Because APPIUM has framework or wrapper that translateWebdriver commands into UIAutomation (iOS) or UIAutomator (Android) commands depending on the device type, not any OS type.Īppium supports all languages that have Selenium client libraries like- Java, Objective-C,with node.js, PHP, Ruby, Python,etc. It has NO dependency on Mobile device OS. It offers cross-platform application testing, i.e. single API works for both Android and iOS platform test scripts. Appium allows native, hybrid and web application testing and supports automation test on physical devices as well as an emulator or simulator both. What is Appium? APPIUM is a freely distributed open source mobile application UIframework.
You can install Appium.app from and start the server from GUI. You can follow below steps to set up the Appium environment in Mac OS X.
