Appium Desktop is an app for Mac, Windows, and Linux which gives you the power of the Appium automation server in a beautiful and flexible UI. It is basically a graphical interface for the Appium Server. Note: an inspector UI used to be included with Appium Desktop. It is now its own separate app: Appium Inspector. If you're on Windows or macOS, Appium Desktop will automatically provide you with updated versions of the app when they are released.
If you encounter a problem updating, simply delete or uninstall the app and re-download the latest from the link above. Note that Appium Desktop is not the same thing as Appium. Appium Desktop is a graphical frontend to Appium with additional tools. Appium Desktop is released on its own cadence and has its own versioning system.
If you are reporting an issue with Appium Desktop, always be sure to include both the version of Appium Desktop and the version of the Appium Server which is in use see below. If you're on macOS, you will need to install Appium Desktop apps by copying the app from the downloaded DMG file to your own file system the best place is the "Applications" folder.
Running Appium from in side the attached DMG itself is not supported, and will not work. If you're using the desktop app on macOS, when you run it you will likely be greeted with some error about the app not being able to be opened, or not verified by Apple, or something similar. The easiest way to get around this is to run xattr -cr on the file you downloaded. So let's say you downloaded appium-desktop. Then you would run xattr -cr appium-desktop.
The same goes for the zip version or the. The reason for this is that the Appium team does not have a paid Apple developer account and so our app isn't signed by a certificate they recognize, so the OS attempts to prevent it from running. Running the command above gets around this security limitation. These instructions assume you are already familiar with Appium and Appium-related concepts.
If you are new to Appium, please visit appium. Its various capabilities are described in the following sections. When you open Appium Desktop, you are greeted with the server start window. The basic option is to start an Appium server with all its defaults and the ability to modify the host and port.
From here you can search these documents. Enter your search terms below. Toggle navigation. Requirements and Support In addition to Appium's general requirements: Windows PC with Windows 10 or up Ability to enter Administrator mode Usage The way to start a session using the Windows driver is to include the platformName capability in your new session request , with the value Windows.
Capabilities The Windows driver supports a number of standard Appium capabilities. Setup To test a Windows app, simply make sure you have turned developer mode on. WebDriver Install the Appium. WebDriver NuGet packages for the test project Start writing your test see sample code under [samples] Universal Windows Platform App Testing To test a UWP app, you can use any Selenium supported language and simply specify the Application Id for the app under test in the app capabilities entry.
SetCapability "app", "Microsoft. Click ; AlarmClockSession. App Classic Windows App Testing To test a classic Windows app, you can also use any Selenium supported language and specify the full executable path for the app under test in the app capabilities entry.
SendKeys "This is some text" ; Starting a Session As mentioned above, you should additionally use these capabilities to ensure you are getting a Windows App automation session: platformName : Windows deviceName : WindowsPC app : the appID of the Windows app for testing, or the path to the. Once the installation process starts, you will see the Appium Setup window as displayed below. Now, leave the Run Appium checkbox selected and click on Finish button.
Appium Desktop Start screen will be displayed. To verify that the installation and setup is successful, click on Start Server button. After Appium server is stopped, you can close the Appium Desktop window. With this we complete the Appium Desktop download and installation process.
Try it out and let us know if you face any issues while setting up Appium Desktop. You can also share your feedback with us with using the comments section. Your feedback will go a long way in helping us improve our articles and make it more useful to all our readers. Want to learn more about Appium Desktop? Then check out the links given below we will keep adding more articles here.
Learn more about the different features of Appium Desktop 2. Mobile elements inspection with Appium Desktop — Part 1 3. Mobile elements inspection with Appium Desktop — Part 2. If you are looking for complete Appium setup, then please check out our Appium Tutorial guide.
This is a complete tutorial series that will help you setup Appium from scratch. Skip to main content Skip to primary sidebar Appium Desktop in the new open-source GUI app that helps you access the Appium Server using a graphical interface.
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