What Is Android SDK?
Android SDK is software evolution kit which enables yous to usage applications for android platform. For illustration if yous wants to usage game for android phone, yous ask installed android SDK alongside coffee programming. Also it provides mightiness to create emulators to exam novel created games or whatever other android apps. that's it.. No ask to larn to a greater extent than than this for software testing engineer to test android apps using appium.
We learnt close appium software automation testing tool in THIS POST. Now nosotros are going to setup environs to run software automation tests on android platform using appium. Using appium, We tin forcefulness out usage in addition to run automation exam for native apps in addition to spider web apps besides on android devices or emulators. Android SDK is prerequisite to run tests on android platform using appium. So let's install android SDK inward windows platform. Please note, We direct maintain installed JDK inward previous measuring equally JDK is prerequisite to installing SDK.
We volition dissever Android configuration inward two parts
- Android SDK Download And Installation.
- Set ANDROID_HOME in addition to Path environs variables. View NEXT POST.
Bellow given steps volition present yous Android SDK software download in addition to installation steps. My side past times side postal service volition present yous how to set ANDROID_HOME in addition to Path environs variables inward windows.
Android SDK Download And Installation Steps
PREREQUISITE : PREVIOUS two STEPS of appium tutorials should last completed.
First of all yous ask to download Android SDK for windows in addition to thus nosotros tin forcefulness out install in addition to configure it.
First of all yous ask to download Android SDK for windows in addition to thus nosotros tin forcefulness out install in addition to configure it.
System Requirements
- 2 GB RAM minimum, iv GB RAM recommended
- Microsoft® Windows® 8/7/Vista/2003 (32 or 64-bit)
- 20 to thirty GB Hard disk space.
Download Android SDK
For downloading android SDK,
- Go to this software spider web application page -> http://developer.android.com/sdk/index.html
- Scroll downwards to bottom of page.
- There volition last SDK Tools Only" nether "Other Download Options" section.
- Click on android-sdk_r(Version number)-windows.zip link e.g. android-sdk_r24.3.3-windows.zip as shown inward bellow image.
- It volition download android SDK zilch file equally sown inward bellow image.
- Put zilch file inward E: drive. (Note : Android SDK needs twenty to thirty GB infinite on disc to shop dissimilar files. So pick out appropriate disc where plenty infinite is available.)
- Extract .zip file. You volition acquire "android-sdk-windows" folder equally shown inward to a higher house image.
- Rename folder yell from "android-sdk-windows" to "SDK" for slowly name.
So instantly yous direct maintain E:\SDK folder which is responsible to shop android SDK related stuff.
Install Required Packages
In gild to usage android emulators for testing, You ask to download in addition to install few packages. You tin forcefulness out usage it using Android SDK Manager equally described inward bellow given steps.
- Look inside SDK folder. There volition last "SDK Manager.exe".
- Execute it past times double click. It volition opened upwards Android SDK Manager dialog equally shown inward bellow image.
- Android SDK Tools packet volition last installed past times default.
- You tin forcefulness out pick out your required packet from listing of dissimilar packages in addition to thus click on Install packages push equally shown inward bellow icon to install selected packages. I direct maintain installed dissimilar 27 packages equally shown inward 2d image.
- I direct maintain installed dissimilar 28 packages from dissimilar folders equally shown inward bellow given images. You tin forcefulness out download all bellow mentioned 28 packages to usage dissimilar emulators alongside dissimilar configurations.
Note : Downloading all packages tin forcefulness out accept lot of time. It depends on your meshing speed.
Install Intel Hardware Accelerated Execution Manager
After installation of all packages, You ask to install Intel Hardware Accelerated Execution Manager to avoid mistake during android virtual device creation. Following steps volition install it.
After installation of dissimilar packages in addition to organisation images, You ask to laid upwards ANDROID_HOME in addition to Path environs variables. View side past times side postal service to know how to laid upwards it.
After installation of all packages, You ask to install Intel Hardware Accelerated Execution Manager to avoid mistake during android virtual device creation. Following steps volition install it.
- At "E:\SDK\extras\intel\Hardware_Accelerated_Execution_Manager" path, You volition discovery "intelhaxm-android.exe" file.
- Double click on "intelhaxm-android.exe" file to execute in addition to install it.
My recommendation to cut errors during android emulator creation in addition to launch : Later on nosotros volition usage android emulator using AVD Manager. When yous usage emulator, You ask to laid upwards few properties on usage novel android virtual device to usage novel android emulator. But sometimes yous volition aspect upwards employment similar non display whatever selection inward Target or CPU/ABI or Skin drib down. Also yous may aspect upwards mistake on launch emulator. Reason behind this is around organisation icon or related files are pending to install. So, I ascendence yous to install latest v API sum packages. That agency usage non pick out private file but pick out Tools, overstep half dozen API degree sum folders in addition to Extras folder in addition to install them sum equally shown bellow. It volition install all related files of that folder in addition to cut mistake inward android emulator creation in addition to launch.
This volition cut errors in addition to complexity during android emulator creation in addition to launch process.
That's it.
This volition cut errors in addition to complexity during android emulator creation in addition to launch process.
That's it.
After installation of dissimilar packages in addition to organisation images, You ask to laid upwards ANDROID_HOME in addition to Path environs variables. View side past times side postal service to know how to laid upwards it.