Mobile Testing with Appium

2h 10mIntermediate2019-06-24

Authors

Jonathan Lipps

Project Lead at Appium, Founder of Cloud Grey, LLC

Course details

Appium is the most popular and comprehensive tool for automating mobile application testing. Write scripts in any language—Java, Python, Ruby, or JavaScript—and test on any device: iOS or Android. Anyone involved in mobile QA who wants to save time and energy on testing should have at least a basic understanding of Appium. In this course, Jonathan Lipps, Appium project lead, takes you through the code-based automation workflow in Appium. Discover how to prepare your system for Appium, get it running, and set up a test code environment. Learn how to launch automation sessions with native mobile apps on iOS and Android and perform basic interactions with on-screen elements. From there Jonathan tackles more advanced topics, like synthesizing touch gestures. Each lesson helps you unlock new levels of quality and efficiency in your app development cycle.

Learning objectives
Appium server, clients, and drivers
Appium setup
Starting and stopping sessions
Finding and using elements
Intermediate Appium scripting
Touch actions
Mobile web testing

Skills covered

SeleniumSoftware TestingOpen SourceSoftware DevelopmentDeep Dive (X:Y)

Concepts

Introduction

What can you do with Appium
What you should already know

Appium

The relationship between Appium and Selenium
The Appium server and clients
The Appium drivers

Appium Setup

System setup for iOS
System setup for Android
Installing Appium

Appium Sessions

Session capabilities
Starting and stopping a session

Finding and Using Elements

Locator strategies and finding elements - Theory
Locator strategies and finding elements - Practice
Waiting for elements - Theory
Waiting for elements - Practice
Basic element interaction
Element discovery - Getting app source
Element discovery - Appium inspector
Challenge - Find a new element
Solution - Find a new element

Intermediate Appium Scripting

XPath - Its uses and caveats
Touch actions - Theory
Touch actions - Practice
Mobile web testing - Theory
Mobile web testing - Practice
Challenge - Automate a web form
Solution - Automate a web form

Conclusion

Next steps and more resources