Mobile Web Application Automation Using Kotlin, Appium and Gauge

Pre Requisites

1. Java
2. Appium Desktop Client
3. Android Studio
4. Maven
5. IntelliJ IDEA

How to Install Gauge Core

On Windows

1. Install Chocolatey by executing the following command.
   @"%SystemRoot%\System32\WindowsPowerShell\v1.0\powershell.exe" -NoProfile -InputFormat None -ExecutionPolicy Bypass -Command "iex ((New-Object System.Net.WebClient).DownloadString(‘https://chocolatey.org/install.ps1'))" && SET "PATH=%PATH%;%ALLUSERSPROFILE%\chocolatey\bin"

2. Install Gauge by executing the following command.
   choco install gauge

On MacOS

1. Update Homebrew.
   brew update

2. Install Gauge using Homebrew.
   brew install gauge

On Linux

1. First, add Gauge’s GPG key with this command.
   sudo apt-key adv --keyserver hkp://pool.sks-keyservers.net --recv-keys 023EDB0B

2. Then add Gauge to the repository list using this command.
   echo deb https://dl.bintray.com/gauge/gauge-deb nightly main | sudo tee -a /etc/apt/sources.list

3. Finally, install Gauge using these commands.
   sudo apt-get update
sudo apt-get install gauge

How to Install Gauge Plugins

1. Open Command Prompt and execute following commands.
   gauge install java
gauge install html-report
gauge install json-report
gauge install xml-report
gauge install spectacle
gauge install flash

2. You can check the installation using the following command.
   gauge -v

   If the installation is success, it will output like this:

    Gauge version: <version number>
    Plugins
    -------
    flash (<version number>)
    html-report (<version number>)
    java (<version number>)
    json-report (<version number>)
    spectacle (<version number>)
    xml-report (<version number>)

Tested On

OS/Tool	Version
Operating System	Windows 10
Appium Desktop Client	1.15.1
Android Studio	3.5
Android Emulator	8.0
Chrome	80.0.3987.162