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Kanti
Kanti

Reputation: 1082

Starting WinAppDriver.exe programmatically

Before starting test execution, I have to manually start this WinAppDriver.exe.

I want to automate this task when I start executing my test cases it should start this exe and after finish it will close it.

I have tried in Java with below code but I'm not success:

Runtime runTime = Runtime.getRuntime();

String executablePath = "C:\\Program Files (x86)\\Windows Application Driver\\WinAppDriver.exe";

Process process = runTime.exec(executablePath);

Note: I required to run it with 'Run As Administrator'

Upvotes: 4

Views: 3839

Answers (3)

Rajat Agrawal
Rajat Agrawal

Reputation: 179

The above answers are correct but if you want to run winapp driver on specific ports then in that case you will need to use this

   String command = "C:\\Program Files (x86)\\Windows Application Driver\\WinAppDriver.exe";
                List<String> commands = new ArrayList<String>();
                commands.add(command);
                commands.add("8888");
                ProcessBuilder builder = new ProcessBuilder(commands).inheritIO();
                Process p=builder.start();
                p.destroy();

Here we can pass all parameters inside the list and pass this list object inside ProcessBuilder.

Default URL: http://127.0.0.1:4723

In our case URL:http://127.0.0.1:8888

Upvotes: 0

Sameera De Silva
Sameera De Silva

Reputation: 2000

Both worked for me without staring eclipse as Admin .

 Runtime.getRuntime().exec("C:\\Program Files (x86)\\Windows Application Driver\\WinAppDriver.exe");

Also the Sukhangad singh's answer.

 String command = "C:\\Program Files (x86)\\Windows Application Driver\\WinAppDriver.exe";
    ProcessBuilder builder = new ProcessBuilder(command).inheritIO();
    builder.start();

Upvotes: 2

Sukhangad singh
Sukhangad singh

Reputation: 76

I would suggest using ProcessBuilder class from java as is it recommended to use it after Java 5 for starting/creating processes. Below code will start the WinAppDriver.exe :

String command = "C:\Users\Administrator\WinAppDriver\WinAppDriverTool\WinAppDriver.exe";
ProcessBuilder builder = new ProcessBuilder(command).inheritIO();
startWinAppDriver = builder.start();

Hope this helps.

Upvotes: 3

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