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Appium Tutorial For Beginners | Appium For Mobile App Testing | Install & Configure Appium | Eudreka

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** Appium Online Training: https://www.edureka.co/appium-training-mobile-automation-testing ** This edureka video on Appium Tutorial for Beginners will give you an introduction to this widely adopted tool in the testing industry. This video will also teach you how to integrate appium with android studio. Below topics are covered in this video: 1:20 What is Appium? 4:08 Types of Applications? 13:56 Why should you choose Appium? 18:06 Appium Architecture 19:40 How it works? 21:59 The philosophy of Appium 26:25 Appium Pros and Cons 28:41 Appium desktop installation with Android Studio To follow along with the installation please download the necessary files from the links given below: Java Download - https://www.oracle.com/technetwork/java/javase/downloads/jdk11-downloads-5066655.html Android Studio - https://developer.android.com/studio Selenium Jars - https://www.seleniumhq.org/download/ Appium Client Libraries - http://appium.io/downloads.html Appium Desktop - http://appium.io/ Selenium playlist: https://goo.gl/NmuzXE Selenium Blog playlist: http://bit.ly/2B7C3QR Software Testing Blog playlist: http://bit.ly/2UXwdJm - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - Subscribe to our channel to get video updates. Hit the subscribe button above: https://goo.gl/6ohpTV Edureka! organizes live instructor-led webinars on the latest technologies, to stay updated, join our Meetup community: http://meetu.ps/c/4glvl/JzH2K/f SlideShare: https://www.slideshare.net/edurekaIN Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/edureka_learning Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/edurekaIN/ Twitter: https://twitter.com/edurekain LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/edureka - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - #edureka #edurekasoftwaretesting #softwaretestingtypes #selenium #automationtesting Please write back to us at sales@edureka.co or call us at IND: 9606058406 / US: 18338555775 (toll-free) for more information.

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boost customer loyalty for your app.', 'start': 625.303, 'duration': 7.742}, {'end': 638.286, 'text': 'Now the last kind of applications that we are going to discuss are called hybrid applications.', 'start': 633.605, 'duration': 4.681}, {'end': 643.427, 'text': 'Now, hybrid application work across platforms and behave like native applications.', 'start': 638.985, 'duration': 4.442}], 'summary': 'Offer great user experience, better performance, and leverage device features to boost customer loyalty with native mobile applications, resulting in higher conversion rates. hybrid applications work across platforms and behave like native applications.', 'duration': 29.767, 'max_score': 613.66, 'thumbnail': 'https://coursnap.oss-ap-southeast-1.aliyuncs.com/video-capture/Qxts1w8uR1M/pics/Qxts1w8uR1M613660.jpg'}, {'end': 678.19, 'src': 'embed', 'start': 650.871, 'weight': 4, 'content': [{'end': 658.515, 'text': 'but it is actually a web application and these types of applications are built with JavaScript, HTML and CSS and run in the web view.', 'start': 650.871, 'duration': 7.644}, {'end': 664.939, 'text': 'hybrid app development can essentially do everything HTML 5 does, except it also incorporates native app features.', 'start': 658.515, 'duration': 6.424}, {'end': 671.684, 'text': 'This is possible when you deploy a wrapper to act as a bridge between the platform to access the native features.', 'start': 665.379, 'duration': 6.305}, {'end': 678.19, 'text': "So basically it's a web app that is wrapped around the native app features now hybrid app consists of two parts.", 'start': 672.025, 'duration': 6.165}], 'summary': 'Hybrid app development combines web app with native features using a wrapper.', 'duration': 27.319, 'max_score': 650.871, 'thumbnail': 'https://coursnap.oss-ap-southeast-1.aliyuncs.com/video-capture/Qxts1w8uR1M/pics/Qxts1w8uR1M650871.jpg'}, {'end': 835.144, 'src': 'embed', 'start': 808.91, 'weight': 5, 'content': [{'end': 814.435, 'text': 'well? the decision to build either a web native or hybrid mobile app should be based on your business objectives.', 'start': 808.91, 'duration': 5.525}, {'end': 822.298, 'text': 'Before jumping into development, you should consider the following factors like how fast you need the app the quality of the user experience.', 'start': 814.975, 'duration': 7.323}, {'end': 827.18, 'text': 'You want your app to have the complexity of the features you need for app to work and your budget.', 'start': 822.398, 'duration': 4.782}, {'end': 832.162, 'text': 'So, keeping all these things in mind, you can very well decide whether you need a hybrid application,', 'start': 827.72, 'duration': 4.442}, {'end': 835.144, 'text': 'a native application or just a simple web application.', 'start': 832.162, 'duration': 2.982}], 'summary': 'Choose app type based on business needs, speed, ux, features, and budget.', 'duration': 26.234, 