{"id":69511,"date":"2019-12-30T16:31:06","date_gmt":"2019-12-30T11:01:06","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.vskills.in\/certification\/tutorial\/?p=69511"},"modified":"2024-04-12T14:21:51","modified_gmt":"2024-04-12T08:51:51","slug":"appium-platform-support","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.vskills.in\/certification\/tutorial\/appium-platform-support\/","title":{"rendered":"Appium Platform Support"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.vskills.in\/certification\/tutorial\/mobile-testing-appium-tutorials\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Go back to tutorial<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n<h1><strong>Appium Platform Support<\/strong><\/h1>\n<p>We will be discussing the various Appium Platform Support in brief. Let us begin by understanding each one of them.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_73012\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-73012\" style=\"width: 638px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a ref=\"magnificPopup\" href=\"https:\/\/www.vskills.in\/certification\/tutorial\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/12\/Appium-Platform-Support.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-73012 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/www.vskills.in\/certification\/tutorial\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/12\/Appium-Platform-Support.png\" alt=\"Appium Platform Support\" width=\"638\" height=\"341\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.vskills.in\/certification\/tutorial\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/12\/Appium-Platform-Support.png 638w, https:\/\/www.vskills.in\/certification\/tutorial\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/12\/Appium-Platform-Support-300x160.png 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 638px) 100vw, 638px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-73012\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Appium Platform Support<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Appium supports a variety of platforms and testing modalities including native, hybrid, web, real devices, simulators, etc. We shall now discuss briefly in this section to make explicit the level of support and requirements for each of these.<\/p>\n<p><strong>iOS Support<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>iOS automation is supported with two drivers:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>The XCUITest Driver<\/li>\n<li>The (deprecated) UIAutomation Driver<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Android Support<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Android automation is supported with following drivers:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>The UiAutomator2 Driver<\/li>\n<li>The (deprecated) UiAutomator Driver<\/li>\n<li>The (deprecated) Selendroid Driver<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Windows Desktop Support<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Further, appium has the ability to automate Windows PC Desktop apps. 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