Appium - To check the clicked video is playing or not

Imthiyaz 2015-07-09 11:58:21 UTC #1

Hi Team,

I need help on testing the videos (playing or not) using Appium. i am not getting any clue in this anywhere, so please anyone help.

Example Application : Youtube.com

once i clicked any video in Youtube, i need to check the clicked video is playing or not. So kindly help me is this possible in Appium or not ..... if not suggest me how to handle this..

Thanks
imthi

Philippe_Pageau 2015-07-09 14:50:24 UTC #2

From what I know, Appium doesn't record videos nor take images. I suggest using Applitools (supported by Appium) or just take screenshots of the youtube video and check them afterwards.
https://applitools.com/

I'm new to this so please give me a feedback if you found it useful or you wish to have more information.

Christopher_Graham 2015-07-09 15:31:28 UTC #3

Depending on if Appium can see the playback controls you can check for the presence of a Pause button instead of a Play button, and check that the playback time has increased after playback (0:00:00 at start, > 0:00:00 after pressing Play).

Outputting screenshots to manually verify is a good suggestion, too. Sometimes that's easier than spending hours trying to automate a solution.

Imthiyaz 2015-07-10 09:06:16 UTC #4

Thanks Philippe..i will try applitools as you suggested and get back to you

Imthiyaz 2015-07-10 09:17:28 UTC #5

Thanks Christopher..

patelvish0 2016-06-22 20:17:36 UTC #6

hello Imthiyaz,
Did you get any solution?
I am looking for same help ..how can i get the status of player video is being played.
Please help me if you have something..

Thank you .

videoTesting 2016-07-27 16:57:32 UTC #7

hello Imthiyaz,
Could you please share your solution if you got one. I'm trying to accomplish the same or can you share how far you've gotten with which solution ?

Thank you .

Christopher_Graham 2016-07-27 19:09:48 UTC #8

@videoTesting See my suggestions above.

rohal 2018-08-17 07:42:06 UTC #9

If video is getting played and i want to pause a video, then How to do? Because When i clicked on the video, pause button of a video comes for a 2-3 seconds and its disappears from the screen till that time i am not able to get the element id on the android devices.
Can you suggest how to pause a video, if video is started.