Mobile App Automation Testing Via Appium With Python

Appium is an open-source mobile application testing framework that allows you to automate testing of native, hybrid, and mobile web applications across various platforms, such as iOS and Android. It provides a cross-platform solution for automating mobile app testing, enabling you to write tests using familiar programming languages like Java, C#, Python, Ruby, and JavaScript.

• It is developed and supported by Sauce Labs and has great community support.
• Appium is cross-platform as it allows the same API which works for different mobile operating systems.
• Appium Testing is flexible, you can use the same code ios that you have written for Android.
• One of the key features of Appium is its ability to automate tests using the WebDriver protocol, which allows you to interact with mobile apps in a similar way to how you would interact with a web page in a browser. This means you can perform actions like tapping buttons, entering text, swiping, and validating UI elements within your tests.

Features:

• Multi-language support
• Simplicity and ease of use
• Real device and emulator/simulator support
• Support for gestures and touch events
• Integration with testing frameworks
• It supports both Android and iOS

Installation:

1. Install Python

• To install click on this link Click
• Download the latest version for windows

2. Install Pycharm Community Edition

• To install click on this link Click

3. Install Node JS

• To install click on this link Click

4. Install Appium Server through Command

   pip install Appium-Python-Client

5. Install Appium inspector

• To install click on this link Click

• Download the latest version for windows

• First we have to open Appium then click on start server

• After that click on inspector, it will direct to github page in that page we have to click on "Releases in installation option"

• In “assets” choose the option which we want

• It will download .exe file , we need to install it

6. Install Android Studio or MEmu Play (for Emulator purpose)

• Android Studio Download link Click
• MEmu Play Download link Click

7. Create a Virtual Device for Android Studio

• Select pixel device from the phone
• Download the Android version
• Launch the emulator

How To Setup Appium:

Appium Desktop : It comes in two packages

1. Appium Desktop (Server)

2. Appium Inspector

• Start Appium Server

• Launch the Appium Desktop then give the Host & Port and then start the server. example:

   Host : localhost
   Port : 4723
  

• By default it will run on localhost:4723. This example will consider the default.

• After download Appium Inspector, Complete the installation process then Open the Appium inspector

• In Appium Server and Appium Inspector "Host and Remote Host" are needs to be same

• In Appium Server and Appium Inspector "Port and Remote Port" are needs to be same

    Remote path - /wd/hud
  

  

• With Appium 2.0, you should also ensure you’re sending W3C standard capabilities within your test code such as the following capabilities:

    options = UiAutomator2Options()
    options.platform_name = 'Android'
    options.platformVersion = '7.1.2'
    options.device_name = 'google G011A'
    options.automation_name = 'Appium'
    options.app_activity ='MainActivity'
  

• Create new python project in Pycharm

• Set the Interpreter and add the Appium dependency for the project

• Open Settings and Click on Project Interpreter, Click ‘+‘ and then search for Appium in Available Packages dialog box.

• Select Appium-Python-Client and click Install Package to install Appium Python Client.

Appium Test Execution:

• Download APK file
• Now drag and drop the APK file into the Emulator
• Start Appium Server
• Run your filename.py

Example Test:

• App : Flipkart

• Description : Hear we are testing the flipkart app via Appium with Python and we are getting the laptop price in the console window

• First you need to create a .py file in that you have to write your code.

• Example Code :

    from appium import webdriver
    from appium.options.android import UiAutomator2Options
  
    options = UiAutomator2Options()
    options.platform_name = 'Android'
    options.platformVersion = '7.1.2'
    options.device_name = 'google G011A'
    options.automation_name = 'Appium'
    options.app_activity = 'MainActivity'
    driver = webdriver.Remote('http://localhost:4723/wd/hub', options=options)
  
    driver.find_element('xpath','//android.widget.TextView[@index="9"]').click()
    driver.implicitly_wait(50)
  
    # search lenovo laptops
    driver.find_element('xpath','/hierarchy/android.widget.FrameLayout/android.widget.LinearLayout/android.widget.FrameLayout/android.widget.LinearLayout/android.widget.FrameLayout/androidx.drawerlayout.widget.DrawerLayout/android.view.ViewGroup/android.widget.FrameLayout[1]/android.widget.FrameLayout/android.widget.FrameLayout/android.view.ViewGroup/android.view.ViewGroup[2]/android.view.ViewGroup[2]/android.view.ViewGroup/'
                            'android.view.ViewGroup[2]/android.view.ViewGroup/android.widget.TextView').click()
    driver.find_element('xpath','/hierarchy/android.widget.FrameLayout/android.widget.LinearLayout/android.widget.FrameLayout/android.widget.LinearLayout/android.widget.FrameLayout/androidx.drawerlayout.widget.DrawerLayout/android.view.ViewGroup/android.widget.FrameLayout/android.widget.FrameLayout/android.widget.FrameLayout/android.view.ViewGroup/android.view.ViewGroup[1]/'
                            'android.view.ViewGroup[1]/android.widget.EditText').send_keys('lenovo laptops')
    driver.find_element('xpath','/hierarchy/android.widget.FrameLayout/android.widget.LinearLayout/android.widget.FrameLayout/android.widget.LinearLayout/android.widget.FrameLayout/androidx.drawerlayout.widget.DrawerLayout/android.view.ViewGroup/android.widget.FrameLayout/android.widget.FrameLayout/android.widget.FrameLayout/android.view.ViewGroup/android.view.ViewGroup[2]/android.view.ViewGroup/android.widget.ScrollView/android.view.ViewGroup/android.view.ViewGroup/android.view.ViewGroup[1]/'
                            'android.view.ViewGroup/android.view.ViewGroup[1]').click()
  
    price = driver.find_element('xpath','/hierarchy/android.widget.FrameLayout/android.widget.LinearLayout/android.widget.FrameLayout/android.widget.LinearLayout/android.widget.FrameLayout/androidx.drawerlayout.widget.DrawerLayout/android.view.ViewGroup/android.widget.FrameLayout/android.widget.FrameLayout/android.widget.FrameLayout/android.view.ViewGroup/android.view.ViewGroup[1]/android.widget.ScrollView/android.view.ViewGroup/android.view.ViewGroup/android.view.ViewGroup[2]/android.view.ViewGroup/android.view.ViewGroup[1]/'
                            'android.view.ViewGroup/android.widget.TextView[4]').get_attribute("text")
  
    assert price == "₹33,990","Price not same"
  
    print("Laptop price = " + price)
  

Result: