Getting Started

Install JAVA JDK

• Any JDK version which above JDK 8 will work, Follow steps from here to install

Install Android Studio

• Android Studio download from here

Install Homebrew(Only for Mac) (Optional)

• Package Manager for macOS and is used to install software packages
• Install it from here

Install Node.js and npm

• Install Node.js from here

Set Environment Variables

For MAC:

• If there is already .zshrc file created in your system, then skip this step, else create it.

  # create
  touch ~/.zshrc

• Open .zshrc file to include environment variables, open terminal and run below command

  # open file
  nano ~/.zshrc

• And now, Add this below lines to the editor.

  # adding environment variables
  export ANDROID_HOME=/Users/user-name/Library/Android/sdk
  export PATH=$PATH:$ANDROID_HOME/platform-tools
  export PATH=$PATH:$ANDROID_HOME/tools
  export PATH=$PATH:$ANDROID_HOME/tools/bin
  export PATH=$PATH:$ANDROID_HOME/emulator

• Save it and close the editor/file. Now, Reopen terminal and verify:

  # Verify
  source ~/.zshrc
  echo $ANDROID_HOME

Note: If you have to add this environment variables to different files like zprofile or .bash_profile, It will be a similar pattern, but follow any blog or stackoverflow for commands.

For Windows:

• Add below environment variables:
  • ANDROID_HOME: C:\Users\username\AppData\Local\Android\Sdk (under User variables)
  • ANDROID_HOME: C:\Users\username\AppData\Local\Android\Sdk (under System variables)
  • ANDROID_SDK: C:\Users\username\AppData\Local\Android\Sdk (under System variables)
  • ANDROID_SDK_ROOT: C:\Users\username\AppData\Local\Android\Sdk (under System variables)
  • MAVEN_HOME: C:\Program Files\apache-maven-3.8.4\ (under System variables)
  • JAVA_HOME: C:\Program Files\Java\jdk1.8.0_202\ (under System variables)
  • And Add SDK tools and SDK Platform tools path as well under System variables.

Emulator Setup

Android

• Create a Virtual Device for Android from here

iOS

• For iOS, all Simulators are installed bydefault along with Xcode.

• To Launch iOS Simulator --> Launch Xcode > Open Developer Tool > Simulator.

• Launch via Terminal --> Open Terminal and run this --> open -a simulator (This will launch previously launched simulator)

• # List of available iOS Devices/Simulators
  # Device ID will be listed
  xcrun simctl list

• # Available Device Type (Example: iPhone XR, iPhone 13 Pro)
  # Device ID will be listed
  xcrun simctl list devicetypes

• # Create a new Simulator by providing the device name and type
  # xcrun simctl create device-name device-type
  xcrun simctl create "iPhone 13 Pro Max" "iPhone 13 Pro Max"

• # If you know the deviceID(UDID), then you can launch directly by using below command
  open -a Simulator --args -CurrentDeviceUDID <YOUR-DEVICE-ID>
  # UDID of iPhone 13 Pro Max: 17C61FE7-FD0D-4E8E-B958-C42ACADDEC46

Installation Setup for Appium

Install Appium server(Appium CLI)

Note: Latest Version is recommended

```sh
# install
npm install -g appium

# verify
appium -v

# path
where appium
```

Install Appium GUI and Inspector

• Install Appium Inspector from Here

  • Latest Version is recommended

• Install Appium GUI from Here. Although its not mandatory, as it is required to start the appium server that we can do from terminal through below command.

  • Recommended Version 1.22.0.

  # appium -p port-id
  appium -p 4723

Note: There might some issues while launching/Inspecting iOS Simulator wrt to WDA(WebDriverAgent). The primary reason is the Xcode build failure and this may varies from machine to machine(Completely dependent on machine, not installation or config issue).

Verify installation using appium-doctor(Optional)

find more about Appium Doctor

```sh
# install
npm install -g appium-doctor

# verify
appium-doctor -h
```

Useful Commands

# list of available Emulators
emulator -list-avds

# Know the UDID of active devices or List of real devices attached currently
adb devices

# uninstall drivers on device
adb uninstall io.appium.uiautomator2.server
adb uninstall io.appium.uiautomator2.server.test
adb uninstall io.appium.unlock
adb uninstall io.appium.settings

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