Automate devices with Appium

Drive Mozark cloud devices for exploratory testing and automation.

For exploratory testing, debugging, or ad-hoc automation, the assistant can drive a Mozark cloud device directly through Appium—no test case required.

Typical prompts

"Grab a free Android 14 device, install my APK from ~/builds/app-release.apk and open it."

"Take a screenshot of the current screen."

"Find the element with text 'Continue' and tap it."

"Pull the crash logs and the HAR file from this session."

How a session works

1

Devices

The assistant lists free devices and starts a session (appium_start_session) with the platform and any filters you mention. You never need to manage session IDs.

2

Install your build

A local APK/IPA is streamed straight from your machine to Mozark's file store (appium_get_app_upload_command), then installed by ID (appium_install_app) and brought to the foreground (appium_activate_app). IPA files are re-signed automatically (allow 1–3 minutes).

3

Interact

Find elements, tap, type, clear fields, navigate, rotate, switch between native and webview contexts, and run scripts.

4

Collect

Collect screenshots, logs (syslog, crashlog, performance, server), and output files such as HAR and app profiles.

5

Release

The session is stopped when you're done so the device frees up for others.

Install errors

If an install reaches the device but fails with INSTALL_FAILED_VERSION_DOWNGRADE, INSTALL_FAILED_NO_MATCHING_ABIS, or similar, that's the device or build—not the upload. The assistant will report it and can try another device.

Recording into a test run

Just like Optics, you can say "Run TR-8 with Appium" and the assistant will mark each step and attach evidence in TCM as it goes.

Related tools

Category	Tools
Session	appium_list_devices · appium_list_free_devices · appium_start_session · appium_get_session · appium_stop_session · appium_health_check · appium_hub_status
Apps	appium_get_app_upload_command · appium_upload_app · appium_install_app · appium_activate_app · appium_terminate_app
Interaction	appium_find_element · appium_find_elements · appium_click_element · appium_set_element_value · appium_clear_element · appium_get_element_text · appium_get_page_source · appium_execute_script · appium_navigate_to · appium_navigate_back · appium_navigate_forward · appium_refresh · appium_get_url · appium_get_orientation · appium_set_orientation · appium_get_context · appium_get_contexts · appium_set_context · appium_get_settings · appium_update_settings · appium_apple_cdp_execute
Evidence	appium_take_screenshot · appium_add_step_evidence · appium_list_screenshots · appium_list_assets · appium_list_outputs · appium_get_logs · appium_get_log_types