appium_lib

• appium_lib on RubyGems
• Documentation for appium_lib
  • Documentation for core lib
    • Especially driver method for Appium

Helper methods for writing cross platform (iOS, Android) tests in Ruby using Appium. Note that user waits should not exceed 120 seconds if they're going to run on Sauce Labs.

Recommend to use ruby_lib_core, which works as a Ruby client for Appium. ruby_lib wraps the core library with some additional helpful methods, but some of wrapped methods may have unexpected complexity. Ordinary, ruby_lib worked with class driver, $driver, mainly. We can avoid the class driver with current ruby_lib, but if you'd like to implement your test cases based on instance driver, @driver, you can consider using ruby_lib_core first.

Setup

Requirement

• Appium
• Ruby: 3.0+

Ruby Lib and Appium

• Ruby library version over 12.0.0 is based on Selenium v4
  • Please read changelog of 12.0.0 for more details to migrate from v11 to v12
• Ruby library version over 9.8.0 requires Appium over 1.8
• Ruby library version under 9.7.5 can work with Appium under 1.7

Start appium server

Appium 2

$ npm install --location=global appium
$ appium driver install xcuitest  # proper driver name to install
$ appium server

Note Please set server_url properly like the below since the appium 2 changed the default WebDriver URL to without /wd/hub to follow W3C.

 opts = {
   caps: {
     automationName: 'xcuitest'
     platformName: 'ios',
     app: '/path/to/MyiOS.app'
   },
   appium_lib: {
     server_url: 'http://127.0.0.1:4723'
   }
 }
 appium_driver = Appium::Driver.new(opts)
 appium_driver.start_driver

Or please start the appium server with appium server --base-path=/wd/hub

Appium 1

$ npm install -g appium
$ appium

Install / Upgrade

gem install appium_lib

Sauce Labs env vars

• SAUCE_USERNAME Sauce username
• SAUCE_ACCESS_KEY Sauce API key
• SAUCE_ENDPOINT Alternative Sauce Appium Server endpoint (only use if directed)

(Note: If these variables are set, all tests will use Sauce Labs unless over-ridden in configuration.)

Documentation

• Getting started
• Overview
• Ruby Android methods
• Ruby iOS methods
  • Tips for XCUITest for iOS

Related libraries

• ruby_lib_core: Bridged commands, WebDriver dependencies
  • We add new endpoints for Appium in the core library, and ruby_lib call the methods.
• ruby_console: Appium Ruby Console
• appium_capybara: Gem enabling appium support in capybara

Load Pry

Pry.config.pager = false is set if you have no .pryrc files and Pry is defined.

Run tests in parallel

This repository has examples for running tests in parallel. Read ios_tests to see them.

Contribute

How to add new commands for driver

• Add the new commands in ruby_lib_core. An example

How to add new helpful methods

• Add the new methods in this library