Awesome Appium

A curated list of delightful Appium resources.

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Contents

• Server
• Clients
• Inspectors
• Tutorials
• Appium Pro
• Blogs
• Workshops
• Cloud and Docker Solutions
• Git Books
• Test Frameworks
• Community
• Tips

Server

• Appium - Appium is an open source, cross-platform test automation tool for native, hybrid and mobile web and desktop apps, tested on simulators (iOS), emulators (Android), and real devices (iOS, Android, Windows, Mac).

Clients

• Ruby
• Python
• Java
• JavaScript
• Objective C
• PHP
• C# (.NET)
• RobotFramework

Inspectors

• Appium Desktop - Appium Server and Inspector in Desktop GUIs for Mac, Windows, and Linux.
• WebDriverAgent Inspector - A WebDriver server for iOS that runs inside the Simulator.
• Selendroid Inspector - The web app which is embedded inside your selendroid test server.
• Appium iOS Inspector - The tool for iOS elements location based on the original source of Selendroid Inspector.
• app-inspector - Macacajs App Inspector.

Become an Appium Pro

• Seeding the iOS simulator with test photos
• Seeding an Android device with test photos
• Running arbitrary ADB commands via Appium
• Using Appium for Testing Mobile Web Apps
• Performance Testing of Android Apps
• Testing iOS App Upgrades
• Speeding Up Tests With Deep Links
• How to Find Elements in iOS (Not) By XPath
• Testing Android App Upgrades
• Anatomy of Logging in Appium
• Simulating SMS Messages on Android
• Capturing Performance Data for Native iOS Apps
• Switching Between iOS Apps During a Test
• How to Automate a Pop Rock Band
• Testing iOS Push Notifications
• Automating the Clipboard on iOS and Android
• Automating Cross-Platform Hybrid Apps
• Using Espresso With Appium
• Making Your Appium Tests Fast and Reliable, Part 1: Test Flakiness
• Making Your Appium Tests Fast and Reliable, Part 2: Finding Elements
• Making Your Appium Tests Fast and Reliable, Part 3: Waiting for App States
• Making Your Appium Tests Fast and Reliable, Part 4: Dealing With Unfindable Elements
• Making Your Appium Tests Fast and Reliable, Part 5: Setting Up App State
• Making Your Appium Tests Fast and Reliable, Part 6: Tuning Your Capabilities
• Making Your Appium Tests Fast and Reliable, Part 7: Disabling Animations
• Making Your Appium Tests Fast and Reliable, Part 8: Mocking External Services
• Making Your Appium Tests Fast and Reliable, Part 9: When Things Go Wrong
• Running Multiple Appium Tests in Parallel
• Automating Complex Gestures with the W3C Actions API
• iOS-Specific Touch Action Methods
• Automating Custom Alert Buttons on iOS
• Finding Elements By Image, Part 1
• Finding Elements By Image, Part 2
• Simulating Hardware Keys And Key Events On Android
• Writing XPath Queries That Work
• Using The ‘nativeWebTap’ Capability
• Capturing Browser Errors and Logs in iOS Web/Hybrid Apps
• Capturing Browser Errors and Logs in Android Web/Hybrid Apps
• Early-Stage AI for Appium Test Automation
• How To Test On Real iOS Devices With Appium, Part 1
• How To Test Real iOS Devices With Appium, Part 2
• Simulating Incoming Phone Calls On Android
• How To Automatically Grant iOS App Permissions Using Appium
• Working With Web Components (Shadow DOM)
• How to Automate Siri Voice Commands Using Appium
• Sending Arbitrary Keystrokes With The Actions API
• Running Appium From Source (Or The Latest Beta)
• How To Flash Elements On Screen While Debugging Appium Tests
• How To Spread Some Holiday Cheer Using Appium
• Special Capabilities for Speeding up Android Test Initialization
• Calling Methods Inside Your App From Appium
• Automating Mac Apps with Appium
• Accessing Android Logcat Logs with Appium
• Using Appium With Selenium Grid
• Using Mobile Execution Commands to Continuously Stream Device Logs with Appium
• What Appium Users Need to Know about Android Activities and Intents
• How to Determine Element Locators For Mobile Web and Hybrid Apps
• How to Test on Headless Emulators and Simulators with Appium
• How to Automate Picker Wheel Controls
• How to Pick the Right Locator Strategy
• How to Accurately Select Webviews Using the fullContextList Capability
• Capturing iOS Simulator Network Traffic with Appium
• Capturing Android Emulator Network Traffic with Appium
• Validating Android Toast Messages
• Capturing Network Traffic in Java with Appium
• Automating System Apps with Appium
• Generating Touch Gestures to Zoom In and Out on Google Maps
• Automating Physical Buttons on iOS Devices
• Capturing Audio Output During Testing: Part 1
• Capturing Audio Output During Testing: Part 2
• Starting an Appium Server Programmatically Using AppiumServiceBuilder
• Simulating Slow Internet Connections on Android Emulators with Appium
• Working with Multile Webviews in Android Hybrid Apps
• Automating Custom IoT Devices With Appium, Part 1
• Automating Custom IoT Devices With Appium, Part 2
• Testing React Native Apps with Appium
• Optimizing WebDriverAgent Startup Performance
• Attaching Appium Clients to Existing Sessions
• Converting Java Tests to Kotlin
• Testing iOS Face ID with Appium
• Testing Windows Desktop Apps With Appium
• Streaming Video from iOS Devices
• Speeding Up Android Screenshots With MJPEG Servers
• Reliably Opening Deep Links Across Platforms and Devices
• Batching Appium Commands Using Execute Driver Script to Speed Up Tests
• Connecting Directly to Appium Hosts in Distributed Environments
• Working With Android 10
• Saving Test Data To Make Debugging Easier Java
• Understanding Appium Drivers (And How To Choose Which One To Use)
• Optimizing Image Element Thresholds
• Getting Started With Appium For Android On Windows
• Using AI-based Object Detection For Finding Elements
• Managing Chromedriver for Android Chrome and Webview Testing
• Using the Appium Events API
• The ‘Android Data Matcher’ Locator Strategy
• Working With Cookies
• Capturing App Launch Metrics On Android
• Visual Testing With Appium, Part 1
• Visual Testing With Appium, Part 2
• Visual Testing With Appium, Part 3
• AI for Appium–and Selenium!
• Mobile App Performance Testing
• Free Tools For Mobile App Performance Testing With Appium
• Simulating Different Network Conditions For Virtual Devices
• Paid Tools And Services For Mobile App Performance Testing

