Get started with mobile automation: Appium & Python

If any steps to setup Appium on Ubuntu and use it with Android emulator can be provided, then it would be of great help.

I want to learn “appium” ,i am a java programmer and i have knowledge on Webdriver ,can anybody help me to learn Appium.
Thanks in advance…….

Hi ,
I am new to this i am getting the error below: can you help me out. i did try the above solution but still not working.

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ERROR: test_single_player_mode (__main__.ChessAndroidTests)
Test the Single Player mode launches correctly
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Traceback (most recent call last):
File “C:\BSG\Android\adt-bundle-windows-x86_64-20130522\android_chess.py”, line 26, in setUp
self.driver = webdriver.Remote(‘http://127.0.0.1:4723/wd/hub’, desired_caps)
File “C:\Python27\lib\site-packages\appium\webdriver\webdriver.py”, line 35, in __init__
super(WebDriver, self).__init__(command_executor, desired_capabilities, browser_profile, proxy, keep_alive)
File “C:\Python27\lib\site-packages\selenium-2.42.1-py2.7.egg\selenium\webdriver\remote\webdriver.py”, line 73, in __init__
self.start_session(desired_capabilities, browser_profile)
File “C:\Python27\lib\site-packages\selenium-2.42.1-py2.7.egg\selenium\webdriver\remote\webdriver.py”, line 121, in start_session
‘desiredCapabilities’: desired_capabilities,
File “C:\Python27\lib\site-packages\selenium-2.42.1-py2.7.egg\selenium\webdriver\remote\webdriver.py”, line 173, in execute
self.error_handler.check_response(response)
File “C:\Python27\lib\site-packages\selenium-2.42.1-py2.7.egg\selenium\webdriver\remote\errorhandler.py”, line 164, in check_response
raise exception_class(message, screen, stacktrace)
WebDriverException: Message: u”A new session could not be created. (Original error: Bad app: C:\\BSG\\Android\\adt-bundle-windows-x86_64-20130522\\Chess Free.apk. App paths
tall dir, or a URL to compressed file, or a special app name. cause: Error: Error locating the app: ENOENT, stat ‘C:\\BSG\\Android\\adt-bundle-windows-x86_64-20130522\\Ches

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Ran 1 test in 0.105s

Hi ,
Thanks again. I did change this but still the error. My appium folder is in the below directory
C:\BSG\Appium\AppiumForWindows-1.0.0\AppiumForWindows

My scripts now look like
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import os
import unittest
from appium import webdriver
from time import sleep

class ChessAndroidTests(unittest.TestCase):
“Class to run tests against the Chess Free app”
def setUp(self):
“Setup for the test”
desired_caps = {}
desired_caps[‘platformName’] = ‘Android’
desired_caps[‘platformVersion’] = ‘4.4.2’
desired_caps[‘deviceName’] = ’emulator-5554′
# Returns abs path relative to this file and not cwd
desired_caps[‘app’] = os.path.abspath(os.path.join(os.path.dirname(__file__),’BSG/apps/Chess Free.apk’))
desired_caps[‘appPackage’] = ‘uk.co.aifactory.chessfree’
desired_caps[‘appActivity’] = ‘.ChessFreeActivity’
self.driver = webdriver.Remote(‘http://127.0.0.1:4723/wd/hub’, desired_caps)

def tearDown(self):
“Tear down the test”
self.driver.quit()

def test_single_player_mode(self):
“Test the Single Player mode launches correctly”
element = self.driver.find_element_by_name(“PLAY!”)
element.click()
self.driver.find_element_by_name(“Single Player”).click()
textfields = self.driver.find_elements_by_class_name(“android.widget.TextView”)
self.assertEqual(‘MATCH SETTINGS’, textfields[0].text)

#—START OF SCRIPT
if __name__ == ‘__main__’:
suite = unittest.TestLoader().loadTestsFromTestCase(ChessAndroidTests)
unittest.TextTestRunner(verbosity=2).run(suite)

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error
c:\>android_chess.py
test_single_player_mode (__main__.ChessAndroidTests)
Test the Single Player mode launches correctly … ERROR

