Appium: How to find installed app's package name and its main Activity in Appium?

Question

For mobile application automation I am using appium and in that following things are mandatory:

    WebDriver wd;
    File app=new File("Path\\to\\WhatsApp.apk");
    DesiredCapabilities dc=new DesiredCapabilities();
    dc.setCapability(CapabilityType.BROWSER_NAME,"");
    dc.setCapability("deviceName", "MOTO X");
    dc.setCapability("plateformVersion", "4.4.4");
    dc.setCapability("platformName", "Android");
    dc.setCapability("app", app.getAbsolutePath());     

    dc.setCapability("appPackage", "com.whatsapp");
    dc.setCapability("appActivity", "com.whatsapp.Main");

    URL url=new URL("http://127.0.0.1:4723/wd/hub");
    wd=new AndroidDriver(url, dc);

That is OK for whatsapp as we can easily get but i wanted to know that how could i know any activityname for default contact dialler,camera or any other default inbuilt functionality? Also how could i know xpath/id (like we do get in browser) in mobile app? Is there any one who could help me with that? i am just beginner to appium.Thanks!

Answer 1

Use UIAutomator. This will give you package name of currently active app. UIAutomator can be found at Android/sdk/tools/ .After launching UIAutomator, click on device screenshot button. But make sure, your device is connected to your system and debug mode is enabled. For Camera app, it gives package name as com.sec.android.app.camera

Answer 2

It's pretty simple, assuming you have your android SDK properly set up.

Steps to follow:

1. Go to the terminal (command line)
2. Then type aapt d --values badging <path-to-apk-name>

This will basically print out the info out of the androidmanifest.xml file. You can locate the package name at the top of the contents of the file displayed.Then if you scroll further down the screen, you will find launchable-activity, which displays the name the name of the main activity.

P.S. - If you have any further doubts, feel free to contact me.

Answer 3

For finding the application package and Activities you can use the App info application from google play store https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=de.migali.soft.apkinfo

Answer 4

Another great option is to use the hierarchyviewer tool. Look at SDK/tools. Just open it and then open the app in the device or emulator. example: com.android.launcher/com.android.launcher2.Launcher before / is the package, after / is the activity.

Answer 5

1) From Google Play Store, Search and Install "Apk Info free" app.

2) Launch Apk Info free app and you can grab packge name & app activity of your targeted application

3) Ui Automator is there for finding xpath and id of an element but it supports or works only on MAC system, for windows u must communicate with ur develelopers.

Answer 6

Here is an article that describes two different ways to find appPackage and appActivity.

I personally used the first technic and it's working pretty well. Here is what you should do:

1. Connect your phone to your computer.

2. On your phone, open the app you want to know the appPackage and appActivity of.

3. On your computer, open a shell and type adb shell

4. On this same shell, type dumpsys window | grep -E 'mCurrentFocus'

Here are the results you should be obtaining: