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In order to automate mobile test cases on Windows Computers using virtual devices (also called emulators), you must download and install Appium and Android Studio and Intel® HAXM.

Once these components are installed and environment variables are set, your system is ready for test case executions.

Installing Appium

Appium is an open source test automation tool for mobile applications. Appium comes equipped with Inspector for object identification.

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Installing Android Studio

In order to test Android mobile applications, you need to download Android Studio. Once Android Studio is downloaded, Qualitia users can create virtual devices / emulators and test the mobile applications using Qualitia.

You can view the detailed procedure about creating and managing Android virtual devices, click here.

To install Android Studio:

1. Download Android Studio.
2. Once downloaded, double-click android-studio-bundle-windows.exe.
   This will start installation of Android Studio.
3. Follow the on-screen instructions and complete the studio installation.

4. Select Standard Installation.

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   Android Studio is developed for Android application development. In order to get started with application testing using virtual devices, users need to have at least one project created. Once project is created, users can create and start emulators and download required platform images from the Android Studio.

   
   

5. Once the installation is complete, launch Android Studio.
6. Create a dummy project.
7. From the File menu, click Settings.
8. Under Appearance & Behavior,  expand System Settings and select Android SDK.
9. In the right pane, select SDK Platforms.

10. Select required packages to install and click Apply.

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    Tip

    Google system images are required to create and start virtual devices (emulators). Generally, emulators created with Google APIs Intel x86 Atom System Image serve all the testing requirements, however, users can download and install any system image depending on the testing requirements. If you want Google Chrome in the Nougat emulator,  please select Google API as system image. Google Chrome comes as a default browser for Nougat and not for other Android operating systems.

    
    

    System displays the list of components selected to be installed.

11. Go to SDK Tools and ensure that Android SDK Build-Tools is installed. If not, then download it.
    

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12. Click OK. 

13. Once all the required components are installed, click Finish.
    Now you can start creating virtual devices.
    For more information about creating and managing virtual devices (emulators), click here.

Installing Intel® Hardware Accelerated Execution Manager (Intel® HAXM)

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1. From desktop, right-click the Computer icon.
2. Select Properties from the context menu.
3. In the left pane, click Advanced System Settings.
4. On the System Properties window, click Environment Variables.
5. In the User Variables section, create new variable as ANDROID_HOME and enter the path of Android SDK. 
   To find the Android SDK location, launch Android Studio > File > Settings. Copy the path specified in Android SDK Location.
   For example: D:\Android
6. Click OK.
   Note: The Android_Home path should not contain any white spaces.
7. If Java_Home is not already set, create a new variable as JAVA_HOME, type the path to JRE/JDK and then click OK.
8. In the System Variables section, select the PATH variable and type the path to 'Platform-tools' from the Android SDK location (which you added in the step 5 above).
   For example: D:\Android\platform-tools;
9. Click OK.