Setting up and Connecting to a Mobile Emulator

TABLE OF CONTENTS

• Installation steps for Appium
• Installation steps for Android Studio
• Installation steps for Python
  • Initiating Mobile Emulator and Appium.
  • To set the Appium Settings

Installation steps for Appium

1. Install Appium version 1.22.3 or the latest stable version.
2. Download the installer from this link: Appium Desktop Releases. Choose the appropriate file for the windows. 
3. Click on the downloaded file, "Appium-Server-GUI-windows-1.22.3-4.exe."
4. The Appium Setup dialog box appears, click “Install”.
   
   
   
   
5. Wait for the process to complete.
6. After completing the process, click “Finish”.
   
   

Installation steps for Android Studio

1. Download the installer from this link: Android Studio. 
2. Select "I agree with the terms." Choose the file named "android-studio-ide-202.7486908-windows.exe”."
3. Click the downloaded file, "android-studio-ide-202.7486908-windows.exe."
4. Android Studio Setup window appears. Click Next.
   
   
   
   
5. Choose the Android Virtual Device option and click Next.
   
   
   
6. Click Next.
   
   
   
   
7. Click “Install”.
   
   
   
   
8. Wait for the process to complete and click Next.
   
   
   
9. Click “Finish”.
   
   
   To set the path for Android Studio in system variables under environment variables.
   
   Note: Make sure that Java compatible version is installed. To download the compatible version, refer to Java Downloads.
   
   
   • ANDROID_HOME -> C:\Users\DELL\AppData\Local\Android\Sdk
   • JAVA_HOME -> C:\Program Files\Java\jdk1.8.0_201
   • Update the following paths:
     -> C:\Users\DELL\AppData\Local\Android\Sdk\platform-tools\
     -> C:\Users\DELL\AppData\Local\Android\Sdk\tools\
     -> C:\Users\DELL\AppData\Local\Android\Sdk
     

Installation steps for Python

1. Download the Python stable version from Python Downloads.
2. Run the .exe file and Enable the “Add Python 3.7 to PATH” by setting this we need repeat the steps for adding environment variables. by deafult, it takes after installation and Select “Install Now”.
   
   
   
3. Wait for the process to complete and Click "Close”.
   
   
4. Install the Python Packages by running the following commands in the command prompt.
   
   

   allure-behave         2.13.2
   
    allure-python-commons 2.13.2
   
    Appium-Python-Client  3.1.1
   
    async-generator       1.10
   
    atomicwrites          1.4.1
   
    attrs                 23.2.0
   
    beautifulsoup4        4.12.3
   
    behave                1.2.6
   
    certifi               2023.11.17
   
    cffi                  1.16.0
   
    charset-normalizer    3.3.2
   
    colorama              0.4.6
   
    cryptography          41.0.7
   
    h11                   0.14.0
   
    idna                  3.6
   
    imageio               2.33.1
   
    iniconfig             2.0.0
   
    lazy_loader           0.3
   
    MouseInfo             0.1.3
   
    networkx              3.2.1
   
    numpy                 1.26.3
   
    opencv-python         4.9.0.80
   
    outcome               1.3.0.post0
   
    packaging             23.2
   
    parse                 1.20.0
   
    parse-type            0.6.2
   
    pillow                10.2.0
   
    pip                   23.3.2
   
    pixelmatch            0.3.0
   
    pluggy                1.3.0
   
    py                    1.11.0
   
    pycparser             2.21
   
    pyOpenSSL             23.3.0
   
    pyparsing             3.1.1
   
    pyperclip             1.8.2
   
    PySocks               1.7.1
   
    pytest                7.4.4
   
    PyWavelets            1.5.0
   
    PyYAML                6.0.1
   
    requests              2.31.0
   
    scikit-image          0.22.0
   
    scipy                 1.11.4
   
    selenium              4.16.0
   
    setuptools            69.0.3
   
    six                   1.16.0
   
    sniffio               1.3.0
   
    sortedcontainers      2.4.0
   
    soupsieve             2.5
   
    tifffile              2023.12.9
   
    tomli                 2.0.1
   
    trio                  0.24.0
   
    trio-websocket        0.11.1
   
    urllib3               2.1.0
   
    wsproto               1.2.0
   
    xmltodict             0.13.0

5. Open command prompt and type “pip install Package Name”.
   For example, In the command prompt window, type 'pip install allure-behave.
   
   
   
   
   

Initiating Mobile Emulator and Appium.

Perform the following to set Mobile Emulator Settings:

1. Open android studio > select "configure" option. 
2. Select AVD Manager from the drop down list as shown:
   
   
   
   
3. After opening AVD manager, click  the “Create Virtual Device” button.
   
   
   
   
4. Select either the appropriate pixel version (recommended is  pixel 3 or 4), ensuring it has the Play Store, and click "Next."
   
   
   
   
5. Now, download the appropriate version.
   
   
6. Click "Next”.
   
   
   
7. Click Finish.
   
   
8. After creating the emulator, click the play button to start the emulator.

To set the Appium Settings

Perform the following:

1. Open Appium desktop app and click the “Start Server v1.13.0” button.
   
   
   
2. On the File Menu > select "New Session Window".
   
   
   
   
3. Download and Install Appium Inspector

   To download and install the latest version of Appium-Inspector-windows-2023.12.2-x64.exe
   file, click here.

4. In Appium inspector, set the desired capabilities, add the following data for a Mobile browser.

   NAME                      Value
     "platformName":      "Android",
     "automationName": "Appium",
     "deviceName":       "generic_x86",
     "browserName":      "Chrome
   
   
   

5. After saving the Appium desired capabilities, click the “Start Session” to initiate the session.
   
6. Prepare your Android phone as an emulator
   1. Start the session > Appium is launched in the Chrome browser. This indicates that emulator is successfully connected.
      
      
      
   2. To verify that your Appium server is running, look for the Appium icon similar to one shown in the following image: