Supported Appium capabilities and commands - AWS Device Farm
Supported capabilitiesSupported commands

Supported Appium capabilities and commands

Device Farm's Appium endpoint supports most of the same commands and desired capabilities that you use on local devices, with a few exceptions. The following lists show which capabilities and commands are currently not supported. If your tests are unable to run as expected due to a restricted capability, please open a support case for additional guidance.

Supported capabilities

When creating an Appium session on Device Farm, we recommend having a distinct set of capabilities which exclude any capabilities specific to your local device. On Device Farm, session creation may fail if certain unsupported capabilities are set. This includes device-specific capabilities like udid and platformVersion. Additionally, certain capabilities related to ChromeDriver on Android and WebDriverAgent on iOS aren't supported, as well as capabilities that are only supported on emulators and simulators.

Supported commands

Most Appium commands that run properly on real Android and iOS devices will run as-expected on Device Farm, with the following exclusions:

Appium device commands (/appium/device)

  • install_app

  • finger_print

  • send_sms

  • gsm_call

  • gsm_signal

  • gsm_voice

  • power_ac

  • power_capacity

  • network_speed

  • shake

Appium execute methods and scripts (/execute)

  • installApp

  • execEmuConsoleCommand

  • fingerprint

  • gsmCall

  • gsmSignal

  • sendSms

  • gsmVoice

  • powerAC

  • powerCapacity

  • networkSpeed

  • sensorSet

  • injectEmulatorCameraImage

  • isGpsEnabled

  • shake

  • clearApp

  • clearKeychains

  • configureLocalization

  • enrollBiometric

  • getPasteboard

  • installXCTestBundle

  • listXCTestBundles

  • listXCTestsInTestBundle

  • runXCTest

  • sendBiometricMatch

  • setPasteboard

  • setPermission

  • startAudioRecording

  • startLogsBroadcast

  • startRecordingScreen

  • startScreenStreaming

  • startXCTestScreenRecording

  • stopAudioRecording

  • stopLogsBroadcast

  • stopRecordingScreen

  • stopScreenStreaming

  • stopXCTestScreenRecording

  • updateSafariPreferences