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Appium Inspector

Installation

  • Download and install Appium Inspector from this GitHub location

  • Start the Appium Inspector

  • Start Appium server by running the following command in a terminal : appium

  • Add the Desired Capabilities as per the device/simulator connected to the system and start session

Desired Capabilities for Android

android

  • To get deviceName execute the command adb devices from a terminal and choose the correct device name from the list
  • automationName is UIAutomator2
  • platformName is Android
  • You can get the platformVersion from the settings of the device

  • To get the appPackage and appActivity perform the following steps :

    • Open the application (under test) in the device such that it is currently on focus
    • On a terminal, run adb shell
    • Then execute the following command dumpsys window displays | grep -E 'mCurrentFocus'

In the example below, the Clock application is open in the device.

appdetails

Desired Capabilities for iOS

iOS

  • To get udid execute the command xcrun simctl list | egrep '(Booted)' from a terminal
  • automationName is XCUITest
  • platformName is iOS
  • To get the bundleId you can run the following command from a terminal : 
osascript -e 'id of app "<path of the .app file>"'