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Appium-0.05
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/ Appium

NAME

Appium - Perl bindings to the Appium mobile automation framework (WIP)

VERSION

version 0.05

SYNOPSIS

    my $appium = Appium->new(caps => {
        app => '/url/or/path/to/mobile/app.zip'
    });

    $appium->hide_keyboard;
    $appium->quit;

DESCRIPTION

Appium is an open source test automation framework for use with native and hybrid mobile apps. It drives iOS and Android apps using the WebDriver JSON wire protocol. This module is a thin extension of Selenium::Remote::Driver that adds Appium specific API endpoints and Appium-specific constructor defaults. It's woefully incomplete at the moment, so feel free to pitch in at the Github repo!

For details on how Appium extends the Webdriver spec, see the Selenium project's spec-draft document

Note that like Selenium::Remote::Driver, you shouldn't have to instantiate Appium::Element on your own; this module will create them when necessary so that all you need to know is what methods are appropriate on an element vs the driver.

    my $appium = Appium->new( caps => { app => '/path/to/app.zip' } );

    # automatically instantiates Appium::Element for you
    my $elem = $appium->find_element('test', 'id');
    $elem->click;

NEW OR UPDATED FUNCTIONALITY

Contexts

Instead of using windows to manage switching between native applications and webviews, use the analogous context methods:

    my $current = $appium->current_context;
    my @contexts = $appium->contexts;

    my $context = 'WEBVIEW_1'
    $appium->switch_to->context( $context );

Finding Elements

There are different strategies available for finding elements in Appium. The options for strategies are:

    id                          => 'id',
    name                        => 'name',
    xpath                       => 'xpath',
    class|class_name            => 'class name',
    accessibility_id            => 'accessibility id'
    ios|ios_uiautomation        => '-ios uiautomation',
    android|android_uiautomator => '-android uiautomator'

Here are some examples of using the Appium specific strategies:

    # iOS UIAutomation
    $driver->find_element( $locator , 'ios' );

    # Android UIAutomator
    $driver->find_element( $locator , 'android' );

    # iOS accessibility identifier
    $driver->find_element( $locator , 'accessibility_id' );

Note that using id as your finding strategy also seems to find elements by accessibility_id.

METHODS

contexts ()

Returns the contexts within the current session

    $appium->contexts;

current_context ()

Return the current active context for the current session

    $appium->current_context;

switch_to->context ( $context_name )

Switch to the desired context for the current session

    $appium->switch_to->context( 'WEBVIEW_1' );

hide_keyboard( [key_name|key|strategy => $key_or_strategy] )

Hides the software keyboard on the device. In iOS, you have the option of using key_name to close the keyboard by pressing a specific key. Or, you can specify a particular strategy; the default strategy is tapOutside. In Android, no parameters are used.

    $appium->hide_keyboard;
    $appium->hide_keyboard( key_name => 'Done');
    $appium->hide_keyboard( strategy => 'pressKey', key => 'Done');

app_strings ( [language] )

Get the application strings from the device for the specified language; it will return English strings by default if the language argument is omitted.

    $appium->app_strings
    $appium->app_strings( 'en' );

reset ()

Reset the current application

    $appium->reset;

press_keycode ( keycode, [metastate])

Android only: send a keycode to the device. Valid keycodes can be found in the Android docs. metastate describes the pressed state of key modifiers such as META_SHIFT_ON or META_ALT_ON; more information is available in the Android KeyEvent documentation.

    $appium->press_keycode(176);

long_press_keycode ( keycode, [metastate])

Android only: send a long press keycode to the device. Valid keycodes can be found in the Android docs. metastate describes the pressed state of key modifiers such as META_SHIFT_ON or META_ALT_ON; more information is available in the Android KeyEvent documentation.

    $appium->long_press_keycode(176);

current_activity ()

Get the current activity on the device.

    $appium->current_activity;

pull_file ( $file )

Pull a file from the device, returning it Base64 encoded.

    $appium->pull_file( '/tmp/file/to.pull' );

pull_folder ( $path )

Retrieve a folder at path, returning the folder's contents in a zip file.

    $appium->pull_folder( 'folder' );

push_file ( $path, $encoded_data )

Puts the data in the file specified by path on the device. The data must be base64 encoded.

    $appium->push_file( '/file/path', $base64_data );

complex_find ( $selector )

Search for elements in the current application, given an array of selection criteria.

    $appium->complex_find( $selector );

background_app ( $time_in_seconds )

Defer the application to the background on the device for the interval, given in seconds.

    $appium->background_app( 5 );

is_app_installed ( $bundle_id )

Check whether the application with the specified bundle_id is installed on the device.

    $appium->is_app_installed( $bundle_id );

install_app ( $app_path )

Install the desired app on to the device

    $appium->install_app( '/path/to/local.app' );

remove_app( $app_id )

Remove the specified application from the device by app ID.

    $appium->remove_app( 'app_id' );

launch_app ()

Start the application specified in the desired capabilities on the device.

    $appium->launch_app;

close_app ()

Stop the running application, as specified in the desired capabilities.

    $appium->close_app;

end_test_coverage ( $intent, $path )

Android only: end the coverage collection and download the specified coverage.ec file from the device. The file will be returned base 64 encoded.

    $appium->end_test_coverage( 'intent', '/path/to/coverage.ec' );

lock ( $seconds )

Lock the device for a specified number of seconds.

    $appium->lock( 5 ); # lock for 5 seconds

shake ()

Shake the device.

    $appium->shake;

open_notifications ()

Android only, API level 18 and above: open the notification shade on Android.

    $appium->open_notifications;

network_connection ()

Android only: retrieve an integer bitmask that describes the current network connection configuration. Possible values are listed in "set_network_connection".

    $appium->network_connection;

set_network_connection ( $connection_type_bitmask )

Android only: set the network connection type according to the following bitmask:

    # Value (Alias)      | Data | Wifi | Airplane Mode
    # -------------------------------------------------
    # 0 (None)           | 0    | 0    | 0
    # 1 (Airplane Mode)  | 0    | 0    | 1
    # 2 (Wifi only)      | 0    | 1    | 0
    # 4 (Data only)      | 1    | 0    | 0
    # 6 (All network on) | 1    | 1    | 0

    $appium->set_network_connection(6);

SEE ALSO

Please see those modules/websites for more information related to this module.

BUGS

Please report any bugs or feature requests on the bugtracker website https://github.com/appium/perl-client/issues

When submitting a bug or request, please include a test-file or a patch to an existing test-file that illustrates the bug or desired feature.

AUTHOR

Daniel Gempesaw <gempesaw@gmail.com>

CONTRIBUTOR

Freddy Vega <freddy@vgp-miami.com>

COPYRIGHT AND LICENSE

This software is copyright (c) 2014 by Daniel Gempesaw.

This is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify it under the same terms as the Perl 5 programming language system itself.