[appium-device-farm-1] — Introduction & Overview on “appium-device-farm”

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Complete Introduction & Overview on Appium Device Farm:

What is Appium Device Farm?

Appium Device Farm is an official Appium plugin that manages multiple real or virtual devices and distributes test sessions across them — enabling true parallel execution. It supports both Android and iOS platforms, making it ideal for CI pipelines and large test suites.

Key Features:

• Parallel test execution
• Supports real devices and emulators/simulators
• Easy integration with Appium server
• Configurable through simple JSON files
• Compatible with existing Appium tests

Installation & Setup

1. Prerequisites

• Appium 2.x installed (npm install -g appium)

• Java installed

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• Node.js & npm

• Android SDK / Xcode (based on platform)

2. Install the Plugin

appium plugin install --source=npm appium-device-farm

Example:

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3. Start Appium Server with Device Farm Plugin

You can use this simple command to start Appium server with Device Farm enabled:

appium server -ka 800 --use-plugins=device-farm -pa /wd/hub --plugin-device-farm-platform=android

Breakdown of command:

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Example:

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