Appium Configuration

Set up an Appium Configuration

Follow the steps below to create an Appium configuration in INGenious.

• Click on the Configuration icon

• In the Manage Devices tab, click the + icon beside the Device dropdown, and enter the name of the Appium Configuation you want to create and hit Enter

• Inside the same tab, you can set your Appium Capabilities/Options and Remote URL/Appium from the textbox. By default, it's set to http://127.0.0.1:4723/

  

• By default, automationName, deviceName, platformName and platformVersion are the required key-value pairs for Appium configuration when creating new emulators. Additional Appium configurations can be included as needed.

• Click on Save button to save your Appium Configuration.

Note: Make sure you have already tested your configurations from Appium Inspector. See section Appium Inspector for more details.

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Sample Emulator Configurations

Sample Android Emulator ConfigurationsSample iOS Emulator ConfigurationsSample Lambda Configurations

Sample Android Emulator INGenious Configurations

Sample Android Appium Capabilities Set

      {
           "deviceName": "emulator-5554",
           "automationName": "UIAutomator2",
           "platformVersion": "15.0",
           "platformName": "Android",
           "appActivity": ".MainActivity",
           "appPackage": "com.swaglabsmobileapp"
      }

Sample iOS Emulator INGenious Configurations

Sample iOS Appium Capabilities Set

      {
           "udid": "XXXXXXXX-XXXX-XXXX-XXXX-XXXXXXXXXXXX",
           "bundleId": "com.saucelabs.SwagLabsMobileApp",
           "automationName": "XCUITest",
           "platformName": "iOS",
           "deviceName": "emulator-ios"
      }

Sample Lambda INGenious Configurations

Remote URL

Note: Make sure you have an active account in TestMu AI / LambdaTest

Your remote url to make connection with LAMBDATEST is your connection URL with combination of your Lambda Username, Access key and extends with @mobile-hub.lambdatest.com/wd/hub

• For this example, remote url is set to https://<UserName>:<AccessKey>@mobile-hub.lambdatest.com/wd/hub

  

• To get your Username and Access Key

  • Login to LAMBDATEST Portal, go to Home > Account Settings > Password & Security

  • Under Username and Access Key, copy Username and Access Key as shown from example https://<UserName>:<AccessKey>@mobile-hub.lambdatest.com/wd/hub.

    

Appium Capabilities/Options

• For this example, you can set the capabilities as seen below:

  

• To get app capability

  • To load application and get App Id, follow step from Lambda Official Documentaion
    • Application Setup via GUI
    • Application Setup via API

• For Android Mobile in LAMBDATEST, you can use capabilities

  • automatorName as UIAutomator2
  • platformName as Android
  • platformVersion as the Android platform version you want to use

• For iOS Mobile in LAMBDATEST, you can use capabilities

  • automatorName as XCUITest
  • platformName as iOS

• You can also add your other desired capabilities for LAMBDATEST.

  • For more information related to capabilities, you can visit Desired Capabilities for LAMBDATEST
  • To check capabilites, you can visit Lambda Test Automation Capabilities Generator Tool

Sample LAMBDATEST Appium Capabilities Set

      {
           "deviceName": "Galaxy S23",
           "automationName": "UIAutomator2",
           "platformVersion": "15.0",
           "platformName": "Android",
           "app": "lt://APPXXXXXXXXXXXXXXX",
           "w3c": "true",
           "language": "nl",
           "isRealMobile": "true",
           "locale": "true",
           "build": "Sample-Build-Name",
           "autoGrantPermissions": "true",
      }