Mobile test automation has been performed in Robot Framework using IONIC 6 app with Appium and Android Studio . However Xpath is getting changed after each build given by developer.
Actual : Xpath always needs to be changed after each build
Expected: Xpath should be stable and no much rework in the existing scripts
is there any way to run UI automation against iOS app using Appium, on windows platform using VS2015 ? Can we use Xamarian for this
I need to record a testcases for a react-native mobile application in ubntu using appium.
And I don't have a appium UI in ubntu. anyone can suggest how to open appium UI on my ubuntu system.
I'm trying to run automated testing on iOS devices without installing Xcode, but seem like it doesn't work.
So I just want to know that Does Appium really need Xcode for run automated testing on iOS device? and why?
Xcode needs to be present for Appium to work.
Appium's command life-cycle, works as :
Selenium webdriver picks a command form the code like (Element.click) and sends it in form of JSON via http request to the Appium server. Appium server knows the automation context like the iOS and Android and sends this command to the Instruments command server which will wait for the Instruments command client (written in node.js) to pick it up and execute it in bootstrap.js with in the iOS instruments environment. Once the command is executed the command client sends back the message to the Appium server which logs everything related to the command in its console. This cycle keeps going till the time all the commands gets executed.
Apple’s instruments binary, which Appium uses to launch the iOS simulator, by default uses the currently-selected Xcode, and the highest iOS SDK installed with that version of Xcode.
Appium uses the appium-xcuitest-driver to test iOS devices using the Xcode UI Testing protocol. Under the hood, it will launch the WebDriverAgent on the iOS device, which does the heavy lifting.
There is 3rd party, commercial software which allow you to launch Appium tests on iOS devices without having to use Xcode. Such examples are Mobile Center from MicroFocus, Appium Studio from Experitest, or the quamotion/appion-docker-ios docker image.
Yes you need xcode to run you test on ios. And yes it supports native, hybrid as well as browsers.
New iOS 6 Safari comes with Web Inspector feature which allows to connect to it from your desktop Safari via USB cable. It then allows you to debug pages opened in iOS Safari from your desktop. But as far as I seen, this feature curently supported only on Mac Safari, not on Windows? Am I right, or Windows Safari also has the possibility? Or it will become available later maybe?
It appears to require Safari 6, which has not been released for Windows. Regarding the unavailability of Safari 6 on Windows, Apple has stated "Safari 6 is available for Mountain Lion and Lion. Safari 5 continues to be available for Windows."
I regularly use weinre. It basically runs a webserver that in turn acts as an inspector-enhanced proxy to browse webpages and websites. The inspector can be started by adding a script to your page or running a bookmarklet.
weinre is a debugger for web pages, like FireBug (for FireFox) and Web Inspector (for WebKit-based browsers), except it's designed to work remotely, and in particular, to allow you debug web pages on a mobile device such as a phone.
To install it, you will need NodeJS and NPM (included with NodeJS). You will also need a WebKit-based browser on the desktop/receiver end (Safari, Google Chrome, or Chromium). It should work on Windows, OSX, and Linux.
Official page: https://people.apache.org/~pmuellr/weinre/
Documentation & Getting Started: https://people.apache.org/~pmuellr/weinre/docs/latest/
NPM Package: https://www.npmjs.com/package/weinre
If you already have NodeJS and NPM installed, you can install and run it with:
npm i -g weinre
weinre
# Go to the URL that it outputs for instructions to use it
UPDATE:
#EvAlex has pointed out another tool very similar to Weinre called Vorlon.js. It is pluggable and supports viewing/switching between the inspector of multiple devices simultaneously.
Setup Vorlon on Windows
npm i -g vorlon
vorlon
Verify Vorlon is Running
Open a web browser and navigate to http://localhost:1337
Setup Ngrok
Download Ngrok: https://ngrok.com/download
Unzip it
Open a command prompt: Start -> Search -> cmd
Navigate to ngrok.exe: cd <ngrok_path_where_ngrok.exe is stored>/
Run it: ngrok.exe http <port> e.g. ngrok.exe http 1337
Ngrok provides a url e.g. https://0ad8c32f.ngrok.io -> localhost:1337
Copy and paste the ngrok url into your webpage.
<script src="https://0ad8c32f.ngrok.io/vorlon.js"></script>
Navigate to the page under test on your device(s):
http://thepageiwanttotest.com/testing123
References
Vorlon Reference: http://vorlonjs.com/#getting-started
Ngrok Reference: https://ngrok.com/download
Stumbled upon this blog which shows how to debug iOS web app on Windows using a stndalone app by Telerik called AppBuilder. You're supposed to create an account on their platform before using it and it has a 30 day trial.
I've used this on windows 7 64 bit for both vanilla web apps and Phonegap apps both on iPad with iOS 7.1, and it works. You get web development tools very similar to those in Chrome.
I have found a great tool called GapDebug
that's was the right solution for me :)
After trying to get Weinre installed on my Windows 10 machine which is running IIS and a localhost client and never being able to get it to work, I looked for an alternate solution.
Turns out Safari for Windows was discontinued by Apple but I was able to fine a copy after discovering the following link. Oh, the Web Inspector in Safari was able to help me find the problem in my application once it was installed.
https://apple.stackexchange.com/questions/68836/where-can-i-download-safari-for-windows
Once Safari was installed, I needed to turn on the developer tools. This required going into Preferences > Advanced > check "Show Develop menu in menu bar" > (click on page icon next to sprocket icon hover over Develop) Start Debugging in JavaScript. From here on it felt very much like Chrome...:-)
Use iOS WebKit debug proxy
It allows you to debug directly in Chrome with live preview.