Appium Mobile Test Automation Tutorial – Getting Started

Mobile applications continue to multiply and increase complexity as do the various types of mobile devices and operating systems. Testing these mobile applications has become quite a challenge as our eyes and fingers tire of repetitive steps. Many mobile test automation tools have come to rescue to help save your eyes while increasing your efficiency and effectiveness.

Automation is not for all devices nor for all applications, but when you do automate testing for your mobile applications, Appium has become one of the leaders as an open-source mobile test automation tool now commonly used on Android, iOS, and Windows platforms.

However, as with many open-source tools, getting started is not that easy. Directions and documentation on the ‘official’ site are not very clear and installing is one thing, but actually using it for real script writing requires a little help.

In this Appium Test tutorial:

  • Learn how to avoid some of the pitfalls in installing and using Appium on Windows.
  • See an example using Java.

Get on the fast track to Appium Mobile Test Automation by clicking the button below.