Development » aiaxio

Overview¶

Started learning and practicing Appium for Android automation testing as part of SQA skill development.

Activities Completed Today¶

• Set up Appium development environment
• Configured Android SDK and emulator/device connection
• Studied Appium architecture and core concepts
• Practiced basic element identification methods (ID, XPath, Accessibility ID)
• Executed sample test scripts for Android app interactions

Key Learnings¶

• Understanding of Appium Inspector for element inspection
• Mobile automation differences vs web automation
• Desired Capabilities configuration for Android testing
• Basic gestures: tap, swipe, scroll implementation

Challenges Faced¶

• Initial setup and configuration of Appium server
• Device/emulator connectivity issues
• Understanding mobile-specific locator strategies

Next Steps¶

• Practice advanced gestures and mobile-specific actions
• Learn Page Object Model implementation for mobile automation
• Explore parallel execution on multiple devices
• Study real device vs emulator testing best practices

Resources Used¶

• Appium official documentation
• Online tutorials and practice projects
• Sample Android applications for testing

File¶

Github Repo