Add WebdriverIO 9 Mobile Automation Boilerplate with Appium#15035
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Add WebdriverIO 9 Mobile Automation Boilerplate with Appium#15035christian-bromann merged 2 commits intowebdriverio:mainfrom
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## Summary Adding a new mobile test automation boilerplate for WebdriverIO 9 with Appium support for Android and iOS platforms. ## What's included This boilerplate provides a production-ready mobile testing framework with: - **WebdriverIO v9** + **Cucumber v9** + **TypeScript v5** + **Appium v2.5** - **Multi-platform support**: Android (UiAutomator2) and iOS (XCUITest) - **Page Object Model** pattern for maintainable test structure - **Mobile gestures**: Scroll, swipe, long press, keyboard interactions - **App-to-Web navigation**: Context switching and WebView support - **Comprehensive reporting**: Allure reports with screenshots, Spec reporter, Winston logger - **Test management**: Tag-based execution, retry mechanism, parallel execution - **Fresh app state**: Automatic app reset between scenarios - **CI/CD ready**: GitHub Actions, GitLab CI, Docker support ## Key Features ✅ TypeScript with strict type checking ✅ Centralized device and environment configuration ✅ Reusable utilities (gestures, context switcher, logger) ✅ Screenshot on failure with Allure integration ✅ Cross-platform support (macOS, Linux, Windows) ✅ Modular architecture with separation of concerns ## Repository https://github.com/syamphaneendra/webdriverio9-boilerplate ## Documentation Complete setup instructions, usage examples, and known issues documented in README.md
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Summary
Adding a new mobile test automation boilerplate for WebdriverIO 9 with Appium support for Android and iOS platforms.
What's included
This boilerplate provides a production-ready mobile testing framework with:
Key Features
✅ TypeScript with strict type checking
✅ Centralized device and environment configuration ✅ Reusable utilities (gestures, context switcher, logger) ✅ Screenshot on failure with Allure integration
✅ Cross-platform support (macOS, Linux, Windows)
✅ Modular architecture with separation of concerns
Repository
https://github.com/syamphaneendra/webdriverio9-boilerplate
Documentation
Complete setup instructions, usage examples, and known issues documented in README.md
Proposed changes
Types of changes
Checklist
Backport Request
//: # (The current
mainbranch is the development branch for WebdriverIO v9. If your change should be released to the current major version of WebdriverIO (v8), please raise another PR with the same changes against thev8branch.)v9and doesn't need to be back-ported#XXXXXFurther comments
Reviewers: @webdriverio/project-committers