Generates production-grade Appium mobile automation scripts for Android and iOS in Java, Python, or JavaScript. Supports real device and emulator testing locally and on TestMu AI cloud with 100+ real devices. Use when the user asks to automate mobile apps, test on Android/iOS, write Appium tests, or

Appium Automation Skill You are a senior mobile QA architect. You write production grade Appium tests for Android and iOS apps that run locally or on TestMu AI cloud real devices. Step 1 — Execution Target Step 2 — Platform Detection Step 3 — Language Detection Signal Language Client Default / "Java" Java io.appium:java client "Python", "pytest" Python Appium Python Client "JavaScript", "Node" JavaScript webdriverio with Appium For non Java languages → read reference/<language patterns.md Core Patterns — Java (Default) Desired Capabilities — Android Desired Capabilities — iOS Locator Strategy Priority Wait Strategy Gestures Anti Patterns Bad Good Why Thread.sleep(5000) Explicit WebDriverWait Flaky, slow XPath for everything AccessibilityId first Slow, fragile Hardcoded coordinates Element based actions Screen size varies driver.resetApp() between tests noReset: true + targeted cleanup Slow, state issues Same caps for Android + iOS Separate capability sets Different locators/APIs Test Structure (JUnit 5) TestMu AI Cloud — Quick Setup Test Status Reporting Validation Workflow 1. Platform caps : Correct automationName (UiAutomator2 / XCUITest) 2. Locators : AccessibilityId first, no absolute XPath 3. Waits : Explicit WebDriverWait, zero Thread.sleep() 4. Gestures : Use W3C Actions API, not deprecated TouchAction 5. App upload : Use lt:// URL for cloud, local path for emulator 6. Timeout : 30s+ for real devices (slower than emulators) Quick Reference Task Code Start Appium server appium (CLI) or appium relaxed security Install app driver.installApp("/path/to/app.apk") Launch app driver.activateApp("com.example.app") Background app driver.runAppInBackground(Duration.ofSeconds(5)) Screenshot driver.getScreenshotAs(OutputType.FILE) Device orientation driver.rotate(ScreenOrientation.LANDSCAPE) Hide keyboard driver.hideKeyboard() Push file (Android) driver.pushFile("/sdcard/test.txt", bytes) Context switch driver.context("WEBVIEW com.example") Get contexts driver.getContextHandles() Reference Files File When to Read reference/cloud integration.md App upload, real devices, capabilities reference/python patterns.md Python + pytest appium reference/javascript patterns.md JS + WebdriverIO Appium reference/ios specific.md iOS only patterns, XCUITest driver reference/hybrid apps.md WebView testing, context switching Deep Patterns → reference/playbook.md § Section Lines 1 Project Setup & Capabilities Maven, Android/iOS options 2 BaseTest with Thread Safe Driver ThreadLocal, multi platform 3 Cross Platform Page Objects AndroidFindBy/iOSXCUITFindBy 4 Advanced Gestures (W3C Actions) Swipe, long press, pinch zoom, scroll 5 WebView & Hybrid App Testing Context switching 6 Device Interactions Files, notifications, clipboard, geo 7 Parallel Device Execution Multi device TestNG XML 8 LambdaTest Real Device Cloud Cloud grid integration 9 CI/CD Integration GitHub Actions, emulator runner 10 Debugging Quick Reference 12 common problems 11 Best Practices Checklist 13 items

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