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Appium is a tool for automating native, mobile web, and hybrid applications on iOS, Android, and Windows platforms. It supports iOS native apps written in Objective-C or Swift and Android native apps written in Java or Kotlin. It also supports mobile web apps accessed using a mobile browser (Appium supports Safari on iOS and Chrome or the built-in 'Browser' app on Android). Perform Appium automation tests onLambdaTest's online cloud.

Learn the basics ofAppium testing on the LambdaTest platform.

• Pre-requisites
• Run Your First Test
• Executing The Tests

Before you can start performing App automation testing with Appium, you have to set up Visual Studio:

• Clone/Download the Github Repository.

• Open the Android/iOS project using the file with a .sln extension.

Make sure you have your LambdaTest credentials with you to run test automation scripts on LambdaTest. To obtain your access credentials,purchase a plan or access theAutomation Dashboard.

Set LambdaTestUsername andAccess Key in environment variables.

For Linux/macOS:

exportLT_USERNAME=YOUR_LAMBDATEST_USERNAME \exportLT_ACCESS_KEY=YOUR_LAMBDATEST_ACCESS_KEY

For Windows:

setLT_USERNAME=YOUR_LAMBDATEST_USERNAME `setLT_ACCESS_KEY=YOUR_LAMBDATEST_ACCESS_KEY

Upload youriOS application (.ipa file) orandroid application (.apk file) to the LambdaTest servers using ourREST API. You need to provide yourUsername andAccessKey in the formatUsername:AccessKey in thecURL command for authentication. Make sure to add the path of theappFile in the cURL request. Here is an example cURL request to upload your app using our REST API:

Using App File:

For Linux/macOS:

curl-u"YOUR_LAMBDATEST_USERNAME:YOUR_LAMBDATEST_ACCESS_KEY" \--location--requestPOST 'https://manual-api.lambdatest.com/app/upload/realDevice' \--form'name="Android_App"' \--form'appFile=@"/Users/macuser/Downloads/proverbial_android.apk"'

For Windows:

curl-u"YOUR_LAMBDATEST_USERNAME:YOUR_LAMBDATEST_ACCESS_KEY"-XPOST"https://manual-api.lambdatest.com/app/upload/realDevice"-F"appFile=@"/Users/macuser/Downloads/proverbial_android.apk""

Using App URL:

For Linux/macOS:

curl-u"YOUR_LAMBDATEST_USERNAME:YOUR_LAMBDATEST_ACCESS_KEY" \--location--requestPOST 'https://manual-api.lambdatest.com/app/upload/realDevice' \--form'name="Android_App"' \--form'url="https://prod-mobile-artefacts.lambdatest.com/assets/docs/proverbial_android.apk"'

For Windows:

curl-u"YOUR_LAMBDATEST_USERNAME:YOUR_LAMBDATEST_ACCESS_KEY"-XPOST"https://manual-api.lambdatest.com/app/upload/realDevice"-d "{"url":"https://prod-mobile-artefacts.lambdatest.com/assets/docs/proverbial_android.apk","name":"sample.apk"}"

Tip:

• If you do not have any.apk or.ipa file, you can run your sample tests on LambdaTest by using our sample 🔗Android app or sample 🔗iOS app.
• Response of above cURL will be aJSON object containing theApp URL of the format - lt://APP123456789123456789 and will be used in the next step.

Test Scenario: Check outAndroid.cs file to view the sample test script for android andiOS.cs for iOS.

You can update your custom capabilities in test scripts. In this sample project, we are passing platform name, platform version, device name and app url (generated earlier) along with other capabilities like build name and test name via capabilities object. The capabilities object in the sample code are defined as:

DesiredCapabilitiescapabilities=newDesiredCapabilities();capabilities.setCapability("build","your build name");capabilities.setCapability("name","your test name");capabilities.setCapability("platformName","iOS");capabilities.setCapability("deviceName","iPhone 13 Pro");capabilities.setCapability("isRealMobile",true);capabilities.setCapability("platformVersion","15.0");capabilities.setCapability("Visual",true);capabilities.setCapability("Console",true);capabilities.setCapability("Network",true);

DesiredCapabilitiescapabilities=newDesiredCapabilities();capabilities.setCapability("build","your build name");capabilities.setCapability("name","your test name");capabilities.setCapability("platformName","Android");capabilities.setCapability("deviceName","Galaxy S20");capabilities.setCapability("isRealMobile",true);capabilities.setCapability("platformVersion","11");capabilities.setCapability("Visual",true);capabilities.setCapability("Console",true);capabilities.setCapability("Network",true);}

Info Note:

• You must add the generatedAPP_URL to the"app" capability in the config file.
• You can generate capabilities for your test requirements with the help of our inbuiltCapabilities Generator tool. A more Detailed Capability Guide is availablehere.

Click thePlay icon to run the test.

Info: Your test results would be displayed on the test console (or command-line interface if you are using terminal/cmd) and on the 🔗LambdaTest App Automation Dashboard.

• Advanced Configuration for Capabilities
• How to test locally hosted apps
• How to integrate LambdaTest with CI/CD

Visit the following links to learn more about LambdaTest's features, setup and tutorials around test automation, mobile app testing, responsive testing, and manual testing.

• LambdaTest Documentation
• LambdaTest Blog
• LambdaTest Learning Hub

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