Setting Java_Home Environment on MAC OS X

Setting Java_Home Environment variable for Appium on MAC OS X

• Open the Bash Profile to Edit it

• In the bash_profile add the following line: "export JAVA_HOME=$(/usr/libexec/java_home)"
• Save the changes
• Open CMD and Type : $ source ~/.bash_profile
• Verify if JAVA Home environment is set up on Mac by typing : $ echo $JAVA_HOME
• If it's properly installed you will get something like below image:

.bash_profile should be like this:

export JAVA_HOME=$(/usr/libexec/java_home)

export ANDROID_SDK_HOME=~/Library/Android/sdk 

export ANDROID_HOME=$HOME/Library/Android/sdk 

export PATH=${PATH}:$ANDROID_HOME:$ANDROID_SDK_HOME/emulator:$ANDROID_SDK_HOME/tools:$ANDROID_SDK_HOME/platform-tools:$ANDROID_SDK_HOME/tools/bin

Difficult finding elements in React Native App?? Here is the Solution

React Native Developer Tools

Finding Elements in RN application,the best way I found while working on React Native automation tool "Detox" by Wix.

Working on the automation can sometime be frustrating,it gets worse when you are working on a POC on new software Automation tool.The same I faced while working on Detox RN mobile automation tool.

Getting to the point "react-devtools" can help us to find testID,label,text etc including props and state with ease to help us automate RN apps.It can be installed as a global package or for the particular project itself.Below are the steps to install it globally.

Steps to Install the react-devtools standalone app:

• yarn global add react-devtools
• Once installed run the following command in terminal "react-devtools".
• From the in app developer menu click on "Toggle Inspector" and click on inspect to inspect element.

It will connect automatically for RN 0.43 or higher.

Tip:The shortcut to open toggle inspector on mac machine is "Command + D"

As soon as we inspect the components, the hierarchy is visible in the devtools and we can find the testID from it.

Once we start inspecting the element the react native dev tools highlighted components