appium Getting started with appium Installation or Setup
Example
Pre-requirements
Check the requirements for each device type you wish to automate and make sure they're installed before attempting to use Appium!
iOS Requirements
- Mac OS X 10.10 or higher, 10.11.1 recommended
- XCode >= 6.0, 7.1.1 recommended
- Apple Developer Tools (iPhone simulator SDK, command line tools)
- Ensure you read the documentation on setting yourself up for iOS testing!
Android Requirements
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Android SDK API >= 17 (Additional features require 18/19)
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Appium supports Android on OS X, Linux and Windows. Make sure you follow the directions for setting up your environment properly for testing on different OSes:
FirefoxOS Requirements
Installation of Appium
Global installation using Node.js
$ npm install -g appium
$ appium
Local installation from Github's master branch
$ git clone [email protected]:appium/appium.git
$ cd appium
$ npm install
$ node .
Using the App for Mac or Windows
- Download the Appium app
- Run it!
Writing Tests for Appium
Formatted version of the Appium docs can be found here with the ability to choose code example language from the top right corner.
