Mobile App Testing with Appium 2+ — Android & iOS

About this course

A practical, lab-first course that takes you from mobile testing fundamentals to a production-style Appium framework. You will automate Sauce Labs My Demo App on Android with Java 17, java-client 9 and TestNG, cover gestures, hybrid WebViews, deep links, permissions and parallel execution, then run on real devices, cloud farms and GitHub Actions. The course ends with a capstone framework you can publish as your QA portfolio.

What you will be able to do

• Plan and execute mobile-specific manual testing: interrupts, network, permissions, lifecycle and device fragmentation.
• Set up JDK, Android SDK, emulators, adb, Appium 2+ and the UiAutomator2 driver from scratch and troubleshoot the chain.
• Write Java tests with java-client 9 and UiAutomator2Options using stable accessibility id, id and UiSelector locators.
• Automate swipes, scrolls, long press and drag with W3C Actions, and test hybrid WebView screens via context switching.
• Control app state with explicit waits, lifecycle commands, deep links and permission/keyboard handling to remove flakiness.
• Build a Page Object Model framework with TestNG and run it in parallel on multiple emulators, real devices and device clouds.
• Measure cold start, jank and memory with adb and run the suite in GitHub Actions with artifacts.
• Publish a portfolio-ready Appium framework on GitHub and explain its design confidently in interviews.

Syllabus

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   1. Mobile Testing Fundamentals & the Manual Mobile Checklist Understand native, hybrid and mobile-web apps, device fragmentation and the mobile-only test areas, then execute an interrupt, network and permission checklist on Sauce Labs My Demo App. Lesson + Lab · 60 min · 6 lab tasks · 5-question quiz · Free preview
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   2. Environment Setup: JDK, Android SDK, Emulator, adb, Appium 2+ & Inspector Install and verify the full Android automation stack: JDK 17, Android SDK and emulator, essential adb commands, the Appium server with the UiAutomator2 driver, and a first Appium Inspector session on My Demo App. Hands-on Lab · 90 min · 7 lab tasks · 5-question quiz
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   3. Your First Java Appium Test (java-client 9 + UiAutomator2Options) Create a Maven + TestNG project with java-client 9, configure UiAutomator2Options, and write catalog, add-to-cart and login tests against Sauce Labs My Demo App while reading the Appium server log. Hands-on Lab · 90 min · 6 lab tasks · 5-question quiz
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   4. Locator Strategies: Accessibility ID, ID, UiSelector & XPath Cautions Choose stable mobile locators, master UiSelector and UiScrollable, measure why XPath is slow, and build a locator inventory for My Demo App. Lesson + Lab · 75 min · 7 lab tasks · 5-question quiz
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   5. Gestures with W3C Actions, Hybrid Apps & Context Switching Implement swipe, scroll, long press and drag with W3C PointerInput and mobile: gesture commands, then automate a WebView by switching between NATIVE_APP and WEBVIEW contexts. Hands-on Lab · 90 min · 7 lab tasks · 5-question quiz
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   6. Waits, App Lifecycle, Deep Links, Permissions, Alerts & Keyboard Eliminate flakiness with explicit and fluent waits, control the app lifecycle, jump to screens with deep links, and handle runtime permissions, alerts and the soft keyboard. Hands-on Lab · 90 min · 7 lab tasks · 5-question quiz
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   7. Mobile POM Framework with TestNG & Parallel Runs on Multiple Emulators Build a layered Page Object Model framework with a driver factory, ThreadLocal driver manager and TestNG hooks, then run it in parallel on two emulators with unique udid and systemPort. Hands-on Lab · 105 min · 7 lab tasks · 5-question quiz
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   8. Real Devices, Cloud Device Farms (BrowserStack / Sauce Labs) & iOS XCUITest Run tests on real Android phones, add a runtime switch for BrowserStack and Sauce Labs device clouds, and get an overview of iOS automation with the XCUITest driver and cross-platform page objects. Lesson + Lab · 90 min · 7 lab tasks · 5-question quiz
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   9. Mobile Performance, Usability & Compatibility Checks + CI with GitHub Actions Measure cold start, jank, memory and robustness with adb, automate rotation and accessibility-label checks, run compatibility passes, and run the Appium suite on an emulator in GitHub Actions. Lesson + Lab · 85 min · 6 lab tasks · 5-question quiz
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    10. Capstone: Production-Style Appium Framework for My Demo App Build, run and publish a complete Appium + Java + TestNG framework for Sauce Labs My Demo App with checkout E2E, mobile-specific tests, parallel execution, GitHub Actions CI and a portfolio-ready README. Capstone Project · 120 min · 8 lab tasks · 5-question quiz