AWS Device Farm enables developers to deliver higher quality iOS, Android and web apps by testing them against real phones and tablets in the AWS Cloud. Join us for a step-by-step tutorial that focuses on how to write tests using Appium test framework, and write them in such a way that they can be executed locally on an emulator/simulator/test device, and then run on 100s of devices in the cloud. Learning Objectives: Learn how to automate tests with Appium Learn how to automate execution with AWS Device Farm Who Should Attend: Mobile developers, QA, mobile product managers

1. © 2016, Amazon Web Services, Inc. or its Affiliates. All rights reserved.
Rohan Deshpande, Sr. Software Engineer
February 24, 2016
Automate Your App Tests
with Appium and AWS Device
Farm

2. Agenda
 Overview
 Demo: Create Appium Tests and run them in Device Farm
 Demo: Continuous Integration with Appium and Jenkins
 Review
 Questions

3. Overview of AWS Device Farm
Automated native, hybrid, and web app testing on
real Android and iOS devices in the cloud

4. AWS Device Farm
 Android and iOS (Native, hybrid, web)
 Scale: 100s of unique physical devices, many instances
 Security: Full HW and SW isolation
 Flexibility: Support for many popular frameworks
 Reports: Results, screenshots, logs, performance
 Integration: Jenkins, Android Studio, SDKs, CLI
 Pay for what you use

5. Pricing
$0.17 / device minute
(First 250 minutes free)
or
$250 / device slot / month
(First 250 minutes free)

6. Availability
 Launched in July 2015
 AWS Device Farm is available to customers globally from
the US West (Oregon) region
 https://console.aws.amazon.com/

7. High-level Use Cases
AWS Device Farm supports developers
and QA teams as they:
 Develop their apps and test iterative changes
 Test cumulative builds (e.g. nightly) as part of
continuous integration
 Verify functionality prior to release
 Monitor released applications (e.g. canaries)
 Reproduce issues reported by end users

8. Demo: Create and Run Appium
Tests in Device Farm

9. Recommendations
 Do not set DesiredCapabilities.
 Clear temporary files before packaging.
 Don’t kill the Appium session.
 Use screenshots to debug.
 http://docs.aws.amazon.com/devicefarm/latest/developer
guide/test-types-intro.html

10. Resources
 Android sample app
https://github.com/awslabs/aws-device-farm-sample-app-for-android
 iOS sample app
https://github.com/awslabs/aws-device-farm-sample-app-for-ios
 Appium tests
https://github.com/awslabs/aws-device-farm-appium-tests-for-sample-app

11. Demo: Continuous Integration with
Appium, Jenkins, and Device Farm

12. Resources
 AWS Device Farm Jenkins plugin
https://github.com/awslabs/aws-device-farm-jenkins-plugin
 Also available within the Jenkins plugin repository.

13. Review
 Overview
 Demo: Create Appium Tests and run them in Device Farm
 Demo: Continuous Integration with Appium and Jenkins
 Review
 Questions

14. Thank you!

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