How to setup Appium on Mac for iOS and Android devices

Yosuva ArulanthuAppium, Java, Test Automation, TestingLeave a Comment

Step 1: install java

Download and install Java JDK 8 and check whether Java is installed properly by typing java -version

Step 2: Setting up JAVA_HOME

Open the terminal and type the below

$ vim ~/.bash_profile     and press [Enter]

Then to open edit or insert mode press I on the keyboard

export JAVA_HOME=$(usr/libexec/java/_home)

export PATH=$JAVA_HOME/bin=$PATH

now to save & exit, we need to exit from insert mode… To do that, press [esc] from keyboard and [Enter] : (colon)

now again to save & exit, enter wq following colon and hit [Enter]…..

Now type, source ~/.bash_profile (make changes permanently)

Now type, echo $JAVA_HOME — This will return java home variable.

Step 3: Install XCODE

install from app store.

Step 4: Install Homebrew & Command line tools

Homebrew – helps to install applications in mac through the terminal.

To install home-brew paste the below line at a Terminal prompt.

/usr/bin/ruby -e “$(curl -fsSL https://raw.githubusercontent.com/Homebrew/install/master/install)”

now try, brew update or brew upgrade homebrew

and try, brew doctor

then if you get a message as ‘Your system is ready to brew’. Then we are good to go

then install of command line tool by typing,

xcode-select  —install

Step 4: optional

Install android SDK

Step 5: Setting up ANDROID HOME

As we added java_home to an environment variable, we also need to add android_home to the environment variable list.

open $ vim ~/.bash_profile     and press [Enter]

Step 6: Install Maven

Install Maven using brew from the terminal and set an environment variable.

brew install maven

Can also be installed from http://maven.apache.org/download.cgi

To set an environment variable,

vi .bash_profile

JAVA_HOME=/Library/Java/JavaVirtualMachines/jdk1.8.0_131.jdk/Contents/Home

export M2_HOME=/Users/username/Downloads/apache-maven-3.5.0

export M2=/Users/username/Downloads/apache-maven-3.5.0/bin

export PATH=$M2_HOME/bin:$JAVA_HOME/bin:$PATH

esc +:wq to save the bash_profile file

Step 7: Install Appium

Install Appium desktop & through the command line or terminal using the below commands

brew install node

npm install -g appium

if you are getting below error while installing the appium ,then use sudo npm install -g appium --unsafe-perm=true --allow-root

[19:17:37] Error installing Chromedriver: EACCES: permission denied, mkdir ‘/usr/local/lib/node_modules/appium/node_modules/appium-chromedriver/chromedriver’

[19:17:37] Error: EACCES: permission denied, mkdir ‘/usr/local/lib/node_modules/appium/node_modules/appium-chromedriver/chromedriver’

[19:17:37] Downloading Chromedriver can be skipped by using the ‘–chromedriver-skip-install’ flag or setting the ‘APPIUM_SKIP_CHROMEDRIVER_INSTALL’ environment variable.

npm install wd

appium &

Step 8: XCUITest setup

XCUITest setup as below,

brew install libimobiledevice –HEAD     # install from HEAD to get important updates

brew install ideviceinstaller                    # only works for ios 9. for ios 10, see below

brew install carthage

npm install -g ios-deploy

gem install xcpretty     — for real devices,.. this will ask for write permission.

which appium

 /path/where/installed/bin/appium

Given this installation location, /path/where/installed/bin/appium, WebDriverAgent will be found in /path/where/installed/lib/node_modules/appium/node_modules/appium-webdriveragent/WebDriverAgent. Open a terminal and go to that location, then run the following in order to set the project up:

1. mkdir -p Resources/WebDriverAgent.bundle

2. ./Scripts/bootstrap.sh -d

Open WebDriverAgent.xcodeproj in Xcode. For both the WebDriverAgentLib and WebDriverAgentRunner targets, select “Automatically manage signing” in the “General” tab, and then select your Development Team. This should also auto-select Signing Certificate. The outcome should look as shown below:

Finally, you can verify that everything works. Build the project:

xcodebuild -project WebDriverAgent.xcodeproj -scheme WebDriverAgentRunner -destination ‘id=<id>’ test

If this was successful, the output should end with something like:

    Test Suite ‘All tests’ started at 2017-01-23 15:49:12.585

    Test Suite ‘WebDriverAgentRunner.xctest’ started at 2017-01-23 15:49:12.586

    Test Suite ‘UITestingUITests’ started at 2017-01-23 15:49:12.587

    Test Case ‘-[UITestingUITests testRunner]’ started.

        t =     0.00s     Start Test at 2017-01-23 15:49:12.588

        t =     0.00s     Set Up

* note:  ios-deploy -c    ———— to find udid of the device.

*

Other xcode commands

xcodebuild -showsdks

xcrun simctl list

Reference:

https://appiumpro.com/editions/122-installing-appium-20-and-the-driver-and-plugins-cli

https://github.com/appium/appium-xcuitest-driver/blob/master/docs/real-device-config.md

https://www.headspin.io/blog/installing-appium-2-0-and-the-driver-and-plugins-cli

Make sure npm and node are updated

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