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AppiumKit

Effortlessly manage your Appium ecosystem from within Visual Studio Code.


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Welcome to AppiumKit, a Visual Studio Code extension that allows you to manage your Appium ecosystem directly from within the editor. With this extension, you can easily switch between multiple versions of Appium, manage Appium home, install, update and delete plugins and drivers, start Appium servers, and monitor sessions and live video directly from within the editor.

Installation

To install the AppiumKit extension, follow these steps:

  1. Launch Visual Studio Code
  2. Click on the Extensions icon in the left-hand sidebar (or press Ctrl+Shift+X in windows and Cmd+Shift+X in Mac)
  3. Search for "Appium Kit"
  4. Click "Install"
  5. Once the installation is complete, click "Reload" to activate the extension

Features

Switch between multiple versions of Appium

With AppiumKit, you can easily switch between multiple versions of Appium. Simply select the version you want to use from the dropdown menu, and the extension will update your system's PATH variable to point to that version.

Manage Appium home

AppiumKit makes it easy to manage your Appium home directory. You can set the path to your Appium home directory, add or remove directories, and view the current state of your Appium home directory.

Install, update, and delete plugins and drivers

With AppiumKit, you can easily install, update, and delete plugins and drivers directly from within the editor. Simply select the plugin or driver you want to manage from the extension's sidebar, and use the commands provided to perform the desired action.

Start Appium servers

AppiumKit makes it easy to start Appium servers directly from within the editor. Simply select the appium config file you want to use or create a new appium config, and click on Run button to launch the server.

Monitor sessions and live video

With AppiumKit, you can easily monitor sessions and live video directly from within the editor. Simply select the session want to monitor from the extension's sidebar, view the live session commands and video of the running sessions.

Usage

To use AppiumKit, follow these steps:

  1. Launch Visual Studio Code
  2. Click on the AppiumKit icon in the left-hand sidebar
  3. Use the sidebar to navigate to the desired feature
  4. Use the commands provided to manage your Appium ecosystem

Contributing

If you encounter any issues with AppiumKit, or would like to contribute to its development, please visit the GitHub repository for this project. There, you can view the source code, report issues, and submit pull requests.

License

AppiumKit is released under the MIT License. See the LICENSE file for details.