Explore mobile automation with Appium and discover new ways to test native, web, and hybrid applications This book is intended for automation testers and developers who want to enhance their skills from web-based automation to mobile application automation using Appium. Basic knowledge of mobile application testing, Selenium WebDriver, and programming is assumed. Nowadays, mobile automation is growing at a fast pace; this is where Appium comes in. It is a tool that performs automated mobile testing for Android and iOS. Appium Essentials is a practical guide that will help you to perform mobile automation testing and gain a good understanding of mobile automation concepts. This book will teach you how to use Appium drives on native, web-based, and hybrid apps. You will then explore Appium usage with different mobile applications, get acquainted with using an emulator to automate mobile apps, and learn about mobile gestures such as tap, zoom, and swipe. Finally, you will test your apps on a physical device and experience the look and feel of an end user!
There's a lot of cons: - the book really start on 42℅ - there's a lack in how configure android environment - don't explain on detail how to locate an component. He just show up the code snnipet - using of WebElement object to native apps insted of MobileElement (that enable some specific action) - there're no good explanation about find elements/components with accessibilityID, UiAutomator, xpah and IosUiAutomation - The chapter about automating hybrid apps is poor - There's no explanation about session - The apps is really, really easy to automate and with no context to real world - The explanation about using real android devices is wrong in terms of using the name of the device instead of his serial number (the same from adb devices) - There's no good explanation about using a pre installed app - There' no explanation about do some important actions like swipe, scroll and notifications - There's a lot of focus on automate hybrid apps - There's no explanation about waits. He just use an implicitly wait that not encoureged