appium

name	appium
description	Appium mobile app automation. Use for mobile testing.

Appium

Appium is an open-source framework for automating native, mobile web, and hybrid applications on iOS, mobile Android, and Windows desktop platforms. It uses the WebDriver protocol.

When to Use

• Real Device Testing: Testing on physical iPhones/Androids.
• Cross-Platform: Write one test (mostly) for both iOS and Android.
• Black-box Testing: Testing the app from the outside (like a user) without needing source code access.

Quick Start (WebdriverIO + Appium)

// wdio.conf.js
capabilities: [
  {
    platformName: "Android",
    "appium:deviceName": "Pixel_3a",
    "appium:app": "/path/to.apk",
    "appium:automationName": "UiAutomator2",
  },
];

// test.js
await $("~Login Button").click(); // Accessibility ID
await $('android=new UiSelector().text("Submit")').click();

Core Concepts

Drivers

Appium uses drivers to interface with underlying frameworks:

• XCUITest: Apple's UI test framework (iOS).
• UiAutomator2: Google's UI test framework (Android).