Android automation testing using Appium Tutorial

In this tutorial, we are going to learn how to automate applications on android devices like Samsung mobile phones using Appium.

We will cover below topics in this tutorial.

1. Introduction
2. Appium protocol
3. Android Concepts – Types of android applications, Android basics (Developer options, Version, Debugging mode)
4. Android Environment set up – Installation of Android SDK, Installation and configuration of Appium and Android tools , Registering your mobile phone with Android device manager , Understanding the Android SDK tools like adb, Monitor, UIAutomator, Popular adb commands
5. Appium Server – Working with Appium Server, Appium server arguments
6. Capabilities for Android Automation – Capabilities for Android application, How to get device name, version and app details, Getting the main activity of Android App
7. Inspecting elements – Inspecting the elements in native Android App, Inspecting the elements in hybrid and web Android apps, Element Identification methods
8. Android Web apps – Testing a website on real android phone (Samsung), Performing Touch actions using TouchActions
9. Testing older Android apps using Selendroid in Appium
10. Adding dependency for AndroidDriver
11. Testing a native android application (Installed from .apk)
12. Automating basic tasks – Simulating back, home button in Android, Synchronization in Android, Taking a screenshot in Appium
13. Testing the hybrid Android application
14. Important classes in Appium library – AppiumDriver, AndroidDriver, MobileElement
15. Complex actions in Appium – Finding the center position of an element, Swiping horizontally, Swiping vertically, Tapping on an element, Long pressing an element,  Performing multiple actions simultaneously, Perform Pinch and Zoom action
16. Android Emulator Automation – How to install the Intel x86 Emulator Accelerator (HAXM), Testing Android apps on Emulators (Virtual devices)
17. Registering appium (Android node) with Selenium grid