Can we use multiple session in same appium port?

robinvivacius 2018-03-30 07:55:32 UTC #1

I want to test two android devices but I want to use same appium port. Can I use same port with two different sessions?

amitjaincoer191 2018-03-30 09:14:17 UTC #2

No you cannot use multiple sessions on a single port for appium.

You have to start appium server at 2 different ports and use those server url in u r script to create multiple sessions or you can use grid.

Telmo_Cardoso 2018-03-30 10:44:35 UTC #3

@robinvivacius

In v1.7.0 (https://github.com/appium/appium/releases/tag/v1.7.0) they added:

Support multiple simultaneous sessions in Android and iOS (9+)

I never tested tho. Investigate and place your findings in this forum

Venkatesh 2018-03-30 13:31:58 UTC #4

@Telmo_Cardoso

By multiple session do you mean starting Appium Server on multiple ports ? If yes then this was supported in 1.6 also. If no is there any sample code to achieve that.

Telmo_Cardoso 2018-03-30 13:42:47 UTC #5

@Venkatesh probably its that Like I told I never tested, so I’m not sure how it works, was just letting @robinvivacius know of the possibility of using one Appium server to handle multiple sessions.

Venkatesh 2018-03-30 13:58:25 UTC #6

@Telmo_Cardoso OK, Thanks.

robinvivacius 2018-04-02 09:41:08 UTC #7

@Telmo_Cardoso thanks for this info. I’ll look in this feature

amitjaincoer191 2018-04-04 09:59:47 UTC #8

But question was can we use multiple appium session on single port so answer for that still hold NO. Thanks

pr4bh4sh 2018-04-06 07:10:53 UTC #9

Yes, you can have multiple session on a single Appium server v1.7.0+ (e.g. single Appium server running on port 4723, controlling multiple device/sim, both platform droid and iOS)
You need to add additional caps as below -

For Android SYSTEM_PORT
e.g. caps.setCapability(AndroidMobileCapabilityType.SYSTEM_PORT, <unique port>);
For iOS SYSTEM_PORT
e.g. caps.setCapability(IOSMobileCapabilityType.WDA_LOCAL_PORT, <unique port>);

P.S. Tried and tested, Make sure to use a fresh instance of the Appium server on every cycle of execution.