Setting up appium for iOS app test automation

Question

Looking far and wide for a step-by-step guide to set-up iOS Test Automation using appium, with scripts in Java (no ruby and/or cucumber).

Note: The appium wiki is not helpful either.

Answer 1

To run iOS tests, you can follow these steps :

(Note : I am using Java language here in Eclipse IDE and using Appium app):

1. Create a new java project in Eclipse.
2. Import jar files : Selenium Server (formerly the Selenium RC Server) version and required client driver (according to your language choice) which can be downloaded here. (To import : Right click on your project -> Properties -> Libraries -> Add External JARs. Add all three selenium jar files here.)
3. Download Appium app and launch.
4. You can run your test scripts either in simulator or on real device. To run scripts on real iOS device, you will need 'deviceName', 'platformVersion', 'UDID' (Device ID) and 'Bundle ID' (Application Bundle ID) and absolute path to the .ipa.
5. To run scripts on iOS simulator , you will need 'deviceName', 'platformVersion', path to .app and 'Bundle ID' of your app.
6. Choose capabilties in Appium app and mention the same in your script based on whether you are testing on simulator or on device.
7. Launch Appium server and then run your script.

All Appium server capabilities which can be used can be found here.

You can refer to my blog post here as well for more details to execute a sample basic script.