How to Dynamically Add Android Support to Selenium Server at Runtime

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How to Dynamically Add Android Support to Selenium Server at Runtime

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1) Launch Selenium Server:
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# In a terminal window, run this command:
$ java -jar selenium-server-standalone-2.21.0.jar 
Apr 25, 2012 3:53:39 PM org.openqa.grid.selenium.GridLauncher main
INFO: Launching a standalone server
15:53:44.584 INFO - Java: Apple Inc. 20.6-b01-415
15:53:44.587 INFO - OS: Mac OS X 10.7.3 x86_64
15:53:44.610 INFO - v2.21.0, with Core v2.21.0. Built from revision 16552
15:53:44.861 INFO - RemoteWebDriver instances should connect to: http://127.0.0.1:4444/wd/hub
15:53:44.863 INFO - Version Jetty/5.1.x
15:53:44.865 INFO - Started HttpContext[/selenium-server/driver,/selenium-server/driver]
15:53:44.867 INFO - Started HttpContext[/selenium-server,/selenium-server]
15:53:44.867 INFO - Started HttpContext[/,/]
15:53:45.122 INFO - Started org.openqa.jetty.jetty.servlet.ServletHandler@3ce95a56
15:53:45.125 INFO - Started HttpContext[/wd,/wd]
15:53:45.142 INFO - Started SocketListener on 0.0.0.0:4444
15:53:45.142 INFO - Started org.openqa.jetty.jetty.Server@6b0a2d64

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2) POST New Browser Info 
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# In a 2nd terminal window, run this command:
$ curl -X POST http://localhost:4444/wd/hub/config/drivers -H 'Content-Type: application/json' -d '{"class": "org.openqa.selenium.android.AndroidDriver", "capabilities": {"platform": "ANDROID", "browserName": "android", "version": "", "javascriptEnabled": true}}'

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3) Check Results (Part I)
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# You should see this in Selenium Server's console output in terminal window #1:
15:53:56.452 INFO - Executing: org.openqa.selenium.remote.server.handler.AddConfig@61acfa31 at URL: /config/drivers)
15:53:56.490 INFO - Done: /config/drivers


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4) Check Results (Part II)
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# You'll need:
# An Android emulator up and running and listening on localhost:8080
# http://code.google.com/p/selenium/wiki/AndroidDriver#Install_the_Android_SDK
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# The Python bindings for Selenium
# http://readthedocs.org/docs/selenium-python/en/latest/installation.html

# In a terminal window, run this command:
$ python
Python 2.7.1 (r271:86882M, Nov 30 2010, 09:39:13) 
[GCC 4.0.1 (Apple Inc. build 5494)] on darwin
Type "help", "copyright", "credits" or "license" for more information.
>>> from selenium import webdriver
>>> from selenium.webdriver import DesiredCapabilities
>>> driver = webdriver.Remote('http://localhost:4444/wd/hub', DesiredCapabilities.ANDROID)
>>> driver.get('http://google.com')
>>> driver.quit()