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Advantages of Appium?

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It is an open-source platform so users can contribute to it easily. It will allow you to write tests that are against mobile platforms. It will allow user can use any kind of test framework or language to write and run the test suites. It supports JSON wire protocol.  It provides cross-platform to automate the Native App, Hybrid App and Web App.  It does not require re-execution of the Application. It also supports automation test execution on real devices, cloud platforms and Emulator and Simulator. It does not have any dependency on mobile devices. It can be easily integrated with the Selenium framework. It supports cloud platforms like Browser Stack, Lambda Test, etc.

What is Appium and Why do we need it?

Appium is an open source, cross-platform automation testing tool for both iOS and Android apps. Appium is a free mobile testing tool and available as an open source from GitHub. It has easy integration with Selenium Web Driver, that’s what makes it more famous.  Now, why do you need it? It would depend solely on your requirements. But first of all, you’ll need to understand when you should use Appium.  For example, if you are an application developer or a mobile app tester who wants to verify his app on multiple platforms. Then Appium can help you in doing that. If your app is only for a single platform, then it’s not worth putting efforts in learning and using Appium for test automation.   It was only restricted to the mobile application testing.  It is used for automating test cases for Native, Hybrid and Web based applications.