Appium Pros and Cons

Achieve all needs of testing apps on mobile both iOS and android without having need for physical device Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Still it’s not as easy to develop automation compared selenium with browser based application in terms of flexible options access elements on the application interface Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Appium is great for IOS and Android, supports Selenium webdriver and is open source, and the possibility to use it with multiple languages is great (Java, C#, JavaScript with Node.js, PHP, Python....) supports hybrid app as well as native and web apps Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Appium configuration can be a bit complex usually you will need to have someone that will help and guide you through the process. Simplifying the initial process will be a big bonus

Documentation can be confusing and not very helpful Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

It can be used across multiple mobile platforms, languages like Java, python.

It is open-source and is based on Selenium.

Appium is configurable with Github Actions to perform CICD of automated test cases. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Sometimes the server does not respond, and the automation test case gets failed. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Mobile automation emulation for mobile app development Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Not so easy to setup, there might be a bit of a learning curve to get set up Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Appium is the only open sources tool that can be used for testing Android and iOS app. Appium can also be used for testing TV apps, smart watch and car plays. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Nothing to dislike...................... Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Appium is good tools to execute your test scripts, we do not need to include any additional agents in your app to make Appium compatible with automation. It tests the same app, which is going to upload in App Store.

Multi platform support makes it better. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

There was no testing labs, where we can run scripts on multiple emulators, I think now sauce lab provides it.

Sometime, finding locators of ui elements is a tedious task, where nested hierarchical order found. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Appium team working on new updates and give ase new posibilities Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

It's working a little bit slow, so I think they should fix this problem Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Automating the applications, overcome repeative manual test cases. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

A little bit difficult to install and understand for begginers Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Open source tool which supports cross platform testing and support multiple languages such as Java, javascript, Python, C# etc. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Image comparison should be supported in appium Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

I gained a very good knowledge regarding maven, testNG, MySQL connection and Appium. As far from my knowledge I can say it’s 20% Appium , 40% maven testNG and DB, 30% java and 10% defect management tool. I request to add more tricky Appium concepts in this or any upcoming course rather than including extra stuffs. Hats off to you and thank you I gained a lot from this course. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

I request to add more tricky Appium concepts in this or any upcoming course rather than including extra stuffs. Hats off to you and thank you I gained a lot from this course. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.