'max_score': 808.91, 'thumbnail': 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and boosted customer loyalty.', 'duration': 175.171, 'highlights': ['Native apps are very fast and responsive because they are built for specific platforms, and they offer the best performance. (Quantifiable: speed, performance)', 'Native apps are distributed in the App Store, providing legitimacy and a more natural flow for users due to specific UI standards for each platform. (Quantifiable: distribution in app stores, user experience)', 'Native applications allow developers to access the full feature set of their given platform with performance optimizations and do not require an internet connection. (Quantifiable: full feature set access, no internet connection)', 'Overall, native mobile application advantages result in higher conversion rates and ultimately boost customer loyalty by offering a more personalized experience. (Quantifiable: higher conversion rates, boosted customer loyalty)', 'Native mobile application development may have an initial higher cost but results in saving time and money in the long run by offering a better user experience and leveraging device features. (Quantifiable: initial cost, saving time and money)']}, {'end': 1000.031, 'start': 633.605, 'title': 'Hybrid app development', 'summary': 'Discusses hybrid app development, highlighting its advantages such as cross-platform compatibility, cost-effectiveness, and access to native features, compared to its disadvantages including slower speed, higher cost, and limited customization options.', 'duration': 366.426, 'highlights': ['Hybrid apps provide cross-platform compatibility, using web technologies like HTML, CSS, and JavaScript, and can access native app features, offering a cheaper and easier alternative to native apps, and eliminating the need for a browser view, making it one app for all platforms.', 'Hybrid apps can access device APIs, including storage and cameras, and are faster to develop than native apps due to a single code base, but they are slower and more expensive than web apps, and have limited customizability compared to native apps.', 'Customizations in hybrid apps can make them more expensive, leading to a less cost-effective solution compared to native apps, and may sacrifice user experience and performance, making bug fixing more difficult and reducing the ability to customize based on platforms.', 'The decision to build a web, native, or hybrid mobile app should be based on business objectives, considering factors such as speed, user experience, complexity of features, and budget, to determine the most suitable approach for development.']}], 'duration': 542.157, 'thumbnail': 'https://coursnap.oss-ap-southeast-1.aliyuncs.com/video-capture/Qxts1w8uR1M/pics/Qxts1w8uR1M457874.jpg', 'highlights': ['Native apps offer the best performance and are very fast and responsive due to being built for specific platforms.', 'Native apps are distributed in the App Store, providing legitimacy and a more natural flow for users due to specific UI standards for each platform.', 'Native applications allow developers to access the full feature set of their given platform with performance optimizations and do not require an internet connection.', 'Overall, native mobile application advantages result in higher conversion rates and ultimately boost customer loyalty by offering a more personalized experience.', 'Hybrid apps provide cross-platform compatibility, using web technologies like HTML, CSS, and JavaScript, and can access native app features, offering a cheaper and easier alternative to native apps, and eliminating the need for a browser view, making it one app for all platforms.', 'The decision to build a web, native, or hybrid mobile app should be based on business objectives, considering factors such as speed, user experience, complexity of features, and budget, to determine the most suitable approach for development.']}, {'end': 1459.901, 'segs': [{'end': 1041.689, 'src': 'embed', 'start': 1000.031, 'weight': 2, 'content': [{'end': 1007.779, 'text': 'cylindroid is also compatible with selenium and Jenkins, which is great, and a cylindroid also has a community going for it,', 'start': 1000.031, 'duration': 7.748}, {'end': 1009.842, 'text': "but it's not as strong as Appian's.", 'start': 1007.779, 'duration': 2.063}, {'end': 1012.624, 'text': "Now, let's get down to discussing about Robotium.", 'start': 1010.362, 'duration': 2.262}, {'end': 1016.807, 'text': 'So Robotium is also free and open source automation testing tool.', 'start': 1013.024, 'duration': 3.783}, {'end': 1019.59, 'text': 'Unfortunately, it only supports Android.', 'start': 1017.268, 'duration': 2.322}, {'end': 1022.732, 'text': 'It also needs the app source code and library.', 'start': 1019.97, 'duration': 2.762}, {'end': 1028.377, 'text': 'above that, small changes in the Robotium code could actually lead you to completely rebuild the application.', 'start': 1022.732, 'duration': 5.645}, {'end': 1031.219, 'text': 'Above that, Robotium only supports Java.', 'start': 1028.877, 'duration': 2.342}, {'end': 1038.185, 'text': 'So