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Appium with Cucumber

In this documentation, you will learn how to trigger a automation script of Cucumber for application testing with Appium on LambdaTest, set the desired capabilities for appium testing, and other advanced features of LambdaTest.

Prerequisites​

For macOS, you can run a Homebrew command like this:

brew install ruby
  • Ensure you have Dependency manager bundler installed. If not installed, you can install with the following command:
gem install bundler

Try our Sample Repository​

Step 1: Get a Sample Project​

You can use your own project to configure and test it. For demo purposes, we are using the sample repository.

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

Step 2: Setup the Environment Variables​

You need to export your environment variables LT_USERNAME and LT_ACCESS_KEY that are available in your LambdaTest Profile page. Run the below mentioned commands in your terminal to setup the environment variables.

export LT_USERNAME="undefined"
export LT_ACCESS_KEY="undefined"

Step 3: 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:

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""
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

Step 4: Update your Automation Script​

An automation script file first_steps.rb for the sample application given above has been provided here.

first_steps.rb
When /^I click on buttons app$/ do 
  
  $driver.find_element(:id, "color").click
  #Click on Color Button
  $driver.find_element(:id, "color").click
  #Click on Geolocation Button
  $driver.find_element(:id, "geoLocation").click
  #wait of 5 seconds
  sleep(5)
  #Click on back Button
  $driver.back
  #Click on text Button to enter value
  $driver.find_element(:id, "Text").click
  #Click on Notification Button
  $driver.find_element(:id, "notification").click
  #Click on toast Button      
  $driver.find_element(:id, "toast").click
  #Click on speedtest Button      
  $driver.find_element(:id, "speedTest").click
  #Wait for 10 seconds       
  sleep(10)
  $driver.back
  $driver.find_element(:id, "Browser").click
  sleep(5)
  $driver.find_element(:id, "url").click
  $driver.find_element(:id, "url").send_keys "https://www.lambdatest.com/"
  $driver.find_element(:id, "find").click
  sleep(5)
  $driver.back
  $driver.execute_script("lambda-status=passed")

end

Step 5: 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.

Ensure to update the APP_URL, username and accesKey in the code scripts before running the tests. The capabilities object in the sample code are defined as:

first.config.yml iOS
server: "mobile-hub.lambdatest.com"
user: "LT_USERNAME"    # Add Lambdatest username here
key: "LT_ACCESS_KEY"   # Add Lambdtest accessKey here

common_caps:

  "build": "br-2"
  

browser_caps:
  -
    "isRealMobile": "true"
    "platform": "ios"
    "deviceName": "iPad (2017)"
    "platformVersion": "13"
    "app": "APP_URL"      # Add your app url here
info

Step 6: Execute and Monitor your Tests​

  • Navigate to the run_first_test directory under corresponding os based on your app.

  • Go to config/first.config.yml and edit the username, accessKey and add your app url.

  • Run the following commands to run your tests

bundle install
bundle exec rake first

Your test results would be displayed on the test console (or CLI if you are using terminal/cmd) and on the LambdaTest App Automation Dashboard.

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