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Appium
Mobile test automation

2.
Brainly - EdTech platform, crowdsourced
homework helper.
Both website and mobile app.
Who we are
Maria - Mobile QA Coordinator at Brainly
former mobile tester
Ela - Web QA Coordinator at Brainly
former marketing manager (just not my thing I guess...)

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Where we are
… and more on the way!

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mobile automation made awesome
Appium
“Necessity is the mother of invention.“
“The most awesome thing will win.”
Johnattan Lipps

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“Why can’t we automate mobile testing,
like we do with websites?”
Johnattan Lipps

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Developer’s problems with mobile testing
● create one application for Android and iOS
● prepare automation tests for mobile apps
● find easy to use framework for tests
● develop one tests for both iOS and Android app version

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Mobile is taking over the world
● It’s a multi-platform age.
Mass adoption requires cross-
platform apps.
● Where is our mobile
automation? Our mobile CI?

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Here comes Appium
● Appium is a cross-platform solution for native apps
and hybrid mobile solution
● The philosophy of Appium is based on 4 rules

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Appium philosophy
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You shouldn’t have to
recompile your app or modify it
in any way in order to automate it.
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source: http://appium.io/introduction.html

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You shouldn’t be locked into
a specific language or framework
to write and run your tests.
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source: http://appium.io/introduction.html

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A mobile automation framework shouldn’t
reinvent the wheel when it
comes to automation API’s.
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source: http://appium.io/introduction.html

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A mobile automation framework
should be an open source,
in spirit and practice as well as in name!
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source: http://appium.io/introduction.html

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Appium philosophy
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Appium design
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Appium is using vendor-provided automation frameworks.
That way you don’t need to compile in any third-party code
|or frameworks to your app.
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source: http://appium.io/introduction.html

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iOS - UI Automation
2 3 41
source: http://www.slideshare.net/saucelabs/appium-basic-

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32 3 4
Android 4.2+ UI Automator
2 3 41
source: http://www.slideshare.net/saucelabs/appium-basic-20296603

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32 3 4
Android 2.3+ Selendroid
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source: http://www.slideshare.net/saucelabs/appium-basic-20296603

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Appium is wrapping
vendor-provided frameworks in one,
WebDriver API (JSON Wire Protocol).
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2 3 41
source: http://appium.io/introduction.html

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Appium is a HTTP server.
You can use whatever test runner
and test framework you want!
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2 3 41
source: http://appium.io/introduction.html

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Appium demo
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source: http://appium.io/introduction.html

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WebDriver has become the standard
for automating web browsers.
Why do something totally
different for mobile?
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source: http://appium.io/introduction.html

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Appium is an open source!
Why don’t you try it?
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Why don’t you try it?
● one test for iOS and Android
● any programming language you want
● easy to use (http server)

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Thanks!
Questions?
| maria.machlowska@brainly.com
| ela.sadel@brainly.com
Contact us:
Maria
Ela
@BrainlyLabs