Appium Testing on Sauce Labs

Getting Started Testing with Appium and Sauce Labs?

Deque has partnered with Sauce Labs to bring accessibility testing to your existing testing infrastructure. Add accessibility scans to your Appium tests with axe DevTools Mobile, run your tests on real devices with Sauce Labs, then check out the results in our online axe DevTools Mobile Dashboard.

Setup for Accessibility Scans

Prerequisites:

• Your tests running against Appium version 2.0 or above
• API Key for axe DevTools Mobile
• Use of UiAutomator2 or XCUITest Driver

Sauce Labs has taken care of the Appium integration for you. To initiate accessibility testing, you'll need to incorporate accessibility scans into your existing Appium tests. Refer to our setup guide, beginning with the section titled "Scan for Accessibility Issues".

Setup for Running Tests on Sauce Labs

Prerequisites:

• A Sauce Labs account: Username and Access Key
• Application uploaded to Sauce Labs App Storage: Script available
• Sauce Labs custom Appium version: appium2-deque-accessibility

Required Capabilities:

Name	Type	Description
appium:app	String	The location of the app under test. Set storage:filename={filename of your app} to access apps uploaded to Sauce Labs. iOS apps use the file format .ipa and Android use .apk
appium:automationName	String	The name of the automation engine. Set to: axexcuitest for iOS or axeuiautomator2 for Android
sauce:options	Object	Details on Sauce Labs account and configuration options.

sauce:options Object

Name	Type	Description
username	String	Sauce Labs Username
accessKey	String	Sauce Labs Access Key
build	String	An identifier for your test run, displayed in Sauce Labs Dashboard
name	String	Your test name
appiumVersion	String	Set to: appium2-deque-accessibility

NOTE: The XCUITest driver currently supports Sauce Labs devices running iOS 17+.

Lastly, update your driver URL to connect to Sauce Labs! Example: self.driver = webdriver.Remote('https://ondemand.us-west-1.saucelabs.com:443/wd/hub', options=options)

Helpful references:

• Quick start with Appium on Sauce Labs

Run Your Tests

Now you can run your appium tests on Sauce Labs and scan for accessibility. Check out your accessibility results on the axe DevTools Mobile dashboard at axe-mobile.deque.com.

Need help?

• Contact Sauce Labs Support at support.saucelabs.com
• Contact Deque Support at support.deque.com