setup.md

Environment Setup

1. Install Java 1.8+

Windows:

Install JDK 8 or a later stable official release.

Set the JAVA_HOME system environment variable.

macOS:

Install Java:

brew update
brew cask install java

Then add following in your ~/.bash_profile:

export JAVA_HOME=$(/usr/libexec/java_home)

2. Install Android SDK

Windows:

Install Android SDK or a later stable official release.

Set the ANDROID_HOME system environment variable.

macOS:

Install Android SDK:

brew update
brew install android-sdk

Then add following in your ~/.bash_profile:

export ANDROID_HOME=/usr/local/opt/android-sdk

Update SDKs

See android-sdk-update.sh

Download Emulator images

See android-emulator-images-update.sh

Create Emulators

See android-emulator-re-create.sh

3. Install NodeJS and Appium (http://appium.io/)

NodeJS

Windows:

Download and install latest NodeJS LTS release

macOS:

brew update
brew tap homebrew/versions
brew search node
brew install homebrew/versions/node6-lts

Notes: Do NOT install node with sudo!

Appium

Install Appium 1.6.3

npm install -g appium@1.6.3

4. Xcode

Latest official release of Xcode is required for testing iOS applications.

5. Other packages

If you intend to test on iOS devices you will need following:

brew update
brew install --HEAD libimobiledevice
brew install --HEAD ideviceinstaller
brew install ios-webkit-debug-proxy
brew install carthage 

npm install -g ios-deploy