Mobile automation in real device using Appium

TOOLS :

1. Ruby (I used v.2.5.1)
2. Cucumber, rspec, and bundler
3. JAVA JDK
4. Android SDK
5. Appium
6. Appium Library
7. Text editor

SOURCE :

1. Ruby for Windows (https://rubyinstaller.org/).
2. Appium (http://appium.io/)
3. Android SDK manager and ADB are bundling with android studio (https://developer.android.com/studio/)
4. Java JDK (http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/java/javase/downloads/jdk8-downloads-2133151.html)
5. Appium Library (https://rubygems.org/gems/appium_lib/versions/8.0.2)
6. Text editor (I used Atom: https://atom.io/)

Installation Steps for Windows :

Ruby Setup :

1. Install Ruby
2. Edit PATH variable and add new value "C:\Ruby25-x64\bin"
3. Run Command Prompt
4. Type gem install cucumber
5. Type gem install bundler
6. Type gem install rspec
7. Type gem install appium_lib

JAVA JDK and Android SDK Environment Variable:

1. Install JAVA SDK
2. Make a new variable with name: JAVA_HOME and value C:\Program Files\Java\java-8
3. Make a new variable with name: ANDROID_HOME and value C:\Android\Android-sdk
4. Edit PATH variable and add new value "C:\Program File\jdk x.x.x\bin" Note : the directory depend of your JDK and Android SDK directory. "x.x.x" is value of version you have installed.
5. Check the JAVA already running by type "java -version" in command promt.

Appium Setup:

1. Download and run Appium installation in (https://github.com/appium/appium-desktop/releases/tag/1.7.0)
2. Or you can Install Node.js first (https://nodejs.org/en/) and then open command prompt, type "npm install -g appium" then press enter.

Android device setting :

1. Set android developer option on.
2. Set USB debugging on.
3. Install via USB on.

Run the Automation:

1. Open atom text editor write the script and saved it
2. Open Appium and start the server
3. Open command prompt and go to saved script directory
4. Type cucumber

Capabilities Setup:

  platformName:'android',
  deviceName:'your device name',
  platformVersion:'your device version',
  udid:'Your unique device identifier of the connected physical device',
  appActivity:'.HomeActivity',
  appPackage:'Android app you want to run ex.com.example.android.myApp',
  newCommandTimeout:'How long (in seconds) Appium will wait for a new command'

Getting udid by type in command promt:

 'adb devices'

Getting appPackage :

1. Type in command promt:

 'adb shell'

2. Then open your apps for which you want to find the appPackage.
3. Now run this command:

 dumpsys window windows | grep -E ‘mCurrentFocus’

4. Then you can find the appPackage and appActivity