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Mobile automation engineer running Appium tests on an emulator and physical device
SQA, Test Automation & SDET · Course #028

Mobile Test Automation with Appium

This course develops the practical reasoning needed to automate selected Android or iOS mobile journeys with Appium while managing drivers, capabilities, application state and mobile-specific interactions. Rather than treating mobile test automation with appium as a list of terms, it links mobile automation scope and appium architecture, environment setup, drivers, clients and appium doctor and sessions and w3c capabilities to realistic product risks and team workflows. Learners configure a driver and client, inspect elements, handle gestures and system behaviour, design stable waits, organise reusable screens and run tests against an emulator or approved device setup. Learners compare alternatives, document assumptions and check results against explicit expectations. They create a focused mobile automation project and learn where device diversity, platform behaviour and environment cost require deliberate scope.

Overview

This course develops the practical reasoning needed to automate selected Android or iOS mobile journeys with Appium while managing drivers, capabilities, application state and mobile-specific interactions. Rather than treating mobile test automation with appium as a list of terms, it links mobile automation scope and appium architecture, environment setup, drivers, clients and appium doctor and sessions and w3c capabilities to realistic product risks and team workflows. Learners configure a driver and client, inspect elements, handle gestures and system behaviour, design stable waits, organise reusable screens and run tests against an emulator or approved device setup. Learners compare alternatives, document assumptions and check results against explicit expectations. They create a focused mobile automation project and learn where device diversity, platform behaviour and environment cost require deliberate scope.

Course Highlights

Appium driver and client setup

Mobile locators and inspection

Gestures and platform behaviour

State and permission handling

Reusable screen-object design

Modules & Curriculum

Mobile automation scope and Appium architecture

Environment setup, drivers, clients and Appium Doctor

Sessions and W3C capabilities

Element inspection and locator strategy

Native interactions, keyboards, alerts and permissions

Gestures, scrolling and orientation changes

Application lifecycle, resets and test-state control

Screen objects, waits and reusable mobile services

Emulator, simulator and real-device considerations

Debugging, logs and capstone journey

Learning Outcomes

  • Explain Appium's server, driver, client and session architecture.
  • Configure capabilities for a supported mobile test environment.
  • Locate and interact with native or hybrid application elements.
  • Automate gestures, permissions and lifecycle transitions.
  • Design reusable screen objects with reliable waits.
  • Execute and diagnose a focused suite on an emulator or device.

Ready to Build Your Future-Ready Skills?

Automate stable mobile journeys while accounting for devices, state and platform behaviour.

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