The version of Appium and Appium client app

Tutorials/Documentation
1

I am new to Appium and just confused by the Appium version.
Appium latest version is 1.6.5 here: https://github.com/appium/appium/releases
But on Appium website, the latest version of client app is 1.0.2:
https://github.com/appium/appium-desktop/releases/tag/v1.0.2-beta.2

Are they the same? If we run automation, which one do we choose?

I installed the 1.0.2 and it works, so what about the other one?

2

There are at least three entities with which we interact:-

  1. Appium Server: latest version 1.6.5, Purpose: to receive commands from client bindings and send it to mobile device

  2. Appium desktop: latest version 1.0.2, Purpose: to inspect objects of the app under test

  3. Appium client binding, latest version: 5 Beta 8 (java), Purpose: to write commands to perform various actions on the app

each of these components work along with other

3

Thank you for your response.
I am wondering for us writing automation with appium, is it enough to just install appium desktop app?
Start server and then I can run automation.
Appium desktop app should talk to the server.
So what do we use Appium server locally?

4

we can start / stop appium server programmatically by using AppiumDriverLocalService class, but we can’t launch appium desktop then launch server programmatically (at least through appium) which leaves manual dependency in an automation script.

5

I see, so if I just manually start/stop the appium server from appium client app, then it’s fine
If I want to start/stop the appium server from automation script, then it’s better git clone appium locally and run from code, right?

6

no need to clone appium from git, just perform below steps to install appium server:-

Mac:-

  1. launch terminal and type below commands
  2. brew install node (if brew is not already installed, then just google how to install brew in mac)
  3. npm install -g appium

Windows:-

  1. download node from https://nodejs.org/en/download/current/ and install it
  2. open command prompt and type below command
  3. npm install -g appium

once installation is done you can verify it, process is same for both platforms:-

  1. open terminal / command prompt and type
  2. appium (this will start appium server)
    if you get Welcome to Appium… message everything goes well, and to close appium server just press Ctrl + c keys
7

Check these videos for Appium Server and Appium Desktop installation:

Appium Server Installation:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=G6J2x2Pbk-A

Appium Desktop Installation:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LS61gQ-2CoU

8

Hi,

When ever i launch appium desktop and give desired capabilities and try to start session, it give me error “An unknown server-side error occurred while processing the command. Original error: Unable to launch WebDriverAgent because of xcodebuild failure: xcodebuild failed with code 65 xcodebuild error message: . Make sure you follow the tutorial at https://github.com/appium/appium-xcuitest-driver/blob/master/docs/real-device-config.md. Try to remove the WebDriverAgentRunner application from the device if it is installed and reboot the device.”

Here are the desired capabilities i give,
{
“platformName”: “iOS”,
“deviceName”: “iPhone 11 Pro”,
“app”: “com.apple.reminders”,
“automationName”: “XCUITest”,
“udid”: “xxxx”(actual udid)
}

Can anyone please help?