other languages that are used to develop applications, like Kotlin, for example, which has become really famous in these days,', 'start': 1031.239, 'duration': 6.946}, {'end': 1041.689, 'text': 'it will not be actually supported by a robot him above that.', 'start': 1038.185, 'duration': 3.504}], 'summary': 'Cylindroid is compatible with selenium and jenkins, but not as strong as appian. robotium is free, open-source, but only supports android and java.', 'duration': 41.658, 'max_score': 1000.031, 'thumbnail': 'https://coursnap.oss-ap-southeast-1.aliyuncs.com/video-capture/Qxts1w8uR1M/pics/Qxts1w8uR1M1000031.jpg'}, {'end': 1117.946, 'src': 'embed', 'start': 1085.385, 'weight': 0, 'content': [{'end': 1089.709, 'text': 'Let us go ahead and discuss the architecture that makes this tool so brilliant.', 'start': 1085.385, 'duration': 4.324}, {'end': 1095.791, 'text': 'So Appium is basically an HTTP server written in node.js,', 'start': 1090.848, 'duration': 4.943}, {'end': 1101.595, 'text': 'which creates and handles multiple web driver sessions for different platforms like iOS and Android.', 'start': 1095.791, 'duration': 5.804}, {'end': 1102.756, 'text': "if that didn't make any sense to you,", 'start': 1101.595, 'duration': 1.161}, {'end': 1104.417, 'text': 'Let me just simplify it a bit more.', 'start': 1102.976, 'duration': 1.441}, {'end': 1110.921, 'text': 'So what Appium does is it follows the client server architecture now on your left hand side of the screen.', 'start': 1105.017, 'duration': 5.904}, {'end': 1117.946, 'text': 'What do you see is the client who is also the tester now what this guy will do is send some requests to the Appium server.', 'start': 1111.021, 'duration': 6.925}], 'summary': 'Appium is an http server handling multiple web driver sessions for ios and android platforms.', 'duration': 32.561, 'max_score': 1085.385, 'thumbnail': 'https://coursnap.oss-ap-southeast-1.aliyuncs.com/video-capture/Qxts1w8uR1M/pics/Qxts1w8uR1M1085385.jpg'}, {'end': 1395.671, 'src': 'embed', 'start': 1360.08, 'weight': 1, 'content': [{'end': 1361.922, 'text': 'So the philosophy is as it goes.', 'start': 1360.08, 'duration': 1.842}, {'end': 1368.627, 'text': "So firstly the first philosophy is you shouldn't have to recompile your apps or modify it in any way in order to automate it.", 'start': 1362.062, 'duration': 6.565}, {'end': 1374.712, 'text': "The second one is you shouldn't be locked into a specific language or framework to write and run your tests.", 'start': 1369.187, 'duration': 5.525}, {'end': 1380.857, 'text': "thirdly, a mobile automation framework shouldn't reinvent the wheel when it comes to automation apis.", 'start': 1374.712, 'duration': 6.145}, {'end': 1386.802, 'text': 'and fourth is that a mobile automation framework should be open source in spirit and practice, as well as a name.', 'start': 1380.857, 'duration': 5.945}, {'end': 1395.671, 'text': "So let's explore these four points, shall we? Now, you shouldn't have to recompile your app or modify it in any way in order to automate it.", 'start': 1387.302, 'duration': 8.369}], 'summary': 'Mobile automation philosophy: no recompiling, no language lock-in, no reinventing, open source.', 'duration': 35.591, 'max_score': 1360.08, 'thumbnail': 'https://coursnap.oss-ap-southeast-1.aliyuncs.com/video-capture/Qxts1w8uR1M/pics/Qxts1w8uR1M1360080.jpg'}], 'start': 1000.031, 'title': 'Automation testing tools', 'summary': 'Compares cylindroid, selenium, jenkins, and robotium, highlighting robotium as a free and open source automation testing tool that supports only android, requires app source code and library, and only supports java. it also discusses how appium outshines its competitors like selenium and jenkins, excels in architecture, and follows a four-point philosophy, offering reasons for its widespread acceptance among automation testers.', 'chapters': [{'end': 1041.689, 'start': 1000.031, 'title': 'Comparison of automation testing tools', 'summary': 'Compares the compatibility, community support, and language limitations of cylindroid, selenium, jenkins, and robotium, highlighting robotium as a free and open source automation testing tool that supports only android, requires app source code and library, and only supports java, making it less versatile.', 'duration': 41.658, 'highlights': ['Robotium is a free and open source automation testing tool that only supports Android, requires the app source code and library, and only supports Java, making it less versatile.', "Cylindroid is compatible with selenium and Jenkins and has a community, but not as strong as Appian's.", 'Small changes in the Robotium code could lead to completely rebuilding the application.']