How to start Appium programmaticaly with ICommandServer and AppiumLocalService in C#

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Hello,

I previously used Appium with Java and starting and stopping appium server remotely was not a problem.

In C# i`m having difficulty using the new methods available (v1.5.0.1) for ICommandServer and AppiumLocalService in C#. I can only get it to start and stop appium on the local machine, not the remote Mac i want it to.

Did anyone use them, can you please give some info on how can i Start my APPIUM SERVER on a remote Mac?

Thanks,
–Gery–

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Hi Gery,

You can try the following to start Appium Server pragmatically in C#.

System.Diagnostics.Process process = new System.Diagnostics.Process(); System.Diagnostics.ProcessStartInfo startInfo = new System.Diagnostics.ProcessStartInfo(); startInfo.WindowStyle = System.Diagnostics.ProcessWindowStyle.Hidden; startInfo.FileName = "C:/Program Files (x86)/Appium/node.exe"; startInfo.Arguments = @"""C:/Program Files (x86)/Appium/node_modules/appium/bin/appium.js"" --address 127.0.0.1 --port 4723 --automation-name Appium --log-no-color"; process.StartInfo = startInfo; process.Start(); appium_started = true;

Regards,
@Abdul_Sathar_Beigh

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Hello @Abdul_Sathar_Beigh,

Thank you for the reply, your solution works locally if i run tests on the same PC i do the code, but i am planning to run the tests on a Mac so i can do cross-platform testing (only i cannot test ios on Windows), and the above code is not working for that purpose.

So to sum it up, i run the code from Windows PC, and the Mac will start the appium and will have the devices connected.

Thank you again,
–Gery–

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Hi Gery

In that case what you need to do is:- In the same code, just provide Mac path for node.exe and appium.js and also provide the MAC IP address instead of 127.0.0.1.

Hope this resolves your issue.

Regards,
@Abdul_Sathar_Beigh