Setting Up Own Device Farm

Device Farm Diagram

First of all, you need 2 tools and mobile devices:

• Selenium Grid (http://www.seleniumhq.org/download/)
• Appium (https://bitbucket.org/appium/appium.app/downloads/)
• Mobile Devices

You have to download selenium grid and make a node as selenium grid hub.

Command => java -jar selenium-server-standalone-2.53.0.jar -port 4444 -role hub

Now navigate to http://localhost:4444/grid/console  see selenium grid is functional.

Create a json file to configure the mobile devices

ssample json file,save this as deviceName.json file

{

    "capabilities": [

                     {

    "browserName":"iPad Air",

    "platformName": "iOS",

                     "maxInstances": 1,

                     "deviceName":"ipad Air"

                     }

                     ],

    "configuration": {

        "cleanUpCycle": 2000,

        "timeout": 30000,

        "proxy": "org.openqa.grid.selenium.proxy.DefaultRemoteProxy",

        "host": "127.0.0.1",

        "port": 4726,

        "maxSession": 1,

        "register": true,

        "url": "http://127.0.0.1:4726/wd/hub",

        "registerCycle": 5000,

        "hubPort": 4444,

        "hubHost": "127.0.0.1",

        "hub": "127.0.0.1:4444/grid/register"

    }

}

Configuration Description

host : appium server host

port : appium server port

Now you have to run the following command to start the appium server with above config

appium --session-override --nodeconfig /Users/rifad/Desktop/iPad.json -p 4726 --bootstrap-port 2252 --udid 021YHB2133086676

You can register as many devices you want.

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appium Rifad$ appium --session-override --nodeconfig /Users/rifad/Desktop/iPad.json -p 4726 --bootstrap-port 2252 --udid 021YHB2133086676

[Appium] Welcome to Appium v1.6.4

[Appium] Non-default server args:

[Appium]   port: 4726

[Appium]   bootstrapPort: 2252

[Appium]   sessionOverride: true

[Appium]   nodeconfig: /Users/indikat/Desktop/orderPad.json

[Appium]   udid: 021YHB2133086676

[Appium] Deprecated server args:

[Appium]   -U,--udid => --default-capabilities '{"udid":"021YHB2133086676"}'

[Appium] Default capabilities, which will be added to each request unless overridden by desired capabilities:

[Appium]   udid: '021YHB2133086676'

[debug] [Appium] Starting auto register thread for grid. Will try to register every 5000 ms.

[Appium] Appium REST http interface listener started on 0.0.0.0:4726

[debug] [Appium] Appium successfully registered with the grid on 127.0.0.1:4444

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You can now simply choose your device from appium capabilities and run the test on the desired device.

Sample Capabilities

capabilities.setCapability(MobileCapabilityType.UDID, DEVICE_UUID);
capabilities.setCapability(MobileCapabilityType.APP, APP_PATH_REALDEVICE);
capabilities.setCapability(MobileCapabilityType.BROWSER_NAME, "iPad Air");//Device name in selenium grid

capabilities.setCapability(MobileCapabilityType.PLATFORM_NAME, PLATFORM_NAME);
capabilities.setCapability(MobileCapabilityType.PLATFORM_VERSION, PLATFORM_VERSION);
capabilities.setCapability(MobileCapabilityType.AUTOMATION_NAME, AUTOMATION_NAME);

capabilities.setCapability(MobileCapabilityType.NO_RESET, true);
capabilities.setCapability(MobileCapabilityType.AUTO_WEBVIEW, true);
capabilities.setCapability(MobileCapabilityType.FULL_RESET, false);
capabilities.setCapability(MobileCapabilityType.NO_RESET, true);
capabilities.setCapability(MobileCapabilityType.NO_RESET, true);



Note : This will be work on the same network or we have to disable the firewall for 4444 port if it in different network.