Appium: Automation for Mobile Apps

This presentation was first given at the Google Test Automation Conference in April of 2013. It introduces Appium, a mobile automation framework, discusses the philosophy behind Appium, and highlights various features.

Most of the content is in my speaking, not the slides themselves. To see the video of the talk, please visit http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1J0aXDbjiUE&list=SPSIUOFhnxEiCODb8XQB-RUQ0RGNZ2yW7d&index=16

To see the demo video not included in these slides, please visit http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oTIEt11cXNk

Transcript

1. automation for mobile apps
   Jonathan Lipps | @jlipps | Sauce Labs
   

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2. Mobile is taking over the
   world. Where is our mobile
   automation? Our mobile CI?
   

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3. It's a multi-platform age.
   Mass adoption requires
   cross-platform apps.
   

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4. appium is the cross-platform
   solution for native and hybrid
   mobile automation
   

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5. 1
   appium philosophy
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6. Rule 1 

   Test the same app you submit to
   the marketplace
   

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7. Rule 2 

   Write your tests in any language,
   using any framework
   

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8. Rule 3 

   Use a standard automation
   specification and API
   

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9. Rule 4 

   Build a large and thriving open-
   source community effort
   

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10. appium in space!
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11. iOS Android
    calabash-ios
    Frank
    UIAutomation
    ios-driver
    KeepItFunctional
    calabash-android
    MonkeyTalk
    Robotium
    UiAutomator
    selendroid
    

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13. Selenium WebDriver is the
    standard for browser automation,
    with libraries in every* language
    

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14. Selenium WebDriver is used
    every single day by thousands of
    developers familiar with its model
    

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15. Selenium WebDriver is a W3C
    working draft
    

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16. appium architecture
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17. appium is an HTTP server that
    creates and handles WebDriver
    sessions
    

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18. appium starts a "test case" on the
    device that spawns a server and
    listens for proxied commands
    

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19. On iOS, appium proxies
    commands to a UIAutomation
    script running in Instruments
    

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21. On Android, appium proxies
    commands to a UiAutomator
    test case running on the device
    

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23. appium in action
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24. appium opens the door to cross-
    platform mobile testing: one
    test, two mobile platforms
    

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25. Demo app
    donated by
    

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31. Demo
    

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35. appium is great for local test
    development, but has limitations
    when scaling up for use in CI
    

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36. Sauce Labs is great for scale
    when you need to run a lot of
    appium tests in your build
    

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37. saucelabs.com/appium
    

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38. Questions?
    

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39. appium.io
    github.com/appium/appium  
    @AppiumDevs    |    @jlipps    |    @saucelabs  
    Thank you
    

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