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Mobile Automation with Appium
1. Foundations of Mobile Application Testing
2. Introduction to Appium
3. Setting Up the Appium Environment
4. Your First Appium Script
5. Element Identification and Locators
6. Core Mobile Element Interactions
7. Advanced Interactions and Gestures
8. Synchronization and Wait Strategies
9. Automating Different Application Types
10. Managing Application and Device State
11. Building a Robust Test Framework
12. Scaling and Parallel Execution
13. Integration with CI/CD Pipelines
14. Troubleshooting and Best Practices
Your First Appium Script
Understanding Desired Capabilities
What are Desired Capabilities?
Purpose and Function
Capability Categories
Common Capabilities
platformName
platformVersion
deviceName
app
browserName
automationName
Android-Specific Capabilities
appPackage
appActivity
udid
systemPort
iOS-Specific Capabilities
bundleId
udid
wdaLocalPort
Additional Capabilities
noReset
fullReset
newCommandTimeout
autoGrantPermissions
The Appium Session Lifecycle
Initiating a Driver Session
Creating Session with Capabilities
Session Establishment Process
Session Management
Session Start and End
Session Timeout Handling
Best Practices for Session Management
Terminating Sessions
Proper Session Cleanup
Resource Management
Handling Session Failures
Writing Your First Test Script
Project Structure Setup
Importing Required Libraries
Defining Capabilities
Creating the Driver Instance
Executing Basic Actions
Launching the Application
Finding Elements
Performing Interactions
Adding Assertions
Closing the Session
Error Handling
Running and Debugging Your First Script
Execution Environment Setup
Running the Script
Interpreting Results
Common First-Time Issues
Debugging Techniques
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