Mobile Testing / Quiz
Appium 2: Know Your Weapon
Appium 2 ripped the drivers out of the core and went W3C-only. If your mental model is still Appium 1, your capabilities file already knows.
- Difficulty
- Medium
- Format
- Quiz
- Points
- 150
- Estimate
- 10 min
// MISSION BRIEF
Your Mission
Appium 2.x is a slim W3C WebDriver server plus installable drivers (UiAutomator2, XCUITest, Espresso) and plugins. Understanding who talks to whom, client, server, driver, platform framework, is what separates debugging from guessing.
Seven questions on the architecture and capability rules. Speed bonus active.
// FIRST CONTACT
Battle teaser
Fresh Appium 2 install, first session attempt fails: no driver found. Why?
- ADrivers auto-download on first use; the network must be down
- BAppium 2 ships with zero bundled drivers; you install what you need, e.g. appium driver install uiautomator2
- CAppium 2 requires a paid license for drivers
- DThe Android SDK must be reinstalled first
Answers, scoring, hints, and the full battle stay sealed.
// SKILL TAGS
appiummobile-testingandroidios