}, {'end': 1459.901, 'start': 1041.989, 'title': 'Appium: the best automation tool', 'summary': 'Discusses how appium outshines its competitors like selenium and jenkins, excels in architecture, and follows a four-point philosophy, offering reasons for its widespread acceptance among automation testers.', 'duration': 417.912, 'highlights': ['Appium excels in architecture, being an HTTP server written in node.js, handling multiple web driver sessions for iOS and Android, and following a client-server model to send requests to the device and emulator, with a strong and budding community. Appium is an HTTP server written in node.js, handling multiple web driver sessions for iOS and Android, following a client-server model to send requests to the device and emulator, with a strong and budding community.', "Appium's architecture is explained in context to iOS and Android, where it proxies commands to UI automation scripts running in Mac instrumentation environment for iOS and to UI Automator test cases running on the device for Android. Appium proxies commands to UI automation scripts running in Mac instrumentation environment for iOS and to UI Automator test cases running on the device for Android.", "Appium follows a four-point philosophy, ensuring that apps need not be recompiled or modified to automate, testers are not locked into a specific language or framework, it doesn't reinvent the wheel for automation APIs, and it is open source. Appium follows a four-point philosophy, ensuring that apps need not be recompiled or modified to automate, testers are not locked into a specific language or framework, it doesn't reinvent the wheel for automation APIs, and it is open source."]}], 'duration': 459.87, 'thumbnail': 'https://coursnap.oss-ap-southeast-1.aliyuncs.com/video-capture/Qxts1w8uR1M/pics/Qxts1w8uR1M1000031.jpg', 'highlights': ['Appium excels in architecture, being an HTTP server written in node.js, handling multiple web driver sessions for iOS and Android, and following a client-server model to send requests to the device and emulator, with a strong and budding community.', "Appium follows a four-point philosophy, ensuring that apps need not be recompiled or modified to automate, testers are not locked into a specific language or framework, it doesn't reinvent the wheel for automation APIs, and it is open source.", 'Robotium is a free and open source automation testing tool that only supports Android, requires the 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simulators.', 'start': 1692.618, 'duration': 2.844}, {'end': 1704.028, 'text': 'Above that Appium uses UI Automator for Android automation, which only supports Android SDK platform that is API 16 or higher.', 'start': 1696.062, 'duration': 7.966}], 'summary': 'Running tests on multiple ios devices requires costly setup, but can be resolved by using sauce labs mobile cloud for multiple ios simulator support.', 'duration': 25.788, 'max_score': 1678.24, 'thumbnail': 'https://coursnap.oss-ap-southeast-1.aliyuncs.com/video-capture/Qxts1w8uR1M/pics/Qxts1w8uR1M1678240.jpg'}], 'start': 1459.901, 'title': 'Appium for mobile testing', 'summary': "Discusses appium's usage, advantages, and limitations, including its encapsulation of testing complexities, support for cross-platform mobile testing, and limitations in scaling due to ios technical constraints.", 'chapters': [{'end': 1517.868, 'start': 1459.901, 'title': 'Appium and ui automation frameworks', 'summary': 'Discusses the usage of ui 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{'end': 2077.732, 'src': 'heatmap', 'start': 2024.847, 'weight': 0.828, 'content': [{'end': 2026.749, 'text': 'So let me just get in my password in.', 'start': 2024.847, 'duration': 1.902}, {'end': 2028.451, 'text': 'okay, so that does it.', 'start': 2026.749, 'duration': 1.702}, {'end': 2034.237, 'text': "now you're going to environment variables and what we have to do is put in this thing called Android home.", 'start': 2028.451, 'duration': 5.786}, {'end': 2041.145, 'text': 'now Android home is set in your local to see it going to users.', 'start': 2034.237, 'duration': 6.908}, {'end': 2047.005, 'text': "I'm going to your user that you're using that is aria-pol and out here you see app data.", 'start': 2041.86, 'duration': 5.145}, {'end': 2056.833, 'text': "Now, if you can't see app data going to view and all you have to do is take this hidden items checkbox out here and it will show you all the hidden files and folders.", 'start': 2047.225, 'duration': 9.608}, {'end': 2066.702, 'text': "So you're going to app data going to local go to Android go to SDK and all you have to do is copy down this part going to environment variables.", 'start': 2057.494, 'duration': 9.208}, {'end': 2075.928, 'text': "say new, give a name of Android home, as you guys can see, it doesn't really matter what you name it, to be honest, and then just given the value,", 'start': 2067.793, 'duration': 8.135}, {'end': 2076.469, 'text': 'and that is.', 'start': 2075.928, 'duration': 0.541}, {'end': 2077.732, 'text': 'let me just go back again.', 'start': 2076.469, 'duration': 1.263}], 'summary': 'Setting up android home in environment variables for development.', 'duration': 52.885, 'max_score': 2024.847, 'thumbnail': 'https://coursnap.oss-ap-southeast-1.aliyuncs.com/video-capture/Qxts1w8uR1M/pics/Qxts1w8uR1M2024847.jpg'}, {'end': 2155.187, 'src': 'heatmap', 'start': 2102.541, 'weight': 0.798, 'content': [{'end': 2107.323, 'text': 'So one is the platform tools address and one is the tools 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