The Appium server and the Appium client do not need to be running on the same computer. You simply need to be able to send HTTP requests from the client to the server over some network.

This example uses Python's built-in unittest module, though you can use any Python test framework you want. The Appium Python client adds the appium: vendor prefix automatically.

Learning Appium This documentation is a great way to learn more about Appium: Check out the Introduction first to make sure you understand all the concepts involved in Appium. Go through …

To write an Appium test in JavaScript (Node.js), we need to choose an Appium-compatible client library. The best-maintained library and the one the Appium team recommends using is …

The Appium server and the Appium client do not need to be running on the same computer. You simply need to be able to send HTTP requests from the client to the server over some network.

Appium is an open-source project and ecosystem of related software, designed to facilitate UI automation of many app platforms, including mobile (iOS, Android, Tizen), browser (Chrome, …

That's it! If you get this kind of output, the Appium server is up and running. Go ahead and quit it (CTRL-C) and move on to the next step, where we'll install a driver for automating Android apps.

Before you run the test, make sure that you have an Appium server running in another terminal session, otherwise you'll get an error about not being able to connect to one.

Discussion of Appium, Appium Clients, and Mobile Testing

Follow the Usage Examples article in order understand how to invoke Java client features from your test framework. Once you've managed to successfully run a test, you can read on for …