Appium server arguments

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We can start the Appium server using below arguments

  1. -a and -p : This is used to specify the address and port of the Appium server
  2. -U : This is used to specify the device id
  3. –full-reset and –no-reset : These options are used to specify if we want to reinstall the app before starting testing. When we choose full-reset option, app is reinstalled.
  4. –app  : This is used to specify the application path
  5. –session-override : This is used to specify if want to override the sessions. Usually only one session is allowed. If other session is created, we get error saying SessionNotCreatedException: A new session could not be created. (Original error: Requested a new session but one was in progress) To avoid such errors, we can use this argument with value as true.
  6. –app-pkg and –app-activity : This is used to specify the package and activity of the Android app to be launched
  7. –platform-name and –platform-version : These options are used to specify the platform name and version to be used for automation
  8. –device-name : This is used to specify the name of device
  9. –automation-name : This is used to specify if we want to use Appium or Selendroid
  10. –browser-name : This is used to specify the browser to be used for the automation
  11. –nodeconfig : This is used to pass the node configuration to used with selenium grid
  12. –orientation : Device orientation to be used

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