Starting Appium Server in Windows

Hi all this is simple post which will help you to install Appium for windows and will guide you on how to start Appium Server. Now we will have a question in our mind that why we need Appium Server ? To understand this let us see How Appium Works

1. Appium client (e.g.- Java) connects with Appium Server and communicate via JSON Wire Protocol
2. Appium Server then creates a session for the client and also checks the desired capabilities of client and connects with respective vendor-provided frameworks like Selendroid/UIAutomator
3. Vendor-provided APIs will then communicate with bootstrap.jar which is running in Emulator/Real device for performing client operations
4. Bootstrap.jar act as a TCP server to perform action on our Application Under Test

 

How to Install Appium and Start the Server -

1.  Download the Appium for Windows from here
2. Double click on the .exe and install Appium. 

3. 

   Appium Sever Installation

   
   

4. Launch by clicking the icon.

   

   Appium Sever in Windows

   
   

5. click on settings to change the port number.

   

   Appium Sever Settings

6.  click on play button. 

   

   Appium Sever

   
   

Now your appium server is up and running and you can plug in your device and start writing executing Appium Test Cases.

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Configure Appium Sever - 

Appium Sever will launch with default configuration parameters. We have option to customize server settings as per our requirement. In case you face any issue or exception while connecting to the server then you need to look into the server settings first to debug your issue.
Let us look into how to modify appium sever settings.


Android Settings :

• Click on Android Settings button as shown in bellow image.
• Select Platform Name = Android
• Select Automation Name = Appium
• Select PlatformVersion = Your android device's OS version. 

General Settings

• Click on General Settings button as shown in bellow image.
• Note down Server Address and Post number. We need it during appium software automation test script creation. Server Address is : 127.0.0.1 and Port number is : 4723.

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