How to install & configure appium with IntellIj Idea and Genymotion emulator in ubunutu

1. Required software

• Oracle java JDK
• IntelliJ Idea
• nodeJS
• Android sdk tools
• Appium
• Oracle Virtualbox
• Genymotion
• Selenium Standalone Server jar
• Appium java client jar 
• apk file

Latest Oracle java JDK install and configure in ubuntu

1. Add the PPA.

Open terminal (Ctrl+Alt+T) and run the below command:

sudo add-apt-repository ppa:webupd8team/java

2. Update system package index and install Java installer

sudo apt update; sudo apt install oracle-java8-installer

3. Check the Java version

javac -version

4. Set Java environment variables

The PPA also contains a package to automatically set Java environment variables, just run the command:

sudo apt install oracle-java8-set-default

Intellij idea download and install in ubuntu

1. Please watch the video for installing IntelliJ Idea

Latest version nodeJS install

First, choose the Node.js version you need and add the sources for it

# for Node.js v4

curl -sL https://deb.nodesource.com/setup_4.x | sudo -E bash -

# OR for Node.js v5

curl -sL https://deb.nodesource.com/setup_5.x | sudo -E bash -

# OR for Node.js v6

curl -sL https://deb.nodesource.com/setup_6.x | sudo -E bash -

# OR for Node.js v7

curl -sL https://deb.nodesource.com/setup_7.x | sudo -E bash -

Then install the Node.js package.

sudo apt-get install -y nodejs 

Android sdk tools download, update the latest API version and configure Android Home variable

1. Android SDK tools download

2. update the latest API  

Create a folder name like 'sdk' in your desired location like 'Home' and extract downloaded sdk tools under sdk folder,  then Open terminal (Ctrl+Alt+T) and navigate to tools folder

Type below command for executable permission

sudo chmod a+x android

run the command to update desired API version

./android

Select desired API version then click on 'Install packages'

Note: It will take time to update

3. Configure Android Home variable

Run the command

nano ~/.bashrc

Add Android Home variable at the end of line 

export ANDROID_HOME=/home/jannat/sdk

export PATH=$PATH:$ANDROID_HOME/tools

export PATH=$PATH:$ANDROID_HOME/platform-tools

Save Android Home variable

Press: Ctrl+O  then Enter

Type 'android' command on terminal: Android SDK Manager shows if properly configured

Appium installation

Run the below command in terminal to get appium

sudo npm install -g appium  

Run the below command in terminal to get appium client

sudo npm install wd 

Run the below command in terminal to start appium       

appium 

Oracle Virtualbox download and install

 Download Oracle Virtualbox 

Run the below command to install

sudo dpkg -i virtualbox-5.1_5.1.14-112924-Ubuntu-yakkety_amd64.deb

If missing packages when install, Run the below command

sudo apt-get install libpng16-16 libqt5core5a libqt5widgets5 libsdl1.2debian libqt5x11extras5 libsdl-ttf2.0-0 

OR Please watch the video for installing VirtualBox using command

 

Genymotion download and install

After login in Genymotion site  then click to download

Run the command to give executable permission

 sudo chmod a+x genymotion-2.8.1_x64.bin 

Run the command to install Genymotion

 sudo ./genymotion-2.8.1_x64.bin 

Please watch the video for more information

Selenium Standalone Server jar download

Appium Java Client jar download

selendroid-test-app apk file download