Post on 29-Jan-2018
Continuous Integration of mobile
apps with Appium and Docker
@agomezmoron
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2 of 66First of all, let’s take a selfie!
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3 of 66About me
agomezmoron-compose.yml
version: '1987'services:
works on:- company: { name: @emergya, role: QA & Team lead }- company: { name: @EPSUPO, role: QA teacher }
type: Non-stop learner
community: @SevillaQA organizer
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www.emergya.com
Roadmap
● Introduction
● What Appium is
● Appium architecture
● Type of apps to be tested
● Continuous Integration
● Docker as centerpiece
● Conclusions
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6 of 66Introduction
● Why do we develop for mobile devices?
● Why do we have to test apps?
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7 of 66Introduction
Why do we develop for mobile devices?
● Since 2014 there are more mobile users than desktop ones.
● People buy more mobile devices than non mobile ones.
source
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Introduction
Why do we have to test apps?
● 90% of the time using apps vs 10% using the browser.
● Different OS (and also the same OS works different depending on
the version…).
● Native vs Hybrid apps.
source
10 of 66What Appium is
● Appium is an open source test automation framework for use with
native, hybrid and mobile web apps.
● It drives iOS, Android, and Windows apps using the WebDriver
protocol.
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11 of 66What Appium is
Appium rules:
1. You shouldn’t have to recompile your app or modify it in any way in order
to automate it.
2. You shouldn’t be locked into a specific language or framework to write
and run your tests.
3. A mobile automation framework shouldn’t reinvent the wheel when it
comes to automation APIs.
4. A mobile automation framework should be open source, in spirit and
practice as well as in name!
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13 of 66Appium architecture
Appium test scriptJSON Wire protocol (WebDriver usage)
node.js
XCTest / UIAutomation (iOS)Selendroid (Android 2.3+)
UiAutomator (Android 4.2+)WinAppDriver (Windows)Marionette (Firefox OS)
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Type of apps to be tested
Device & Mobile API
Web
Mobile Browser Web
www.emergya.com
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Type of apps to be tested
Hybrid Apps
Device API
APP (WebView)HTML 5
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Type of apps to be tested
Native Apps
Device API
APP
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Type of apps to be tested
Native Apps
Device API
APP- Advanced touch actions
- Delays between commands
- etc
20 of 66Continuous Integration
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21 of 66Continuous Integration
pull request
accept/reject
Developers’ code
Build the app
Testing
binary
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22 of 66Continuous Integration
Writing tests for mobile apps is easy but, what about running them?
● You can use cloud services (money!)
● You can use physical devices (money!)
● You can use emulators (memory usage!)
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Appium test scriptJSON Wire protocol (WebDriver usage)
node.js
XCTest / UIAutomation (iOS)Selendroid (Android 2.3+)
UiAutomator (Android 4.2+)WinAppDriver (Windows)Marionette (Firefox OS)
Docker as centerpiece
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Appium test scriptJSON Wire protocol (WebDriver usage)
node.js
XCTest / UIAutomation (iOS)Selendroid (Android 2.3+)
UiAutomator (Android 4.2+)WinAppDriver (Windows)Marionette (Firefox OS)
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Docker as centerpiece
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26 of 66Docker as centerpiece
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$ docker build --build-arg JAVA_VERSION=8 --build-arg ANDROID_SDK_VERSION=23 --build-arg VNC_PASSWD=1234 -t agomezmoron/docker-appium . && docker rmi -f $(docker images -f "dangling=true" -q) &> /dev/null
27 of 66Docker as centerpiece
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$ docker run --privileged -v /YOUR/SOURCES/FOLDER:/src -e HOST_UID=$(id -u) -e HOST_GID=$(id -g) -e DOCKER_TESTS_COMMAND="DOCKER COMMAND TO BE RUN" --rm -t -i -p 5900:5900 agomezmoron/docker-appium
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$ docker run --privileged -v /YOUR/SOURCES/FOLDER:/src -e HOST_UID=$(id -u) -e HOST_GID=$(id -g) -e DOCKER_TESTS_COMMAND="DOCKER COMMAND TO BE RUN" --rm -t -i -p 5900:5900 agomezmoron/docker-appium
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entrypoint
Test code
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● It rocks but...you can only emulate once! So, you will have your
Jenkins node blocked (or you will need more slaves).
● So, it isn’t so easy...
Docker as centerpiece
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pull request
accept/reject
Developers’ code
Build the app
Testing
binary
Testing+ ZRAM +
Docker as centerpiece
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pull request
accept/reject
Developers’ code
Build the app
Testing
binary
Testing+ ZRAM +
Docker as centerpiece
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● Raspberry Pi 3 + ZRAM module will allow us to run our Docker
image with the emulator (emulators with ARM architecture).
● So the Raspberries are our Jenkins slaves!
Docker as centerpiece
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● Appium is a framework that allows us to write tests for native & hybrid
mobile apps.
● Writing tests in Appium is not as easy as Selenium for Web Apps but
there are Open Source libraries to help us!
(https://github.com/agomezmoron/appium-handler)
Conclusions
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● Appium is a framework that allows us to write tests for native & hybrid
mobile apps.
● Writing tests in Appium is not as easy as Selenium for Web Apps but
there are Open Source libraries to help us!
(https://github.com/agomezmoron/appium-handler)
Conclusions
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● Appium is a framework that allows us to write tests for native & hybrid
mobile apps.
● Writing tests in Appium is not as easy as Selenium for Web Apps but
there are Open Source libraries to help us!
(https://github.com/agomezmoron/appium-handler)
Conclusions
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● There are some Dockers with Appium on the Internet but I use my own
image that contains Appium + Java + Android SDK (you can also
clone and build it customizing the versions).
(https://github.com/agomezmoron/docker-appium)
Conclusions
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