Appium Visual Testing -2 :Getting Started with the “images” Plugin: Installation Made Simple

Get a step-by-step walkthrough in the video below!

Topic-1: Introduction to “@appium/images-plugin”:

@appium/images-plugin:

Usage: Appium plugin for image comparison, visual testing, and image-based functional testing

Features:

Image Comparison (docs) — A new Appium command and route that allows sending in two different images and comparing them in various ways.

Finding Elements by Image (docs) — Using a template image, find a matching screen region of an app and interact with it via standard Appium element semantics.

Topic-2: Installation:

Command to install images plugins

appium plugin install images

Example:

Topic-3: Run Appium Server with below flags:

The plugin must be explicitly activated when launching the Appium server:

Command:

appium --use-plugins=images

Example:

Topic-4: Uninstallation:

Command to uninstall the images plugins

appium plugin uninstall images

Example:

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