Setup multiple local connections for Appium tests

Manage multiple connections for Local Testing via Appium on App Automate. Set up separate connections for Appium app tests on real device cloud.

You can test multiple forks and builds at the same time by setting up separate Local Testing connections for each. To do so, establish Local Testing connections using one of two ways:

After establishing Local Testing connections, configure the test script to run through a specific connection. Set the capability in your test scripts and add the unique connection name as parameter.

capabilities = {
    'bstack:options' => {
        "local" => "true",
        "localIdentifier" => "randomstring",
    },
}

DesiredCapabilities capabilities = new DesiredCapabilities();
HashMap<String, Object> browserstackOptions = new HashMap<String, Object>();
browserstackOptions.put("localIdentifier", "randomstring");

desired_cap = {
	'bstack:options' : {
		"local" : "true",
		"localIdentifier" : "randomstring",
	},
}

var capabilities = {
	'bstack:options' : {
		"local" : "true",
		"localIdentifier" : "randomstring",
	},
}

AppiumOptions capabilities = new AppiumOptions();
Dictionary<string, object> browserstackOptions = new Dictionary<string, object>();
browserstackOptions.Add("local", "true");
browserstackOptions.Add("localIdentifier", "randomstring");

$caps = array(
    'bstack:options' => array(
        "local" => "true",
        "localIdentifier" => "randomstring",
    ),
)

desired_caps = {
    'browserstack.local': 'true',
    'browserstack.localIdentifier': 'Test123'
}

DesiredCapabilities desiredCapabilities = new DesiredCapabilities();
desiredCapabilities.setCapability("browserstack.local", "true");
desiredCapabilities.setCapability("browserstack.localIdentifier", "randomstring");

desired_cap = {
	'browserstack.local': 'true',
	'browserstack.localIdentifier': 'randomstring'
}

var capabilities = {
	'browserstack.local': 'true',
	'browserstack.localIdentifier': 'randomstring'
}

DesiredCapabilities capability = new DesiredCapabilities();
capability.SetCapability("browserstack.local", "true");
capability.SetCapability("browserstack.localIdentifier", "randomstring");

$capabilities = new DesiredCapabilities();
$capabilities->setCapability("browserstack.local", "true");
$capabilities->setCapability("browserstack.localIdentifier", "randomstring");

./BrowserStackLocal --key YOUR_ACCESS_KEY --local-identifier

BrowserStackLocal.exe --key YOUR_ACCESS_KEY --local-identifier

Managing multiple Local Testing connections

You can use the Local Testing API to check the status of (or disconnect) active binaries. However, your connections will not show up in the API response unless you establish them using --enable-logging-for-api flag, as follows:

./BrowserStackLocal --key YOUR_ACCESS_KEY --enable-logging-for-api <other_params>