Custom Driver & Server

Driver and Server

If you want to create the Appium driver the usual way, you can do so and set it in the testUI static method:

setDriver(YourAppiumDriver);

or for Selenium Driver:

setDriver(WebDriver);

This way you will still be able to use all the element and collection methods mentioned before.

You can also start your own Appium server and then use it like this:

Configuration.appiumUrl = "AppiumURL"; // for example Configuration.appiumUrl = "https://localhost:4723/wd/hub"
open()/open("url")

There is a Configuration.remote parameter parameter that works to open browser in a remote grid (such as selenium grid or selenoid)

You can specify your own desired capabilities and start driver as:

setDesiredCapabilities(desiredCapabilities);
openApp();

It is possible to add the android device connected of your choice by setting this variables:

Configuration.androidDeviceName = "deviceName";
Configuration.androidVersion = "version";

or the emulator:

Configuration.emulatorName = "emulatorName";