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appium-android-driver
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Appium Android Driver is the collection of common primitives used by other Android drivers, like UIA2/Espresso. This driver cannot work as a separate entity.
npm i
npm run build
npm run lint
npm test
WebdriverIO is a popular automation framework that supports multiple platforms, including Android. It provides a rich set of APIs for interacting with web and mobile applications. Compared to appium-android-driver, WebdriverIO offers a more comprehensive solution for cross-platform automation.
Detox is an end-to-end testing library for mobile applications, specifically designed for React Native apps. It provides tools for automating interactions with Android and iOS applications. While appium-android-driver focuses on general Android automation, Detox is tailored for React Native, offering a more specialized solution.
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Android UiAutomator and Chrome support for Appium
The npm package appium-android-driver receives a total of 163,003 weekly downloads. As such, appium-android-driver popularity was classified as popular.
We found that appium-android-driver demonstrated a healthy version release cadence and project activity because the last version was released less than a year ago. It has 6 open source maintainers collaborating on the project.
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