======================================================================
ERROR: test_single_player_mode (__main__.ChessAndroidTests)
Test the Single Player mode launches correctly
———————————————————————-
Traceback (most recent call last):
File “C:\android_chess.py”, line 26, in setUp
self.driver = webdriver.Remote(‘http://127.0.0.1:4723/wd/hub’, desired_caps)
File “build\bdist.win32\egg\appium\webdriver\webdriver.py”, line 35, in __init__
super(WebDriver, self).__init__(command_executor, desired_capabilities, browser_profile, proxy, keep_alive)
File “C:\Python27\lib\site-packages\selenium-2.42.1-py2.7.egg\selenium\webdriver\remote\webdriver.py”, line 73, in __init__
self.start_session(desired_capabilities, browser_profile)
File “C:\Python27\lib\site-packages\selenium-2.42.1-py2.7.egg\selenium\webdriver\remote\webdriver.py”, line 121, in start_session
‘desiredCapabilities’: desired_capabilities,
File “C:\Python27\lib\site-packages\selenium-2.42.1-py2.7.egg\selenium\webdriver\remote\webdriver.py”, line 171, in execute
response = self.command_executor.execute(driver_command, params)
File “C:\Python27\lib\site-packages\selenium-2.42.1-py2.7.egg\selenium\webdriver\remote\remote_connection.py”, line 347, in execute
return self._request(command_info[0], url, body=data)
File “C:\Python27\lib\site-packages\selenium-2.42.1-py2.7.egg\selenium\webdriver\remote\remote_connection.py”, line 415, in _request
resp = opener.open(request)
File “C:\Python27\lib\urllib2.py”, line 404, in open
response = self._open(req, data)
File “C:\Python27\lib\urllib2.py”, line 422, in _open
‘_open’, req)
File “C:\Python27\lib\urllib2.py”, line 382, in _call_chain
result = func(*args)
File “C:\Python27\lib\urllib2.py”, line 1214, in http_open
return self.do_open(httplib.HTTPConnection, req)
File “C:\Python27\lib\urllib2.py”, line 1184, in do_open
raise URLError(err)
URLError:

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Ran 1 test in 1.059s

FAILED (errors=1)

c:\>

once again thanks.

Thanks for this post. It was very useful.
I’m encountering the following “Access Denied”error.

E:\ToolEvaluations\Appium_Projects\SampleProj>python android_chess.py
test_single_player_mode (__main__.ChessAndroidTests)
Test the Single Player mode launches correctly … ERROR
======================================================================
ERROR: test_single_player_mode (__main__.ChessAndroidTests)
Test the Single Player mode launches correctly
———————————————————————-
Traceback (most recent call last):
File “android_chess.py”, line 19, in setUp
self.driver = webdriver.Remote(‘http://127.0.0.1:4723/wd/hub’, desired_caps)
File “build\bdist.win32\egg\appium\webdriver\webdriver.py”, line 35, in __init
__
super(WebDriver, self).__init__(command_executor, desired_capabilities, brow
ser_profile, proxy, keep_alive)
File “C:\Python27\lib\site-packages\selenium-2.43.0-py2.7.egg\selenium\webdriv
er\remote\webdriver.py”, line 73, in __init__
self.start_session(desired_capabilities, browser_profile)
File “C:\Python27\lib\site-packages\selenium-2.43.0-py2.7.egg\selenium\webdriv
er\remote\webdriver.py”, line 121, in start_session
‘desiredCapabilities’: desired_capabilities,
File “C:\Python27\lib\site-packages\selenium-2.43.0-py2.7.egg\selenium\webdriv
er\remote\webdriver.py”, line 173, in execute
self.error_handler.check_response(response)
File “C:\Python27\lib\site-packages\selenium-2.43.0-py2.7.egg\selenium\webdriv
er\remote\errorhandler.py”, line 136, in check_response
raise exception_class(value)
WebDriverException: Message: ‘\r\nAccess Denied\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r
\n\r\n

\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\nAccess Denied (authentication_failed)\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\nYour credentials could not be authenticated: “Credentials are missing.”. Y
ou will not be permitted access until your credentials can be verified.\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\nThis is typically cau
sed by an incorrect username and/or password, but could also be caused by networ
k problems.\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\nFor assistance, contact your network support team.\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n

\r\n\r\n\r\n’
———————————————————————-
Ran 1 test in 0.022s
FAILED (errors=1)

Hi,

I am trying to run the example in python and the script does not do any thing.
Any suggestions.

