appium使用教程mac（Appium for Mac A Comprehensive Guide）

Appium for Mac: A Comprehensive Guide

Appium is an open-source test automation framework for mobile applications, allowing testing of native, hybrid, and mobile web apps on iOS, Android, and Windows platforms. This tutorial is a step-by-step guide on how to set up and run Appium on a Mac machine.

Prerequisites

Before installing Appium, make sure that your Mac machine has the following software up and running:

• Install Xcode

  

• Install Homebrew

• Install Node.js

  

Installation and Setup

Now that the prerequisites are met, we can proceed with the installation of Appium:

1. Open the Terminal app on your Mac.

2. Type the following command to install Appium using Homebrew package manager.

```brew install node```

3. Type the following command to install the Appium command-line interface (CLI).

```npm install -g appium```

4. Start Appium server using the following command:

```appium```

Your First Test with Appium

Now we are ready to write our first test with Appium:

1. Install the Appium Python client library. Type the following command:

```pip install Appium-Python-Client```

2. Create a new Python file and import the Appium Python client.

```pythonfrom appium import webdriver```

3. Configure the desired capabilities in the following way:

```pythondesired_caps = {}desired_caps['platformName'] = 'iOS'desired_caps['platformVersion'] = '13.7'desired_caps['deviceName'] = 'iPhone 11'desired_caps['app'] = '/path/to/your/iosApp.app'```

4. Instantiate the driver object:

```pythondriver = webdriver.Remote('http://localhost:4723/wd/hub', desired_caps)```

5. Write your test:

```pythonelement = driver.find_element_by_id('my_element_id')element.click()```

That's it! By following these simple steps, you can get started with Appium on your Mac and write your first test for a mobile application.