How to automate windows application using Appium, Selenium and WinAppDriver

Automate windows application like Universal Windows Platform (UWP), Windows Forms (WinForms), Windows Presentation Foundation (WPF), and Classic Windows (Win32) apps on Windows 10 PCs using Appium and Selenium. I have used windows application driver(WinAppDriver) service which supports by Selenium-like UI Test Automation on Windows Applications.

IDE : Eclipse
Programming Language : Java
Automation Library : Java Client - Appium & Selenium
Automation : WinAppDriver
Testing Framework : TestNG

Download the codebase from below link :

Download WinAppDriver from below link :
Try to download install x86 version

Download Windows SDK:
Path for inspect tool :
C:\Program Files (x86)\Windows Kits\10\bin\10.0.19041.0\x64

How to Get AppId :
1. Open Powershell in your computer

[James-zhfb]

Can someone please provide an example of how to setup WinAppDriver up in a Grid/Node configuration?

[itsmeavinash]

How to print the Winapp driver console log to a text file .. in case element not found it just says not found without proper info of which element not found . The information is visible in Winappdriver exe console but unable to print it in test logs . Any thoughts ??

[mizanur]

Nice video, how to run using selenium grid

[prathyushaivaturi]

Hi, Do we need to enable developer mode for winapp driver

[erichui]

Hi, I followed the tutorial and I can do commands that find elements such .findElementByName or even .getText(); . However, I can not do any push commands such as .sendKeys() or .click();

Do you have any idea about how to resolve this issue?

[bpacharya]

Hi Arnab, I have sent an email with a query.