Thanks

DeviceName”:”Android”,”app”:”c:\\users\\user\\documents\\visual studio 2012\\Projects\\PythonApplication3\\PythonApplication3\\apps\\ChessFree.apk”,”platformVersion”:”4.2″,”ap]
> info: Starting android appium
> info: [debug] Using fast reset? true
> info: [debug] Preparing device for session
> info: [debug] Checking whether app is actually present
> info: [debug] Checking whether adb is present

Python:
test_single_player_mode (__main__.ChessAndroidTests)
Test the Single Player mode launches correctly …

can we test a website functionality using appium and selenium scripts??
i want to create selenium scripts to test a website functionality.

Hi Qxf2,

How to perform actions on already opened App.
When i run my test it launches the app. I dont want that, i will launch the app and will run the test.
I saw that “autoLaunch” have to be set for it, i tried as below but it didnt work.
how to set autoLaunch property in Python.?
i tried as below, but it didnt work.
def setUp(self):
“Setup for the test”
desired_caps = {}
desired_caps[‘platformName’] = ‘Android’
desired_caps[‘platformVersion’] = ‘4.4.4’
desired_caps[‘deviceName’] = ‘XT1022’
# Get the Package and Activity name to launch the Camera app
desired_caps[‘appPackage’] = ‘com.xxx.xxx.dial’
desired_caps[‘appActivity’] = ‘com.xxx.xxx.dial.MainActivity’
desired_caps[‘autoLaunch’] = False
#You may need to change the line below depending on your setup
self.driver = webdriver.Remote(‘http://localhost:4723/wd/hub’, desired_caps)

Please let me know how to do it.

Thanks in advance.
Rajendra

Hi
I am new to appium and I am running a selenium script with device connected and while running in terminal i am getting this error “Error: ENOENT: no such file or directory, scandir ‘/Documents/android-sdk-linux/build-tools’
at Error (native)” . I am running in Linux. Can you please help me out ?

It helps me to kickstart on writing appium scripts! Really simple and helpful, thanks a lot!

Why starting/stopping simulator is a manual step instead of part of your test?

Cheers,
Harry

Hi,

Have you ever tried reading an OTP message from the message app and then entering that into the textfield of the app which you are automating using Appium?

If yes, kindly let me know how can we approach this problem?

Hi, I’m using windows Appium 1.4.16, appium-python-client2.47. And trying to use set_value() to send the text values however I get following error (Not yet implemented).

File “omnirent_android_tests.py”, line 203, in test_signUp_full_name
self.driver.find_element_by_id(“com.test.org.example:id/sName”).set_value(‘username’)
File “C:\Python27\lib\site-packages\appium\webdriver\webelement.py”, line 123, in set_value
self._execute(Command.SET_IMMEDIATE_VALUE, data)
File “C:\Python27\lib\site-packages\selenium\webdriver\remote\webelement.py”, line 461, in _execute
return self._parent.execute(command, params)
File “C:\Python27\lib\site-packages\selenium\webdriver\remote\webdriver.py”, line 236, in execute
self.error_handler.check_response(response)
File “C:\Python27\lib\site-packages\appium\webdriver\errorhandler.py”, line 29, in check_response
raise wde
WebDriverException: Message: Not yet implemented. Please help us: http://appium.io/get-involved.html

Could you please guide me, what method should we use to send texts or some values to emulator?

Hi Avinash,
Thanks for replay. I tried as you suggested however now i see new issue.
set_value(el,’username’)
NameError: global name ‘set_value’ is not defined

I had imported following on my script
import os
import unittest
from appium import webdriver
from time import sleep

Am i missing something?

HI

This was way beyond helpful. However im running into an issue while using appium behind a proxy wall. The error seems to start from line

self.driver = webdriver.Remote(‘http://localhost:4723/wd/hub’, desired_caps)

Im getting connection refused error. I used the same environment at home and worked perfectly. How can i take care of this ?

Can i use real devices instead of emulator? if yes what are the changes in the code need to be done?