Important initial points
Before starting with Appium, let's make sure that we have all the necessary software installed.
The prerequisites for Android are as follows:
Java (version 7 or later)
The Android SDK API (version 17 or later)
An emulator
Eclipse
TestNG
The Appium server
The Appium client library (Java)
The Selenium Server and WebDriver Java library
The APK Info app
The prerequisites for iOS are as follows:
Mac OS 10.7 or later
Xcode (version 4.6.3 or later; 5.1 is recommended)
Simulator
Safari on simulator
Java Version 7
Eclipse
TestNG
The Appium Server
The Appium client library (Java)
The Selenium Server and WebDriver Java library
When working with Appium, we need to set the desired capabilities and initiate an Android/iOS driver. First, we need to understand them one by one.
Necessary desired capabilities for Android and initiating the Android driver
There are two ways to set the desired capabilities, one with the Appium GUI and another by initiating the desired capabilities object. Desired capabilities...
