Appium on windows - Android automation using ruby

Prerequisite -

1. Android SDK with API level 17 and above is available.
2. Ruby 1.9 and selenium - webdriver gem is installed.
3. OS variable ANDROID_HOME is pointing to SDK folder

Here are Quick Steps to Setup and Run Sample App using ruby selenium webdriver.

1. Download latest Appium for Windows from https://bitbucket.org/appium/appium.app/ , unzip it.
2. Start Emulator or Connect your Device using USB.
3. Download ContactManager.apk from https://github.com/appium/appium/tree/master/sample-code/apps/ContactManager
4. adb install ContactManager.apk.
5. Click on Appium.exe from unzipped folder and Start Appium Server by clicking on Launch Button with Default parameters.
6. Run below ruby code from cmd / irb 

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require 'selenium-webdriver'

capabilities = {

'device' => 'Android',

  'browserName' => '',

  'platform' => 'WINDOWS',

  'version' => '4.2.2',

  #'app' => 'http://localhost/ContactManager.apk',

'app-package' => 'com.example.android.contactmanager',

'app-activity' => 'ContactManager'

}

server_url = "http://127.0.0.1:4723/wd/hub"

@driver = Selenium::WebDriver.for(:remote, :desired_capabilities => capabilities, :url => server_url)

btadd = @driver.find_element(:name, "Add Contact")

btadd.click()

textfields = @driver.find_elements(:tag_name,"textfield")

textfields[0].send_keys("Android_Appium")

textfields[2].send_keys("Android@Appium.com")

@driver.find_element(:name, "Save").click()

@driver.quit()

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