Appium-Capabilities-2:Complete Details on “Appium-Session Creation or Mandatory Capabilities”

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In Appium, mandatory capabilities are the minimum required Capabilities or Appium Options you must provide to initiate a test session successfully. These capabilities tell Appium what kind of session to start and on which platform, device, or app.

public void setup() throws MalformedURLException {
  
  UiAutomator2Options caps=new UiAutomator2Options();
  try {
   
   //define Session Creation Capabilities
   System.out.println("//define Session Creation Capabilities");
        caps.setPlatformName("Android");
        
        caps.setAutomationName("UiAutomator2");
        
        //caps.setDeviceName("Pixel6");
        caps.setUdid("emulator-5554");
        
  }catch(IllegalArgumentException e) {
   e.printStackTrace();
   
  }catch(Exception e) {
   e.printStackTrace();
  }
      
  driver = new AndroidDriver(new URL("http://127.0.0.1:4723"), caps);
  driver.manage().timeouts().implicitlyWait(Duration.ofSeconds(100));
  
 }

Mandatory Capabilities (Common for all platforms)

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“Complete Code: Optimized and Ready to Use”:

package com.appiumguide.capabilities;

import org.testng.annotations.AfterTest;
import org.testng.annotations.BeforeTest;
import org.testng.annotations.Test;

import io.appium.java_client.android.AndroidDriver;
import io.appium.java_client.android.options.UiAutomator2Options;
import java.net.*;
import java.time.Duration;

/**
 * Script Details - "Appium Capabilities” - Complete Details on “Appium-Session Creation or Mandatory Capabilities”
 * 
 * appium-java-client version: Latest
 * 
 * @author 'Ramesh Kodumuru' for AppiumGuide [appiumguide@gmail.com]
 */

public class SessionCapabilitiesDemo {
 
 private AndroidDriver driver;
 
        
 @BeforeTest
 public void setup() throws MalformedURLException {
  
  UiAutomator2Options caps=new UiAutomator2Options();
  try {
   
   //define Session Creation Capabilities
   System.out.println("//define Session Creation Capabilities");
        caps.setPlatformName("Android");
        
        caps.setAutomationName("UiAutomator2");
        
        //caps.setDeviceName("Pixel6");
        caps.setUdid("emulator-5554");
        
  }catch(IllegalArgumentException e) {
   e.printStackTrace();
   
  }catch(Exception e) {
   e.printStackTrace();
  }
      
  driver = new AndroidDriver(new URL("http://127.0.0.1:4723"), caps);
  driver.manage().timeouts().implicitlyWait(Duration.ofSeconds(100));
  
 }
 
 @Test
 public void test() {
  
  System.out.println("Current Session ID Details -" +driver.getSessionId());
          
 }
 
    
  
 @AfterTest
 public void teardown() {
  
  if(driver!=null) {
   driver.quit();
   System.out.println("Test Completed");
  }
  
 }

}

1. For Capability :

caps.setDeviceName("Pixel6");

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2. For Capability :

caps.setUdid("emulator-5554");

Output(Screenshot):

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