Mobile Testing with Appium
Mobile test automation with Appium 2 and Java: Android and iOS setup, stable locators and waits, gestures and hybrid screens, page objects and a driver factory, data-driven and parallel runs, real devices, device clouds and GitHub Actions, checking the app's server calls, and a full practice-shop suite as your final project. A complete, hands-on path from your first test to a production-grade framework.
- 40
- Lessons
- 8
- Sections
- 8
- Practice labs
- ~20h
- Of content
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1@Test2public void addsToCart() {3 driver.findElement(AppiumBy.accessibilityId("Canvas Backpack")).click();4 driver.findElement(AppiumBy.accessibilityId("Add to cart")).click();5 String badge = wait.until(visibilityOfElementLocated(cartBadge)).getText();6 Assert.assertEquals(badge, "1");7}
The method
Built like real QA work, not a video playlist.
Learn
40 focused lessons, each a few minutes long.
Practice
8 hands-on labs in a browser workspace.
Test yourself
8 section assessments plus a final exam.
Prove it
A public, verifiable achievement for recruiters.
What you will learn
- Mobile Testing and Appium Foundations: Mobile Testing: What Is Different from Web, How Appium 2 Works: Server, Drivers and Clients, Setting Up Android: JDK, SDK, adb and an Emulator
- Locators, Actions, Waits and Your First Test: Locator Strategies for Mobile, Tapping, Typing and Reading Elements, Waits on Mobile: Implicit, Explicit and Fluent
- Gestures, Device Actions, Hybrid Apps and iOS: Gestures with W3C Actions: Tap, Swipe and Long Press, System Alerts and Runtime Permissions, Device Actions: Back, Background, Rotation and Network
- Building a Mobile Automation Framework: Maven Project Structure for a Mobile Framework, Page Object Model for Mobile Screens, Driver Factory and Configuration
- Data-Driven, Parallel Runs and Reporting: Data-Driven Tests with DataProvider and JSON, Parallel Runs with ThreadLocal Drivers, Suites, Groups and Retry Policy
- Real Devices, Cloud Farms, CI and Debugging: Emulators, Simulators and Real Devices, Running on Cloud Device Farms, Running Appium in CI with GitHub Actions
Where you will be at the end
- Complete 8 hands-on practice challenges, one per section (from Mobile Testing and Appium Foundations to Final Project: Practice Shop Mobile Suite)
- Pass 8 section assessments
- Build the portfolio project: Project 1
- Pass the Mobile Testing with Appium final assessment and add the result to your Skill Passport
Who this course is for
- Beginners and manual testers starting this skill from scratch
- Working testers who want to apply it on real projects
- Experienced QA engineers and SDETs going deeper for senior roles
- Anyone preparing for QA interviews that ask about this skill
- Best if you already have: Basic manual testing knowledge; Basic Java (classes, methods); Selenium experience helps but is not required
Curriculum
9 sections, one clear path.
- Mobile Testing: What Is Different from Web
- Knowledge check
- How Appium 2 Works: Server, Drivers and Clients
- Knowledge check
- Setting Up Android: JDK, SDK, adb and an Emulator
- Knowledge check
- Capabilities and Your First Session in Java
- Knowledge check
- Appium Inspector: Reading the App's Element Tree
- Knowledge check
- Lab: Start a Session on the Practice Shop App
- Section assessment
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- Auto-checked labs
- Capstone portfolio project
- Timed final exam
Why paid courses
More than a free course: practice, proof and a portfolio
| What you get | Free | Academy |
|---|---|---|
| Short lessons with examples | ||
| Quick checks and certificate | ||
| Hands-on labs checked automatically | ||
| Section tests and a timed final exam | ||
| Portfolio capstone project with milestones | ||
| Cheat sheet, interview pack and lab answers to download | ||
| Verified skills on your profile and Skill Passport |
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Pass the final assessment and get a public verification page showing your score, completion date and the skills you demonstrated — ready to share on LinkedIn.
About this Appium mobile testing course
This Appium mobile testing course teaches mobile app automation with Appium 2 and Java from the basics to a complete test suite. It has 8 sections and 40 lessons, about 19 hours of study, with a hands-on lab and an assessment in every section and a final project on a practice shop app.
You start with mobile testing and Appium architecture, then write your first test with locators, actions and waits. Later sections cover gestures, device actions, hybrid apps and iOS, building a page-object framework, data-driven and parallel runs with reports, real devices and cloud device farms, running in CI, debugging, and checking the server calls the app makes.
Who this course is for
- Testers moving into mobile app testing
- Selenium or web automation testers adding mobile skills
- QA engineers testing Android and iOS apps
- Anyone preparing for Appium interview questions
What you need
- Basic Java (classes, methods, loops)
- A laptop that can run Java, Node.js, Appium 2 and an Android emulator
- Some testing experience helps but is not required
What you will be able to do
- Explain Appium 2 architecture, drivers and capabilities
- Find elements and write stable tests with explicit waits
- Automate gestures, device actions and hybrid app screens
- Build a page-object mobile framework with data-driven tests
- Run tests in parallel, on real devices, cloud farms and CI
- Check the app's server calls alongside UI tests