Appium mobile terminal automated testing -- building a simulator and real machine environment

Catalog

Simulator -- install Android Studio And Android SDK

Simulator -- change VDM Default storage path

Real machine （Android） Environment settings

Real machine -- Open developer mode

Real machine -- open USB debugging

Real connection -- File transfer

install apk file

adopt npm install Appium Server

start-up Appium GUI Pattern

Appium Connect conversation

Appium Server Possible causes of installation difficulties ：

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Simulator -- install Android Studio And Android SDK

Direct installation is recommended Android Studio, And then use Android Studio install SDK. start-up SDK Manager, Install the version you need , Download and install .

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Then set it up ANDROID_HOME environment variable ANDROID_HOME=D:\InstallationDirectory\Android\android-sdk

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Click after installation Cell phone icon , Create a virtual phone

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Be careful ： Install new Android When selecting the version of virtual machine, try to choose 9.0, At first I chose 10.0, Not very stable when using wait , Haven't taken the time to delve into .

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The virtual machine has been created successfully , As shown in the figure below ：

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Simulator -- change VDM Default storage path

In New VDM When it comes to virtual machines , Found no new ones C The dish exploded red , It turned out that I forgot to change VDM Storage location , The default is stored in C disc , Eight or nine mobile phones G, No wonder it's not red . The setting method is as follows ： ANDROID_SDK_HOME=D:\InstallationDirectory\Android\Android_Virtual And then restart it SDK Manager that will do .

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Next open cmd Command window , Check whether to connect the mobile phone started by the simulator , Input ： adb devices You can view connected devices ; adb devices -l You can view it drivers Details of ;

View connected devices

The above is the simulator environment that needs to be installed when using the simulator .

Here's how to connect the real machine （Android） Operations and settings to be done when

Real machine （Android） Environment settings

Real machine -- Open developer mode

First, you need to have a real Android mobile phone . Connect the real machine , Need to open developer mode . Find it on your phone Set up > System > About mobile phone > Version number , And then click on it 7 Once, you can start the developer mode .

About mobile phone > Version number

After completing the above operations, you will be prompted , You are already in developer mode ; We will be in the setting options , See developer mode , Here's the picture ：

Developer options

Real machine -- open USB debugging

stay Developer options or Developer options in , open USB debugging , Here's the picture , stay USB Check... During debugging ：

USB debugging

Real connection -- File transfer

When connecting an Android phone to a computer with a data cable , If it happens USB How to connect , There are generally three options ： Transmit photos 、 File transfer 、 Charge only , Please select File transfer Then open it on the computer side CMD window , Input ：adb devices -l View connected devices .

View device

thus , Both the simulator and the real machine have been set up , Next use cmd Command to start installing downloaded apk Installation package .

install apk file

Here, the installation method is the same for both simulators and real machines . cmd Window input command , install apk Installation package , For example, install the downloaded snowball apk Installation package ： adb install D:\InstallationDirectory\apk\xinglicheng.apk Here's the picture , It shows that the installation has been successful , You can go to the simulator or Android Check it on the real machine and it's all installed successfully .

install APK

Here the simulator and real machine environment are ready , The next step is to install Appium Server 了 .

adopt npm install Appium Server

Appium It's using Node.js To develop , So you need to install Node.js 1、 Download and install Node.js （ recommend LTM） and npm https://nodejs.org/zh-cn/download/

Node.JS download

2、 install Appium Method 1 、 Download from the official website Appium Address installation ： https://github.com/appium/appium-desktop/releases/tag/v1.15.1

Method 2 、npm install Appium Official installation ：npm install -g appium（ By the wall ） ( It is recommended to set Taobao first Mirror warehouse Address before installation ) npm install -g cnpm --registry=https://registry.npm.taobao.org npm config set registry https://registry.npm.taobao.org Verify settings Taobao Whether the image is successful ： npm config get registry install Appium: cnpm install -g appium

start-up Appium GUI Pattern

Do not change any configuration , choice ” start-up The server “

Appium Interface

The following figure shows that the connection has been successful Click Magnifier Icon , Start the checker session

Appium Server

And set the new pop-up session window , Then start the session

• platformName--- Equipment platform ： fill Android or IOS
• deviceName---- Device name ： Press top adb Fill in the name of the found equipment ,Android You can fill in any one .
• appPackage---- To start app The package name ： Wechat is "com.tencent.mm"
• appActivity---- The interface to launch ： The wechat startup interface is ".ui.LauncherUI"

{
  "platformName": "android",
  "deviceName": "ruancexiaosheng",
  "automationName": "uiautomator2",
  "appPackage": "com.xueqiu.android",
  "appActivity": ".view.WelcomeActivityAlias"
}

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Appium Connect conversation

And then to Appium In the interface , Enter the relevant configuration parameters , choice Customer Server Interface , Then click... In the figure below " Start a session ", You can adjust inspector.

Appium Connect conversation

Then the following figure will appear inspector Connection interface , If the interface is not updated , Click the refresh button in the middle to see the latest interface .

inspector Connection interface

Error: An unknown server-side error occurred while processing the command. Original error: Could not sign with default certificate. Original error Command 'C:\Program Files\Java\jdk1.8.0_77\bin\bin\java.exe' not found. Is it installed? I don't know why , Feel that the path of the prompt is wrong , Later upgrade to Appium1.15.1 After that, there was no error .

Error： appium Could not connect to server; are you sure it's running? Running Appium when , Choose Customer Server, Just restart it , As shown in the figure below

Custom Server

Appium Server Possible causes of installation difficulties ：

• Partly dependent on being inaccessible overseas .
• Node.js Do not use... For installation root Permission installation .
• Node.js The version should not be too low , Not too high , recommend LTS edition , Or from Appium Get the recommended version from the source code .
• need python2 There is .
• node_module Do not have write permission .
• Windows You need to rely on the compiler .
• PATH Variables should be set adb java Equal path , It can be used appium-doctor verification .
• iOS It needs to be solved WebDriverAgent Compilation and dependent download of .
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