How to get Appium platformName inside the test while running on AWS CLOUD

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Hi All,

I am trying to run a suite of TestNG test with AWS Device Farm and i want to run the same test with different platform(Android and iOS). So inorder to Setup the Appium capabilities, i need to know what PlatformName is set by AWS device farm while starting an Appium Session.

Is it possible to get the platformName inside my test so that i could make correct setup configurations to run the test?

Best Regards,
Vikrant

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driver.getCapabilities().getCapability("platformName")
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Actually i want to setup a capability AndroidMobileCapabilityType.AUTO_GRANT_PERMISSIONS for Android platform and “autoAcceptAlerts” for iOS platform. So i believe i need to know the platformName before the appium driver is created.

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does AWS set ‘PlatformName’ random?

I guess you and only you in test asking to start tests against some device which you know in advance.

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In AWS device farm you need to upload the App and based on the app Device farm sets the PlatformName, even if you provide a PlatformName in your test it will override the value, atleast thats what i have experienced.