Tutorials

• TOOLSQA - Appium tutorial for beginners (Android & iOS).
• GURU99 - Appium tutorial for beginners.
• QTPSELENIUM - Appium tutorials.
• Testing Diaries - Appium Tutorial for Complete Beginners.
• Appium Bootcamp - Appium Bootcamp by Sauce.
• Appium Mobile Grid Setup - The Mobile Grid – Getting Started for Android & iOS.
• Selenium Camp 2016 - Selenium Camp 2016.

Blogs

• All about Appium Desired Capabilities - All about Appium’s desired capabilities.
• Appium Architecture & Appium Desktop - Appium Architecture, settings, etc (Updated)
• Appium Architecture - Architecture of Appium.
• All about Appium - All about Appium in Wordpress.
• Appium with Image Recognition - Appium with Image Recognition - Simon Kaz.
• Automate Android Actions using Appium - Automate Android Actions using Appium - kkashyap1707.
• Network Connection in Appium - How to deal with Network Connection from Appium 4.0.0 - Elias Nogueira.
• How to change language in Appium - Appium Tips — Changing the app Language - Elias Nogueira.
• Automated UI testing of a UWP app using Appium - Windows Application driver makes UWP Apps compatible using Appium - Yassine benabbas.
• Context Switching in Appium Switching to a Dynamically Named Context Handle with Appium and Java - Kevin Berg.
• A Robot Should Be Running Your Appium Tests - How to run Appium Tests using Robots. - Dan Cuellar.
• Appium Tests on Buddybuild - Automates building, deploying and gathering feedback for mobile apps - Stipe Kolovrat.
• Android setup Linux - From Zero To Appium: A How-To Guide For Configuring Appium With Android
• [Useful Appium Series] (http://bitbar.com/tag/appium/) - Appium Tip Series
• [Inspect iOS app’s with Appium 1.6] (https://medium.com/@chenchaoyi/the-options-of-inspecting-ios-10-app-with-appium-1-6-534ba166b958#.ezq1q0iuo) - The options of inspecting iOS 10 app with Appium 1.6
• GraphWalker - GraphWalker is a open source Model-based testing tool for test automation. It’s designed to make it easy to design your tests using graphs
• Appium + Mobile Game Testing - MOBILE GAME TESTING – PART #2: UI AND FUNCTIONALITY + IMAGE RECOGNITION
• WinAppDriver - WinAppDriver - Test any app with Appium’s Selenium-like tests on Windows
• IMAGE RECOGNITION WITH APPIUM - USING APPIUM FOR MOBILE GAME TESTING
• Uncover invisible changes in automated tests - By KazuCocoa
• Adding AI to Appium - By test.ai

Workshops

• Appium Workshop Selnium Conf 2016 - Repo for Appium Workshop at the 2016 Selenium Conference - Justin Ison.

Cloud and Docker Solutions

• Appium Tests in AWS Device Farm - Sample Appium tests runs on AWS Device Farm.
• Appium Tests in OpenSTF Device Farm - Sample Appium tests runs on STF Device Farm.
• Official Appium Docker Images - DockerFile for Appium Android Real Devices.
• Appium Docker Images - DockerFile for Appium Android.
• Appium Docker File - DockerFile for Appium Android.
• Appium Docker File - DockerFile for Appium Android.

Git Books

• Appium Essentials - Explore mobile automation with Appium and discover new ways to test native, web, and hybrid applications - Manoj Hans.
• Appium for Android - A quick reference book on how to use Appium for automating Android Application using Java - Nishant Verma.

Test Frameworks

• Appium Cucumber Test - Sample Appium Cucumber Project.
• Appium-Native-Crawler - Appium Native Crawler CLI - Features include: Screenshots, Performance, Accessibility Detection, Google Translate, Applitools, Monkey Tester.
• coteafs-appium - A tester friendly Mobile Automation Framework built on top of Appium which supports testing web and native apps for Android, iOS and Windows real or emulator Mobiles and Tablets.
• Optimus - Cucumber based Mobile Automation Framework, which supports test parallelization.
• PageObject Pattern Framework - Sample Page Object Pattern Framework to use directly.
• Parallel Framework Java-Client - Run appium tests in parallel across iOS and Android devices.

Community

• Discuss
• Stack Overflow
• @appiumdevs on Twitter
• #appium on Slack

Tips

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