Appwright

Appwright is a test framework for e2e testing of mobile apps. Appwright builds on top of Appium, and can run tests on local devices, emulators, and remote device farms — for both iOS and Android.

Appwright is one integrated package that combines an automation driver, test runner and test reporter. To achieve this, Appwright uses the Playwright test runner internally, which is purpose-built for the e2e testing workflow.

Appwright exposes an ergonomic API to automate user actions. These actions auto-wait and auto-retry for UI elements to be ready and interactable, which makes your tests easier to read and maintain.

import { test, expect } from "@samsara-dev/appwright";

test("User can login", async ({ device }) => {
  await device.getByText("Username").fill("admin");
  await device.getByText("Password").fill("password");
  await device.getByText("Login").tap();
});

Links to help you get started.

• Example project
• Launch blog post
• Documentation

Usage

Minimum requirements

• Node 24.12.0 or higher (Appium 3 requirement)

Install

npm i --save-dev @samsara-dev/appwright
touch appwright.config.ts

Configure

// In appwright.config.ts
import { defineConfig, Platform } from "@samsara-dev/appwright";
export default defineConfig({
  projects: [
    {
      name: "android",
      use: {
        platform: Platform.ANDROID,
        device: {
          provider: "emulator", // or 'local-device' or 'browserstack'
        },
        buildPath: "app-release.apk",
      },
    },
    {
      name: "ios",
      use: {
        platform: Platform.IOS,
        device: {
          provider: "emulator", // or 'local-device' or 'browserstack'
        },
        buildPath: "app-release.app", // Path to your .app file
      },
    },
  ],
});

Configuration Options

• platform: The platform you want to test on, such as 'android' or 'ios'.

• provider: The device provider where you want to run your tests. You can choose between browserstack, lambdatest, emulator, local-device, or aws-device-farm.

• buildPath: The path to your build file. For Android, it should be an APK file. For iOS, if you are running tests on real device, it should be an .ipa file. For running tests on an emulator, it should be a .app file.

Run tests

To run tests, you need to specify the project name with --project flag.

npx appwright test --project android
npx appwright test --project ios

Run tests on BrowserStack

Appwright supports BrowserStack out of the box. To run tests on BrowserStack, configure the provider in your config.

{
  name: "android",
  use: {
    platform: Platform.ANDROID,
    device: {
      provider: "browserstack",
      // Specify device to run the tests on
      // See supported devices: https://www.browserstack.com/list-of-browsers-and-platforms/app_automate
      name: "Google Pixel 8",
      osVersion: "14.0",
      appiumVersion: "3.1.0", // Override if your BrowserStack account does not yet support Appium 3
      appProfiling: true, // Optional: enable BrowserStack App Performance profiling
      idleTimeout: 300, // Optional: max session idle time in seconds (default: 180)
    },
    buildPath: "app-release.apk",
  },
},

iOS App Settings (BrowserStack)

Configure iOS permissions by default in your config:

{
  name: "ios",
  use: {
    platform: Platform.IOS,
    device: {
      provider: "browserstack",
      name: "iPhone 16 Pro",
      osVersion: "18",
      updateAppSettings: {
        "Permission Settings": {
          Location: {
            "ALLOW LOCATION ACCESS": "Always",
            "Precise Location": "ON"
          }
        }
      }
    },
    buildPath: "bs://<app-id>",
  },
}

// Tests run with permissions already granted - no setup needed!

See the iOS App Settings documentation for more details.

Run tests on LambdaTest

Appwright supports LambdaTest out of the box. To run tests on LambdaTest, configure the provider in your config.

{
  name: "android",
  use: {
    platform: Platform.ANDROID,
    device: {
      provider: "lambdatest",
      // Specify device to run the tests on
      // See supported devices: https://www.lambdatest.com/list-of-real-devices
      name: "Pixel 8",
      osVersion: "14",
      appiumVersion: "3.1.0", // Override if your LambdaTest account does not yet support Appium 3
    },
    buildPath: "app-release.apk",
  },
},

Run tests on AWS Device Farm

Appwright can connect to AWS Device Farm remote access sessions. Configure the provider in your config and supply either a Device Farm appArn or a local buildPath that Appwright can upload during global setup.

{
  name: "ios",
  use: {
    platform: Platform.IOS,
    appBundleId: "com.example.myapp",
    buildPath: "./builds/MyApp.ipa",
    device: {
      provider: "aws-device-farm",
      projectArn: "arn:aws:devicefarm:us-west-2:123456789012:project:abc123",
      deviceArn:
        "arn:aws:devicefarm:us-west-2::device:Apple:iPhone.15.Pro:17.5",
      interactionMode: "VIDEO_ONLY",
      sessionName: "smoke-suite",
    },
  },
},

Set the AWS_ACCESS_KEY_ID, AWS_SECRET_ACCESS_KEY, and (optionally) AWS_SESSION_TOKEN & AWS_REGION environment variables before running the tests.

Appwright always requests Device Farm video recordings and attaches the MP4 to Playwright reports once the session completes.

Run the sample project

To run the sample project:

• Navigate to the example directory.

cd example

• Install dependencies.

npm install

• Run the tests

Run the following command to execute tests on an Android emulator:

npx appwright test --project android

To run the tests on iOS simulator:

• Unzip the wikipedia.zip file

npm run extract:app

• Run the following command:

npx appwright test --project ios

Docs

• Basics
• Configuration
• Locators
• Assertions
• API reference