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How to download an android apk file from Google Play Store and install it in Genymotion android emulator?.

You can download android apk file from Google play Store using browser plugin and website. In this tutorial, I am going show, how to download android apk file from Google Play Store using a website

Download an android apk file from Google Play Store:
1. Go to the Play Store and find the app you want to download and copy the app's URL address from the browser's address bar.

2. Browse to website like http://apps.evozi.com/apk-downloader/

3. Paste the app package name or the whole Google Play URL in the box at the top of the page then Click on 'Generate Download Link' button

4. Click download icon button to download apk file to PC

Install an android apk file in Genymotion android emulator:

1. Start Genymotion android emulator and go to apk file director where downloaded

2. Drag downloaded apk file, drop on Genymotion emulator screen

3. Wait few moment to install in Genymotion android emulator

4. Application home screen shows after successfully installed

How to run Appium Android automation test with IntelliJ Idea and Genymotion emulator using java in ubuntu

Please visit the url for install & configure appium with IntelliJ Idea and Genymotion emulator in ubuntu

Install Genymotion plugin in IntelliJ Idea
File --> Settings : Select 'plugins' from left sidebar, Enter 'genymotion' in search input then install

Set Genymotion path

Create a Appium Java project in IntelliJ Idea
1. Open IntelliJ Idea, File --> New --> Project
Select 'Java' from left sidebar, Set jdk path and Click 'Next' button

Click 'Next' button

Enter Project name and set desired Project location which wants to save project, finally, Click 'Finish' button

Add Appium Java Client and Selenium Standalone Server jar as external libraries

File --> Project Structure : Select 'libraries' from left sidebar. Click '+' to add Appium Java Client and Selenium Standalone Server jar as external libraries

After starting Genymotion emulator, run 'adb devices' command in terminal to get Genymotion emulator deviceName

Run 'appium' command in terminal to start Appium and also get ip:portnumer

Demo java program for selendroid-test-app

 import io.appium.java_client.android.AndroidDriver;  
 import java.io.File;  
 import java.io.InterruptedIOException;  
 import java.net.MalformedURLException;  
 import java.net.URL;  
 import java.util.concurrent.TimeUnit;  
   
 import org.openqa.selenium.By;  
 import org.openqa.selenium.remote.CapabilityType;  
 import org.openqa.selenium.remote.DesiredCapabilities;  
   
   
   
 public class SimpleAppiumProgram {  
   
  private static AndroidDriver driver;  
   
   public static void main(String []arg) throws MalformedURLException, InterruptedException{  
   
       
     // apk file localtion  
     File appDir = new File("/home/jannat/apk");  
     File app = new File(appDir, "selendroid-test-app-0.17.0.apk");  
   
     //// Created object of DesiredCapabilities class.  
     DesiredCapabilities capabilities=new DesiredCapabilities();  
   
     // Set android deviceName desired capability. Set genymotion emulator name.  
     capabilities.setCapability("deviceName", "192.168.56.101:5555");  
   
      // Set android platformName desired capability. It's Android in our case here.  
     capabilities.setCapability("platformName", "Android");  
   
     // Set android VERSION desired capability. Set genymotion emulator OS version.  
     capabilities.setCapability(CapabilityType.VERSION, "6.0.0");  
   
     // Set BROWSER_NAME desired capability. It's Android in our case here.  
     capabilities.setCapability(CapabilityType.BROWSER_NAME, "Android");  
   
     //other caps  
     capabilities.setCapability("app", app.getAbsolutePath());      
     driver = new AndroidDriver(new URL("http://0.0.0.0:4723/wd/hub"), capabilities);  
   
     driver.manage().timeouts().implicitlyWait(80, TimeUnit.SECONDS);  
     Thread.sleep(5000);  
   
   
     driver.findElement(By.id("io.selendroid.testapp:id/my_text_field")).sendKeys("Hiro Mia");  
   
     driver.findElement(By.id("io.selendroid.testapp:id/touchTest")).click();  
     driver.quit();  
   
   
   
   }  
 }

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