
Starting Appium from code requires a path of two files which are kept inside the Appium folder. The third part is the main method which is necessary to execute the class and from this main method, all the above method are called.

The code structure is segregated into three parts, the first part of the code starts the Appium server, the second part stops the Appium server. Now in this blog, we will understand how to start the Appium server. In the previous blog in this series, we learned how to write the first Appium script for Android devices. Starting Appium Server and launching the app from code


I am using Appium with Cucumber and Ruby to write Automation tests on iOSĪs this is the first article of the series on automating iOS apps with simulators, let’s begin with the hardest part to set up which is the initial framework for automation.

For both iOS and Android, I plan to use the same automation framework by only making changes where necessary to account for the platform differences. Ultimately, I decided to learn to use Appium as it is the common tool to automate mobile applications. Should I automate my app using a Simulator or Real devices?Īll of these questions bugged me when I first started automating mobile applications in my company. As a newbie to “Mobile App Automation” your mind may be spinning with questions about.
