Mobile App Europe 2014 Notes

Appium Cross-Platform Mobile Test Automation for the Masses

Notes on a workshop by Andreas Lüdeke (TestObject)

Appium Concepts

• Cross platform (Android, iOS, Firefox OS)
• Multiple languages
• For native hybrid and web apps
• Based on JSON Webdriver Protocol
• Needs no app modification
• Large community, founded by Sauce Labs

Webdriver - Appium Server

• Android: UIAutomation controller or Selendroid
• iOS: Instrumentation Library

Setup

• node.js

Hint: Genymotion Android emulator

• Page Object Pattern

Scaling Appium Tests

• Selenium Grid
• TestObjects
• SauceLabs
• …