Appium Inspector Tutorial – Inspect Elements & XPath (Part 6)

By Bhau Automation • Mobile Automation with Appium

🎯 What You Will Learn

• What is Appium Inspector?
• How to inspect mobile app elements
• How to generate XPath
• Testing XPath inside Appium Inspector
• Writing Appium automation scripts
• Preparing for Swag Labs automation

📌 What is Appium Inspector?

Appium Inspector is a powerful tool used to inspect mobile application UI elements and generate XPath for automation testing.

⚙️ Setup Appium Inspector

• Install Appium Server
• Launch Appium Inspector
• Enter Desired Capabilities
• Start Session

🧩 XPath Examples

//android.widget.EditText[@content-desc='test-Username']
//android.widget.TextView[@text='LOGIN']
//*[@resource-id='com.saucelabs.mydemoapp:id/loginBtn']

💻 Sample Appium Code

driver.findElement(By.xpath("//android.widget.EditText[@content-desc='test-Username']")).sendKeys("standard_user");
driver.findElement(By.xpath("//android.widget.EditText[@content-desc='test-Password']")).sendKeys("secret_sauce");
driver.findElement(By.xpath("//android.widget.TextView[@text='LOGIN']")).click();

🎯 Best Practices

• Use relative XPath
• Avoid index-based XPath
• Validate XPath in Inspector
• Prefer content-desc

🎥 Watch Video

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