Integrate Appium Inspector with App Live UI Inspector

App Live enables you to test and debug web view elements of your app by using the UI Inspector in the Devtools section of the testing dashboard.

Enabling UI Inspector in App Live Devtools displays the complete XPath to the web element that you select on your app. To write testing scripts and debug your apps by accessing relative XPaths of elements and searching for elements using XPaths, App Live enables you to integrate Appium Inspector with the App Live UI Inspector.

Supported OS, Appium Inspector, and Appium server

The following table lists the supported Appium server and OS versions:

Integrate Appium Inspector

1. Log in to the App Live dashboard.
2. Upload or install your app, and select the device from the device listing, to launch your test session.
3. On the Devtools pane, click the INSPECT (BETA) tab.
4. Click the Play button to initiate UI inspector.
   The UI Inspect: On button is displayed on the dashboard.
5. In your app, select the UI element you want to debug and click Integrate Appium Inspector.
6. Copy and save the Remote Host, Remote Port, and Remote Path details from the Connection details prompt.
7. On the Appium Inspector interface, enter the Remote Host, Remote Port, and Remote Path details that you had copied from the Connection details prompt.
8. Refresh your session ID and click Attach to Session.

The App Live device screen is visible as a source on the Appium Inspector interface, and you can inspect and debug elements of your app within the set App Live idle session timeout limit.