.io/guides/gs/android/
http://www.guru99.com/introductiontoselendroid.html
https://docs.saucelabs.com/tutorials/appium/
http://appium.io/
http://appium.io/slate/en/master/?java#appium
http://appium.io/introduction.html
http://nishantverma.gitbooks.io/appiumforandroid/content/appium/why_appium.html

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