• Any JDK version which above JDK 8 will work, Follow steps from here to install

• Android Studio download from here

• Package Manager for macOS and is used to install software packages
• Install it from here

• Install Node.js from here

For MAC:

• If there is already .zshrc file created in your system, then skip this step, else create it.

  # create touch ~/.zshrc

• Open .zshrc file to include environment variables, open terminal and run below command

  # open file nano ~/.zshrc

• And now, Add this below lines to the editor.

  # adding environment variables export ANDROID_HOME=/Users/user-name/Library/Android/sdk export PATH=$PATH:$ANDROID_HOME/platform-tools export PATH=$PATH:$ANDROID_HOME/tools export PATH=$PATH:$ANDROID_HOME/tools/bin export PATH=$PATH:$ANDROID_HOME/emulator

• Save it and close the editor/file. Now, Reopen terminal and verify:

  # Verify source ~/.zshrc echo $ANDROID_HOME

Note: If you have to add this environment variables to different files like zprofile or .bash_profile, It will be a similar pattern, but follow any blog or stackoverflow for commands.

For Windows:

• Add below environment variables:
  • ANDROID_HOME: C:\Users\username\AppData\Local\Android\Sdk (under User variables)
  • ANDROID_HOME: C:\Users\username\AppData\Local\Android\Sdk (under System variables)
  • ANDROID_SDK: C:\Users\username\AppData\Local\Android\Sdk (under System variables)
  • ANDROID_SDK_ROOT: C:\Users\username\AppData\Local\Android\Sdk (under System variables)
  • MAVEN_HOME: C:\Program Files\apache-maven-3.8.4\ (under System variables)
  • JAVA_HOME: C:\Program Files\Java\jdk1.8.0_202\ (under System variables)
  • And Add SDK tools and SDK Platform tools path as well under System variables.

• Create a Virtual Device for Android from here

• For iOS, all Simulators are installed bydefault along with Xcode.

• To Launch iOS Simulator --> Launch Xcode > Open Developer Tool > Simulator.

• Launch via Terminal --> Open Terminal and run this --> open -a simulator (This will launch previously launched simulator)

• # List of available iOS Devices/Simulators # Device ID will be listed xcrun simctl list

• # Available Device Type (Example: iPhone XR, iPhone 13 Pro) # Device ID will be listed xcrun simctl list devicetypes

• # Create a new Simulator by providing the device name and type # xcrun simctl create device-name device-type xcrun simctl create "iPhone 13 Pro Max" "iPhone 13 Pro Max"

• # If you know the deviceID(UDID), then you can launch directly by using below command open -a Simulator --args -CurrentDeviceUDID <YOUR-DEVICE-ID> # UDID of iPhone 13 Pro Max: 17C61FE7-FD0D-4E8E-B958-C42ACADDEC46

Note: Latest Version is recommended

```sh # install npm install -g appium # verify appium -v # path where appium ``` 

• Install Appium Inspector from Here

  • Latest Version is recommended

• Install Appium GUI from Here. Although its not mandatory, as it is required to start the appium server that we can do from terminal through below command.

  • Recommended Version 1.22.0.

  # appium -p port-id appium -p 4723

Note: There might some issues while launching/Inspecting iOS Simulator wrt to WDA(WebDriverAgent). The primary reason is the Xcode build failure and this may varies from machine to machine(Completely dependent on machine, not installation or config issue).

find more about Appium Doctor

```sh # install npm install -g appium-doctor # verify appium-doctor -h ``` 

# list of available Emulators emulator -list-avds # Know the UDID of active devices or List of real devices attached currently adb devices # uninstall drivers on device adb uninstall io.appium.uiautomator2.server adb uninstall io.appium.uiautomator2.server.test adb uninstall io.appium.unlock adb uninstall io.appium.settings

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