Appium tutorial pdf
Syntax : - To move to Chrome browser context ntext("CHROMIUM") Syntax : - To move to Native view context ntext("NATIVE_APP") In order to let Appium know whether you want to automate the native aspects of the app or the web views, we have to set the 'context' being automated. In line with that methodology, it is possible to test hybrid apps the same way you can with Selenium for web apps". "One of the core principles of Appium is that you shouldn't have to change your app to test it. Let’s first try to understand 'How to Switch from Chrome to Native app' using Appium with example. To perform operations, we have to switch the context from Web view to Native view to attach a file using Appium. Like Selenium, In Appium also, we can't perform actions once the view is changed from 'Chrome' web to 'NATIVE' app. When automating a file upload, after clicking on 'Upload' button, it will prompt you with a dialog box that is just out of reach for Appium web. In this post, we’ll discuss on uploading a file from Mobile device to a web application (chromer browser). Original error: unknown error: path is not absolute: /sdcard/download/test.pdf When we try to upload using sendKeys() with file path from the device itself, webdriver will throw below exception: : An unknown server-side error occurred while processing the command. We will discuss below on this with example. The only thing that Appium can assist with is to upload files to device, so your device can be cleaned and populated only during the test automation using pushFile method. We literally have to do everything via UI - as we manually do like click upload button, open image selection, select image and etc. Unfortunately, there is no way like Selenium SendKeys() or javascript options to work for file upload in mobile application using Appium. Now, I have seen people asking for 'How to upload/attach file using Appium'.
There are multiple ways to upload a file which we have seen using Selenium like using sendkeys() or using JavaScript() or Robot Class. We often come across scenarios where we have to upload a file/image while testing an application.