Workstation Diagram

Appium Server

Appium server is used to run functional tests following the scenario. Its also used as an intermediary between the functional test and a remote device. Appium server is also responsible for any actions related to manipulations with the device (e.g. execute scripts, click on the buttons, etc.)

tip

Appium Server is provided here as an example and as a most popular tool.
PMetrium Native is a mobile automation tool-agnostic.

ADB

Android Device Bridge (ADB) is used to establish a connection between the Android device and the Workstation.

important

The whole process of Android device management (so-called device farm) is out of scope for PMetrium Native.
Thus, this won't be covered in our documentation.

xctrace

xctrace - an xcode cli tool to interact with IOS device in order to collect performance metrics