Appium OSS Supported Capabilities

Capabilities

Capability	Documentation	Supported OS	Comments
uniqueName	Application Setup	iOS/Android	You can install and launch an App with a unique name.
reportDisable (report.disable)	Automated Test Reports	iOS/Android	Use this capability to choose if a report is generated.
installOnlyForUpdate	Application Setup	iOS/Android	Re-installs an application only if an older version already installed on the device.
buildVersion / releaseVersion / appVersion	Application Setup	iOS/Android	Installs and launches the app by build version/release version.
instrumentApp	Application Setup	iOS/Android	Instrument the application. This is needed for extra capabilities (simulateCapture for example).
DeviceQuery	Device Setup	iOS/Android	Instead of using "udid" capability you can run queries for cloud devices.
appiumVersion		iOS/Android	Choose the Appium Server version to be used for the execution. To see which versions are supported, see Appium Version Capability.
releaseDevice	Device Setup	iOS/Android	Gives the capability to not release a device after performing driver.quit(); Default: true In case the device is already reserved or uses future reservations when the test starts then the releaseDevice capability does not have any effect and the device is not be released.
dontGoHomeOnQuit		iOS/Android	The device remains in the last left state even after ending the test. Default: false For iOS: In the case of starting a new session, launch the app with noReset=true (from appium version 1.22.0 and above) to continue from the same state.
commandScreenshot		iOS/Android	In Video Report, takes a screenshot also before and after every action. Default: false
AudioReport	Attaching Audio to Video Report	iOS/Android	Attaches a device audio to the video report.
selfHealing	Appium Self-Healing	iOS/Android	Enable or disable self-healing during session. Default: false

Code Examples

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Replace <server> with the appropriate URL.

• Public Continuous Testing Cloud - https://cloud.seetest.io/wd/hub/.
• Dedicated Continuous Testing Cloud environment - Your own domain. For example: https://company.experitest.com/wd/hub/
• On-premises Continuous Testing Cloud environment - Your designated URL. For example: https://company.com/wd/hub

iOS Native Test Expand source

     protected AppiumDriver<MobileElement> driver = null;//driver
     DesiredCapabilities dc = new DesiredCapabilities();
    
    @Before
    public void setUp() throws MalformedURLException {
        //Appium Open Source Have to capabilities
        dc.setCapability("testName",<Your Test Name>);//set the test name
        dc.setCapability("platformName", "iOS");//set platform(iOS/Android)
        dc.setCapability("deviceName", "auto");//set the device name
        dc.setCapability(MobileCapabilityType.AUTOMATION_NAME, "XCUITest");//automation name(XCUITest for iOS)
        dc.setCapability(MobileCapabilityType.APP, <Your APP>);//for install
 
 
        //Experitest capabilities
        dc.setCapability("accessKey", <your accessKey>);// cloud Authorization
        dc.setCapability("appiumVersion", <Appium Version>);//Desired Appium version for example 1.16.0-p1
        driver = new IOSDriver<IOSElement>(new URL("<server>), dc);//init driver
}
 
    @Test
    public void Test(){
     //Your Test Goes Here
    }
 
    @After
    public void tearDown() {
            driver.quit();
 
    }

iOS Web Test Expand source

    protected AppiumDriver<MobileElement> driver = null;//driver
    DesiredCapabilities dc = new DesiredCapabilities();
 
    @Before
    public void setUp() throws MalformedURLException {
        //Appium Open Source Have to capabilities
        dc.setCapability("testName",<Your Test Name>);//set the test name
        dc.setCapability("platformName", "iOS");//set platform(iOS/Android)
        dc.setCapability("deviceName", "auto");//set the device name
        dc.setCapability(MobileCapabilityType.AUTOMATION_NAME, "XCUITest");//automation name(XCUITest for iOS)
        dc.setCapability(MobileCapabilityType.BROWSER_NAME, BrowserType.SAFARI);//for mobile web
 
 
        //Experitest capabilities
        dc.setCapability("accessKey", <your accessKey>);// cloud Authorization
        dc.setCapability("appiumVersion", <Appium Version>);//Desired Appium version for example 1.16.0-p1
        driver = new IOSDriver<IOSElement>(new URL("<server>), dc);//init driver
}
 
    @Test
    public void test()
    {
        driver.get("http://www.google.com");
        //your test goes here
    }
 
 
    @After
    public void tearDown(){
 
    driver.quit();
 
 
}

Android Native Test Expand source

protected AppiumDriver<MobileElement> driver = null;//driver
protected DesiredCapabilities dc = new DesiredCapabilities();
private String deviceSN = <device serial number>;//device to run on
private String appiumVersion = "1.16.0-p2";//appium version to run
 
 
    @Before
    public void before() throws MalformedURLException {
        //Appium capabilities
        dc.setCapability("udid", deviceSN);
        dc.setCapability("testName", <your test name>);
         dc.setCapability("app","cloud:" + <app-package>);
        dc.setCapability("automationName", "UiAutomator2");
        dc.setCapability("platformName", "Android");
         
        //Experitest capabilities
        dc.setCapability("accessKey", <your accessKey>);// cloud Authorization
        dc.setCapability("appiumVersion", appiumVersion);//Appium server version
        driver = new AndroidDriver<>(new URL("<server>), dc);
    }
 
    @Test
    public void test() {
        //your test goes here
    }
 
 
    @After
    public void tearDownAfterAll() {
        if (driver != null) {
            driver.quit();
        }
    }

Android Web Test Expand source

protected AppiumDriver<MobileElement> driver = null;//driver
protected DesiredCapabilities dc = new DesiredCapabilities();
private String deviceSN = <device serial number>;//device to run on
private String appiumVersion = "1.16.0-p2";//appium version to run
 
 
    @Before
    public void before() throws MalformedURLException {
        //Appium capabilities
        dc.setCapability("udid", deviceSN);
        dc.setCapability("testName", <your test name>);
        dc.setCapability(MobileCapabilityType.BROWSER_NAME, "Chrome");
        dc.setCapability("automationName", "UiAutomator2");
        dc.setCapability("platformName", "Android");
 
        //Experitest capabilities
        dc.setCapability("accessKey", <your accessKey>);// cloud Authorization
        dc.setCapability("appiumVersion", appiumVersion);
        driver = new AndroidDriver<>(new URL("<server>"), dc);
    }
 
    @Test
    public void test() {
        driver.get("https://www.experitest.com");
 
        driver.findElement(By.id("to-about-section")).click();
        driver.findElement(By.id("firstname")).sendKeys("user1");
        driver.findElement(By.id("lastname")).sendKeys("last1");
        driver.findElement(By.id("email")).sendKeys("myemail@company.com");
        driver.findElement(By.id("password")).sendKeys("pass");
    }
 
 
    @After
    public void tearDownAfterAll() {
        if (driver != null) {
            driver.quit();
        }
    }