Mobile Test Automation with Appium by Nishant Verma

Key FeaturesHow to automate testing with AppiumApply techniques for creating comprehensive testsHow to test on physical devices or emulatorsBook DescriptionAppium is an open source test automation framework for mobile applications. It allows you to test all three types of mobile applications: native, hybrid, and mobile web. It allows you to run the automated tests on actual devices, emulators, and simulators. Today, when every mobile app is made on at least two platforms, iOS and Android, you need a tool that allows you to test across platforms.Having two different frameworks for the same app increases the cost of the product and time to maintain it as well. Appium helps save this cost.With mobile app growth exploding, mobile app automation is mainstream now. In this book, author Nishant Verma provides you with a firm grounding in the concepts of Appium while diving into how to set up appium & Cucumber-jvm test automation framework, implement page object design pattern, automate gestures, test execution on emulators and physical devices, and implement continuous integration with Jenkins. The mobile app we have referenced in this book is Quikr because of its relatively lower learning curve to understand the application. Its a local classifieds shopping app.What you will learnDiscover Appium and how to set up an automation framework for mobile testingUnderstand desired capabilities and learn to find element locatorsLearn to automate gestures and synchronize tests using AppiumTake an incremental approach to implement page object patternLearn to run Appium tests on emulators or physical devicesSet up Jenkins to run mobile automation tests by easy to learn stepsDiscover tips and tricks to record video of test execution, inter app automation conceptsLearn to run Appium tests in parallel on multiple devices simultaneouslyAbout the AuthorNishant Verma is a co-founder of TestVagrant Technologies. Its a service start-up addressing testing solutions for B2C companies with a focus on mobile and web, and helps companies deliver faster and reliably.Nishant has 11 years of experience in software development and testing. He has worked with IT companies such as ThoughtWorks Inc., Aditi Technologies, and Altisource. He has extensive experience in setting up agile testing practices, functional and non-functional test automation, mentoring, and coaching. In the past, he has worked on web UIs and specializes in building test solutions in the mobile domain. He has hands-on experience with test automation tools such as WebDriver (Selenium2), Calabash, Frank, Appium, Watin, Sikuli, QTP, and DeviceAnywhere.He actively maintains his own website on testing techniques, agile testing, automation techniques, and general learning. He has contributed to leading testing journals such as Testing Circus and Software Developers Journal, and has been an active speaker at vodQA (testing event of Thoughtworks).Nishant has authored a reference book on how to use Appium for automating Android apps using Java, which is available on Gitbook. It has received close to 200,000 views, 40,000 readers online, and has been downloaded around 3,000 times.Table of ContentsIntroduction to AppiumMachine Set-upWriting your first Appium TestUnderstanding Desired CapabilitiesUnderstanding Appium Inspector to Find LocatorsHow to Synchronize TestsHow to Automate GesturesDesign patterns in test automationHow to run Appium test on devices and emulatorsContinuous Integration with JenkinsAppium Tips and TricksAppium Desktop AppAppendix