Download And Setup Appium On Windows

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How To Download And Setup Appium On Windows OS ?

To setup Appium for automation below are the steps :

Prerequisites :

Download and Setup Java.Setup Guide
Download and Install Eclipse.
Download and Setup Maven to add Selenium,TestNG and Appium Dependencies.Setup Guide
Install Node.js zip from here and extract the files at some location(To check it is installed properly,navigate to that directory and run command'node -v' on cmd).
Download and Setup Android Studio for SDK tools.

Download Android Studio

Install SDK Tools In Android Studio

Install Android Studio.
Run the application.
Click on 'More Actions' and go to the 'SDK Manager'.
In SDK Tools check for tools if they're installed, if not then install the SDK Tools. Apply the changes.

Set Environment Variable For SDK

Copy the sdk path.
Go to the environment variable.
In User Variables create a new variable as ANDROID_HOME and pass the copied path in its value, save the changes.
In Path variable add " %ANDROID_HOME%\platform-tools;%ANDROID_HOME%\tools; ".
Save all the changes.

Create Virtual Device(EMULATOR)

In More Actions click on Virtual Device Manager and create device.
Select a device(Let Pixel 4) or create a new hardware profile and proceed Next .
Install API Level, if not installed, select the API Level and proceed with Next and Finish.
A device has been created .
Launch the device.
Run command 'adb devices' in cmd to check.the emulator has been attached or not.

Download and Install Appium Desktop

Download Appium Desktop .exe file(Appium-windows-1.20.2) from this link: https://github.com/appium/appium-desktop/releases

Once downloaded,it will be installed automatically.

Open the application,it will look like this :

Create a Maven Project In Eclipse

Click on File, navigate to New and click the option Other… .
Expand the option Maven and select Maven Project .Click Next ..
Check the box of option Create a simple project and proceed with Next.
Fill a relevantGroup Id and Artifact Id and proceed with Finish.
Maven project has been created and it would be displayed in Project Explorer.
Add below mentioned dependencies for Selenium, TestNG(optional) and Appium in pom.xml and save the file :

1. selenium-java :

<dependency>
<groupId>org.seleniumhq.selenium</groupId>
<artifactId>selenium-java</artifactId>
<version>3.14.0</version>
</dependency>

2. testng :

<dependency>
<groupId>org.testng</groupId>
<artifactId>testng</artifactId>
<version>6.14.3</version>
<scope>test</scope>
</dependency>

3. java-client :

<dependency>
<groupId>io.appium</groupId>
<artifactId>java-client</artifactId>
<version>7.4.1</version>
</dependency>

4. jcommander :

<dependency>
<groupId>com.beust</groupId>
<artifactId>jcommander</artifactId>
<version>1.48</version>
</dependency>

5. guava :

<dependency>
<groupId>com.google.guava</groupId>
<artifactId>guava</artifactId>
<version>23.0</version>
</dependency>