Appium - APPIUM Installation on Windows & Mac

APPIUM Installation on Windows

Step 1- Install Android SDK in your system.

Step 2- Start your Android emulator or any attach any Android device to your system (Make sure you have Android Debugging option enabled in your Android device. To check Debugging Option. Go to Device Settings >> Developer Options >> Check "Debugging Option").

Step 3- Open Command Prompt and navigate to your Android SDK's \platform-tools\ directory (E.g. D:\adt-bundle-windows-x86_64-20130514\sdk\platform-tools).

Step 4- Run 'adb devices' command. You can see your connected device listed in Command Prompt window. (In CMD write '>adb devices'- This command will list the connected emulator instances. E.g.: adb –s emulator-5554 install )

Step 5- Run 'adb start-server' command. It will start ADB server that will be used by Appium to send commands to your Android device.

Step 6- Now, navigate to Appium directory in your system and start Appium by clicking Appium.exe file.

Step 7- Do not alter the IP address or port number and click 'Launch' button. Your Appium console start at 127.0.0.1:4723 as shown in below.

Steps 8- Click on 'Start' button, Appium server started running on your system.

APPIUM Installation on Windows

Step 1- Download and install Xcode in your Mac system.

Step 2- Download Appium. Unpack downloaded dmg file and move it to Applications folder.

Step 3- Download sample iOS app(UICatalog)

Step 4- Open Xcode from Applications folder.

Step 5- Start iOS simulator from Xcode–>Open Developer Tool–>iOS Simulator option.
Step 6-Click Appium icon from Launchpad/Applications. Appium console should be opened.
Step 7- Select Apple icon from Appium console and click Launch button. Appium server should start at http://0.0.0.0:4723/wd/hub address as shown in below image.