INSTALL Andriod SDK

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check if installed successd

sdkmanger --version 

install android 8 api

sdkmanager platforms
android-27

reveal the paths it checks

sdkmanager --verbose --list

install sdk tools like adb,aapt…

sdkmanager build-tools 
27.0.3

SET APPIUM ENVIRONMENT

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windows:

add system variables

System Variable	Value
ANDROID_HOME	Disk:\your-android-sdk-folder\cmdline-tools\latest
ANDROID_SDK_HOME	this will create a folder named “.android” in ANDROID_SDK_HOME folder
Path	%ANDROID_HOME%\bin;your-android-sdk-folder\build-tools\27.0.3(aapt);your-android-sdk-folder\platform-tools”(adb)

DEBUG ON ANDROID PHONE

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open development mode on phone
open options “usb debugging”, “install via usb”, “usb debugging(security settings)” in system settings
run adb devices command to check phone device id

FAQ

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Q: “tap by coordinates” ,appium inspector show “coordinates (x,y) out bounds” when tap on screen ?
A: click “zoom in”

Q: appium can’t connect to phone when not use wifi ?
A: search “appium” in phone settings “applications”,there are three appium apps,make sure they can use 4g net

Q: how to find appPackage and appActivity ?
A: open your app, and run commands:

adb shell  
dumpsys window windows | grep -E 'mCurrentFocus|mFocusedApp'

Q: “dumpsys window windows | grep -E ‘mCurrentFocus|mFocusedApp” not return message? A: in phone like realme q2 search “mSurface” param

adb shell  
dumpsys window windows |grep -E 'mSurface=Surface'

Q: appium can’t install or start appium settings app in phone(eg. realme q2)? A: in develop options-> apps -> “Disable Permission Monitoring”

Q: error when starting sdkmanger.bat in windows10 ?
A: download the command line tool.zip, unpack it,maken sure the folder structure like this:

D:\your-android-sdk-folder
|——————\cmdline-tools
|——————\latest
       |——————\bin
       |——————\lib
       |——————NOTICE.txt
       |——————source.properties

Q: how to search installed app’s name(app’s label) ?
A: install aapt binary for android and run commands:

# https://android.izzysoft.de/downloads --for android 5.0 before  
# https://github.com/Calsign/APDE/tree/master/APDE/src/main/assets/aapt-binaries --for android 5.0 or after and x86 device
# push aapt binary to phone
adb push aapt-are-pie to /data/local/tmp
adb shell chmod 0755 /data/local/tmp/aapt-arm-pie

# get apkpath
adb shell pm list packages -3 -f
adb shell /data/local/tmp/aapt-arm-pie d badging + apkpath

Q: appium webview chromedriver wrong?
A: 1.manual select chromedriver:
check appium log to find app’s webview version, then download the version’s chromedriver from https://chromedriver.chromium.org/downloads then replace the appium desktop’s driver from D:\develop\appium\resources\app\node_modules\appium\node_modules\appium-chromedriver\chromedriver\win\
2.auto select chromedriver version:
see appium_utils comment

reference links:
useful adb commands
appium tutorial doc
android sdkmanager offcial site