Appium is an open source, cross-platform, test automation framework for native, hybrid and mobile web apps on iOS and Android. It uses the WebDriver JSON protocol to standardize the automation API across the two platforms and three types of apps.

Documentation on how to use Appium on real devices is scarce. Meetup Co-Organizer An Doan figured it out recently and thought it would be a good idea to share what he learned. Boiled down to a few quick slides and a live demo on a real device.

Topics Covered

• What do I need?

• How do I use Appium?

• Does it really work?

• Does it work well? 

• What's hot and what's not? 

• How well does it scale?