Appium Mac Installation

Never EVER EVER EVER sudo install anything!!! It will make all our lives harder, trust me!

• Install Xcode.
• Goto the Mac Appstore and search for Xcode and click the Get button.
• After installation, install the Commandline Tools.
• Open a terminal and run xcode-select --install

Install Homebrew

• Open a terminal and run /usr/bin/ruby -e "$(curl -fsSL https://raw.githubusercontent.com/Homebrew/install/master/install)"
• Test install by running $ brew --version. You should see something like Homebrew 1.4.1

JAVA Installation

• Open a terminal and check java version: java -version If the version is less than 1.8 or the command is not recognized you need to install java.

• Download jdk-8u151-macosx-x64.dmg JDK

• Open Downloads folder and double click the DMG file.
• Double click the JDK 8 install icon.
• Click the Continue button.
• Click the Install button.

Install Node

• Open a terminal and run brew install node@20
• Test install by running npm --version. Verify version 10.X.X or greater is returned.
• Test Node is installed by running $ node -v. Verify version 20.X.X or greater is returned.

Install Android Studio

• Click here to download.
• Drag and drop the Android Studio icon over to Applications folder. Close the install dialog.
• Open Finder and goto Applications folder. Double click Android Studio. Select "I do not have a previous version of studio or I do not want to import my settings" and click OK button.
• Click Next.
• Select Standard Installation and click the Next button.
• Click on Finish button. Make note of the SDK Folder path, will help in setting to ANDROID_HOME into environment variables later.
• Select Start a new Android Studio Project. Continue with default selections and Click on Finish
• Click on Install missing platform(s) and sync project
• Click on Install Build Tools 26.X.X and Sync project
• Click Accept
• Wait for Download to complete and then click on Finish
• Click AVD Manager from Tools | Android | AVD Manager
• Click Create Virtual Device
• Select Nexus 6 and click Next
• Click Download link next to Nougat 7.1.1
• Once Download is completed, select Nougat, Click Next and Finish
• Click on Play Button to launch the Emulator

Appium Installation

• Open command prompt or terminal and type npm install -g appium@next to install Appium 2.0 server globally. Refer here for more details.
• Wait for the installation to be completed successfully
• Check whether Appium is installed properly from command prompt through appium --version command.

Health Check:

• Install Appium Doctor through the terminal like npm install -g appium-doctor
• Once installation is successful, run appium-doctor --android to check the health of android appium setup. If everything is GREEN then we are good to start.

Install Appium Inspector:

• Download and Install Appium Inspector from here

Add Environment Variables

• Determine which shell you use. Open a terminal and run $ echo $SHELL.
• Based on your shell, you need to edit your profile. e.g. $ vi ~/.bash_profile or ~/.profile or ~/.zshrc.
• Add the following variables.
• export ANDROID_HOME=/Users/YourUser/Library/Android/sdk
• export JAVA_HOME=/Library/Java/JavaVirtualMachines/jdk1.8.0_111.jdk/Contents/Home
• Add the Android sdk paths to your existing PATH=$PATH variable. e.g. :/Users/YourUser/Library/Android/sdk/tools:/Users/YourUser/Library/Android/sdk/platform-tools:/Users/YourUser/Library/Android/sdk/build-tools:
• Save profile. Press shift + : type wq! and press enter.
• Force close/quit all your terminal windows and open a new one.

Recommended IDE

• Please install Community Edition of Intellij IDEA from here