AppiumLibCore

This library is a Ruby client for Appium. The gem is available via appium_lib_core.

This library wraps selenium-webdriver and adapts WebDriver APIs for Appium. ruby_lib calls all of Appium/Selenium related APIs via this core library. It works instance based driver.

Documentation

• https://www.rubydoc.info/gems/appium_lib_core
  • You can find working API examples in test code, test/functional
• Appium 2.0
  • https://appium.github.io/appium/docs/en/2.0/ (Not completed yet)

Migration from v4 to v5

Please read [5.0.0] section in CHANGELOG

Related library

• https://github.com/appium/ruby_lib

How to start

Run tests

Unit Tests

Run unit tests which check each method and command, URL, using the webmock.

$ bundle install
$ bundle exec parallel_test test/unit/

or

$ bundle install
$ bundle exec rake test:unit

Functional Tests

Run functional tests which require the Appium server and real device, Simulator/Emulator.

• Start Appium server (Appium 2.0 base)

$ npm install --location=global appium
$ appium driver install xcuitest
$ appium driver install uiautomator2 # etc
$ appium --relaxed-security # To run all tests in local

• Conduct tests

$ bundle install
$ rake test:func:android # Andorid, uiautomator2
$ APPIUM_DRIVER=espresso rake test:func:android # Andorid, uiautomator2
$ rake test:func:ios     # iOS

Real device for iOS

• You should pre-install UICatalog in iOS with a particular bundleId
  • Set the bundleId instead of app in test/test_helper#ios

# Create derivedDataPath in "/tmp/#{org_id}" and reuse xctestrun in the directory
$ REAL=true BUNDLE_ID='target-bundleid' WDA_BUNDLEID="ios.appium.WebDriverAgentRunner" ORG_ID=XXXXXXX rake test:func:ios

# Run with xcconfig file. The template is in 'test/functional/ios/temp.xcconfig'
# The PROVISIONING_PROFILE is in '~/Library/MobileDevice/Provisioning\ Profiles/'
$ REAL=true XCODE_CONFIG_FILE='/path/to/xcconfig' ORG_ID=XXXXXXX rake test:func:ios

Run parallel tests with parallel_tests gem

Android

# Generate 3 emulators. Running 3 emulators require much machine power.
# It requires an image which is for Google Play and x86 CPU architecture's image.
$ bundle exec rake android:gen_device
$ PARALLEL=1 bundle exec parallel_test test/functional/android -n 3

iOS

• Create iPhone simulators named iPhone Xs Max- 8100 and iPhone Xs Max - 8101
• Run iOS functional tests with below command

$ PARALLEL=1 bundle exec parallel_test test/functional/ios -n 2

CI

• Runs on CI environment (on Azure)
  • Non IGNORE_VERSION_SKIP or IGNORE_VERSION_SKIP=true runs all tests ignoring skip them by Appium versions
  • IGNORE_VERSION_SKIP=false skips the following tests if the Appium version is lower than the requirement

$ IGNORE_VERSION_SKIP=true CI=true bundle exec rake test:func:android

Run a test case

1. Launch the Appium server locally.
2. Run the following script.

• test.rb

  require 'rubygems'
  require 'appium_lib_core'
  
  opts = {
    capabilities: { # Append capabilities
      platformName: 'ios',
      platformVersion: '11.0',
      deviceName: 'iPhone Simulator',
      # app: '/path/to/MyiOS.app',  # Without 'app' capability, an appium session starts with the home screen
      automationName: 'XCUITest'
    },
    appium_lib: {
      wait: 30
    }
  }
  @core = Appium::Core.for(opts) # create a core driver with `opts`
  @driver = @core.start_driver
  
  # Launch iPhone Simulator and `MyiOS.app`
  @driver.find_element(:accessibility_id, 'some accessibility') # find an element
• Run the script

  # shell 1
  $ appium --log-level warn:error # show only warning and error logs
  
  # shell 2
  $ ruby test.rb

Appium::Core.for documentation has more example to build a new driver instance.

More examples are in test/functional

As of version 5.8.0, the client can attach to an existing session. The main purpose is for debugging.

# @driver is the driver instance of an existing session
attached_driver = ::Appium::Core::Driver.attach_to @driver.session_id, url: 'http://127.0.0.1:4723', automation_name: 'XCUITest', platform_name: 'ios'
assert attached_driver.session_id == @driver.session_id
attached_driver.page_source

Capabilities

Read Appium/Core/Driver to catch up with available capabilities. Capabilities affect only ruby_lib is Appium/Core/Options.

Gives custom listener

An example to define a customer listener with Selenium::WebDriver::Support::AbstractEventListener

class CustomListener < ::Selenium::WebDriver::Support::AbstractEventListener
  // something
end
capabilities: {
  platformName: :ios,
  platformVersion: '11.0',
  deviceName: 'iPhone Simulator',
  automationName: 'XCUITest',
  app: '/path/to/MyiOS.app'
},
appium_lib: {
  listener: CustomListener.new
}
@core = Appium::Core.for capabilities: capabilities, appium_lib: appium_lib
@core.start_driver

Development

• Demo app
  • https://android.googlesource.com/platform/development/+/master/samples/ApiDemos

Release

Use appium_thor to release this gem.

$ thor bump # bumpy,
$ thor release

Contribution

1. Fork it ( https://github.com/appium/ruby_lib_core/fork )
2. Create your feature branch (git checkout -b my-new-feature)
3. Commit your changes (git commit -am 'Add some feature')
4. Push to the branch (git push origin my-new-feature)
5. Create new Pull Request

License

Apache License v2