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Java With Appium

Tutorial To Run Your First Test On LambdaTest​

In this topic, you will learn how to configure and run your Java automation testing scripts with Appium on LambdaTest Real Device Cloud platform.

Objective​

By the end of this topic, you will be able to:

  1. Run a sample automation script of Java for application testing with Appium on LambdaTest.
  2. Learn more about Desired Capabilities for Appium testing.
  3. Explore advanced features of LambdaTest.
Sample repo

All the code samples in this documentation can be found on LambdaTest's Github Repository. You can either download or clone the repository to quickly run your tests. Image View on GitHub

Pre-requisites​

Before you start performing your App automation testing with Appium, please make sure:

  • You have access to LambdaTest username and accessKey. If you have not registered yet, you can do the same by visiting our website. You will be able to access the credentials at the LambdaTest Profile
  • Make sure you have the Java client library installed for Selenium and Appium.
  • Download and install Maven with help of the steps from the official website. Maven can also be installed easily on Linux/MacOS using Homebrew package manager.

Run your first test​

1. Upload your Application​

Upload your iOS application (.ipa file) or android application (.apk or .aab file) to the LambdaTest servers using our REST API. You need to provide your username and accessKey in the format Username:AccessKey in the cURL command for authentication. Make sure to add the path of the appFile in the cURL request. Below is an example cURL request to upload your app using our REST API:

Using App File from System:

curl -u "undefined:undefined" -X POST "https://manual-api.lambdatest.com/app/upload/realDevice" -F "appFile=@"/Users/macuser/Downloads/proverbial_android.apk"" -F "name="proverbial_app""

Using App URL:

curl -u "undefined:undefined" -X POST "https://manual-api.lambdatest.com/app/upload/realDevice" -F "url=:https://prod-mobile-artefacts.lambdatest.com/assets/docs/proverbial_android.apk" -F "name=Proverbial_App"
tip

  • If you do not have any .apk or .ipa file, you can run your sample tests on LambdaTest by using our sample apps, 🔗 Android app or 🔗 iOS app.

  • Response of above cURL will be a JSON object containing the APP_URL of the format - lt://APP123456789123456789 and will be used in the next step

2. Clone the Sample project​

Clone the LambdaTest’s 🔗 LT-appium-java repository and navigate to code directory as shown below:

git clone https://github.com/LambdaTest/LT-appium-java \
cd LT-appium-java

3. Set up your authentication​

Make sure you have your LambdaTest credentials with you to run automation scripts on LambdaTest. To obtain your credentials, purchase a plan or access them at Automation Dashboard. Then, set LambdaTest username and accessKey in environment variables with following commands.

export LT_USERNAME=undefined \
  export LT_ACCESS_KEY=undefined

4. Write your automation script​

An automation script for the sample application given above has been provided here. Ensure to update the APP_URL, username and accessKey in the code scripts before running the tests.

vanilla_android.java

import io.appium.java_client.AppiumDriver;
import io.appium.java_client.MobileBy;
import io.appium.java_client.MobileElement;
import org.openqa.selenium.JavascriptExecutor;
import org.openqa.selenium.remote.DesiredCapabilities;
import org.openqa.selenium.remote.RemoteWebDriver;
import java.net.MalformedURLException;
import java.net.URL;

public class vanilla_android {
    public static String userName = System.getenv("LT_USERNAME") == null ? "LT_USERNAME"  //Add LambdaTest username here
            : System.getenv("LT_USERNAME");
    public static String accessKey = System.getenv("LT_ACCESS_KEY") == null ? "LT_ACCESS_KEY" //Add LambdaTest accessKey here
            : System.getenv("LT_ACCESS_KEY");

    private static AppiumDriver driver;

    public static void main(String args[]) throws MalformedURLException, InterruptedException {

        try {
            DesiredCapabilities capabilities = new DesiredCapabilities();
            capabilities.setCapability("deviceName", "Galaxy S20");
            capabilities.setCapability("platformVersion", "11");
            capabilities.setCapability("platformName", "Android");
            capabilities.setCapability("isRealMobile", true);
            capabilities.setCapability("app", "APP_URL");     //Enter your app url
            capabilities.setCapability("deviceOrientation", "PORTRAIT");
            capabilities.setCapability("build", "Java Vanilla - Android");
            capabilities.setCapability("name", "Sample Test Java");
            capabilities.setCapability("console", true);
            capabilities.setCapability("network", false);
            capabilities.setCapability("visual", true);
            capabilities.setCapability("devicelog", true);

            driver = new AppiumDriver(new URL("https://" +userName + ":" + accessKey + "@mobile-hub.lambdatest.com/wd/hub"), capabilities);

            MobileElement color = (MobileElement) driver.findElement(MobileBy.id("com.lambdatest.proverbial:id/color"));
            color.click();

            MobileElement text = (MobileElement) driver.findElement(MobileBy.id("com.lambdatest.proverbial:id/Text"));
            //Changes the text to proverbial
            text.click();

            //toast is visible
            MobileElement toast = (MobileElement) driver.findElement(MobileBy.id("com.lambdatest.proverbial:id/toast"));
            toast.click();

            //notification is visible
            MobileElement notification = (MobileElement) driver.findElement(MobileBy.id("com.lambdatest.proverbial:id/notification"));
            notification.click();

            //Open the geolocation page
            MobileElement geo = (MobileElement) driver.findElement(MobileBy.id("com.lambdatest.proverbial:id/geoLocation"));
            geo.click();
            Thread.sleep(5000);

            //takes back to home page
            MobileElement el3 = (MobileElement) driver.findElementByAccessibilityId("Home");

            driver.navigate().back();
            Thread.sleep(2000);

            //Takes to speed test page
            MobileElement speedtest = (MobileElement) driver.findElement(MobileBy.id("com.lambdatest.proverbial:id/speedTest"));
            speedtest.click();
            Thread.sleep(5000);

            driver.navigate().back();

            //Opens the browser
            MobileElement browser = (MobileElement) driver.findElement(MobileBy.AccessibilityId("Browser"));
            browser.click();

            MobileElement url = (MobileElement) driver.findElement(MobileBy.id("com.lambdatest.proverbial:id/url"));
            url.sendKeys("https://www.lambdatest.com");
            MobileElement find = (MobileElement) driver.findElement(MobileBy.id("com.lambdatest.proverbial:id/find"));
            find.click();

        } catch (AssertionError a) {
            ((JavascriptExecutor) driver).executeScript("lambda-status=failed");
            a.printStackTrace();
        }
// The driver.quit statement is required, otherwise the test continues to execute, leading to a timeout.
        driver.quit();
    }
    }

Configure the test capabilities​

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:

DesiredCapabilities capabilities = new DesiredCapabilities();
            capabilities.setCapability("deviceName", "Galaxy S20");
            capabilities.setCapability("platformVersion", "11");
            capabilities.setCapability("platformName", "Android");
            capabilities.setCapability("isRealMobile", true);
            capabilities.setCapability("app", "YOUR_APP_URL"); //Enter your app url
            capabilities.setCapability("deviceOrientation", "PORTRAIT");
            capabilities.setCapability("build", "Java Vanilla - Android");
            capabilities.setCapability("name", "Sample Test Java");
            capabilities.setCapability("console", true);
            capabilities.setCapability("network", false);
            capabilities.setCapability("visual", true);
            capabilities.setCapability("devicelog", true);
Note

5. Execute your test case​

  1. Run the following commands to install the required dependencies:
mvn clean install
  1. The tests can be executed in the terminal using the following command:
mvn test -P android
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.

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