Driving Mobile Applications with Appium for Automated Testing

The objective of this talk is to gain familiarization with Appium - a selenium-based tool for testing mobile applications. We'll discuss automation techniques for functional and performance testing of Android and iOS apps using Appium's Java API. We will also see a couple of other platform independent tools that can be useful for developing and testing mobile apps, including Xamarin Studio and Riverbed SteelCentral.

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1. Driving Mobile Applications with
 
 for Automated Testing Presented to the Portland Java Users Group
 by @iandownard on 08/16/2014
2. I work for building and 
 promoting this Application Performance Management with Riverbed SteelCentral
3. Now I’m trying to showcase for mobile devices
4. My Objective + Platform Independence = ONE AWSOME DEMO ENVIRONMENT FOR
 MOBILE APP MONITORING TOOLS Realistic Apps + Realistic Load + Realistic Pain Points
5. Where can we find code for Realistic Apps? Xamarin  Studio
 for  Mac  and  Windows
6. Can we simulate real users?
7. Can we simulate poor 
 in-app performance? Citation: http://hyperboleandahalf.blogspot.com
8. How is this architecture
 platform independent? Implementation Automated Tests Performance Visibility
9. What is • Created by Sauce Labs • Based on Selenium WebDriver • Strives to provide a standard API for testing on multiple mobile platforms.
 

10. Appium Architecture Cita%on:  h+p://prototest.com/wp-­‐content/uploads/2013/09/AppiumSetup1.png  
11. Appium Usage • Command-line
 ! • GUI
 
 
 
 
 
 good for finding paths, etc 
 during test development good for automation
12. Prerequisites • Xcode + command line tools + simulator ! • Node.js
13. Installing Appium Screencast at https://bit.ly/appiuminstall
 
 README at https://github.com/appium/appium git clone https://github.com/appium/appium.git! cd appium! ./reset.sh --ios --dev! bin/appium-doctor.js --ios! bin/appium.js &! ! git clone https://github.com/appium/sample-code.git! cd /Users/iandow/development/appium/sample-code/apps/TestApp/! xcodebuild -showsdks! xcodebuild -sdk iphonesimulator7.0! ! cd /Users/iandow/development/appium/sample-code/examples/java/junit! mvn -Dtest=com.saucelabs.appium.SimpleTest test! ! open -t ./src/test/java/com/saucelabs/appium/SimpleTest.java Careful with that!
14. IntelliJ Configuration • set root content to the junit dir • right click on pom.xml to setup maven and necessary libs • Define run target like this:
 -Dtest=com.saucelabs.appium.XamarinStoreTest test
15. Write and Run the Test 1. Find Elements
 2. Perform Actions
 3. Wait
 4. Assert Attribute Values wait.until(ExpectedConditions.elementToBeClickable(By.name(“Men’s shirt”))); Thread.sleep(5000); WebElement element = driver.findElement(By.name("Men's shirt")); WebElement element = driver.findElement(By.xpath("//UIAApplication[1]/ UIAWindow[1]/UIATableView[1]/UIATableCell[2]")); assertTrue(sumLabel.isDisplayed()); assertEquals(String.valueOf(number), sumLabel.getText()); driver.executeScript("mobile: swipe", new HashMap<String, Double>() {{ put("touchCount", 1.0); put("startX", 277.0); put("startY", 70.0); put("endX", 50.0); put("endY", 70.0); put("duration", 0.5); }}); driver.tap(1,296,43,1);
16. How do you interact? Click Double-click Click and hold Mouse Hover Drag and Drop Send Keys Traditional
 Web Applications Mobile Apps ! ! org.openqa.selenium.interactions.Actions ! ! ! Appium Gestures Doc Javascript Mobile Command List ! zoom pinch shake rotate orientation Send Keys Tap Double- tap Tap and hold swipe / flick scroll
17. pitfalls • Tests fail verbosely • Waits are important • Gesture support is still maturing (swipe, scrollTo, rotate, et al.). See discuss.appium.io • Can only run one test at a time per Mac
 *See the SauceLabs Cloud platform • Testing with real devices requires Apple certificate & profile
18. useful tips • Quit Appium when you recompile an app • Be consistent with Debug / Release version in Appium and mobile app compilation • Be consistent with build options and Appium config (e.g. iPhone 4 inch, not 3.5). • Test apps run on the simulator have to be compiled specifically for the simulator, for example:
 xcodebuild -sdk iphonesimulator7.0
19. Appium Test for XamarinStore click here for sample code
20. What’s the Result? … and one free C# shirt !!!
21. references Appium Install Guide and Screencast Video Appium Guide to Running Tests Appium Gestures Doc Appium Mobile Command List Appium Java API Riverbed Application Performance Management
22. Questions? @iandownard