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appium-uiautomator2-server: Fast Android UI Automation for Your Tests

A Java‑based server that powers Appium’s UiAutomator2 driver, letting founders automate Android UI flows reliably and scale test suites quickly.

From the repo · “Appium UiAutomator/UiObject2-based server for Android UI automation. This module is used by appium-uiautomator2-driver component”

413 stars+1★ this week269 forksJavaGuide quality 8/10 · reviewed Oct 16Updated 10/6/2026100% free · open source
What it does

Appium-uiautomator2-server enables Android UI automation, allowing startup founders to automate interactions with their Android apps for testing and other purposes.

When to use it
  • •When automating UI tests for Android apps
  • •When needing to automate interactions with Android apps for data extraction or scraping
  • •When integrating automated UI testing into a continuous integration/continuous deployment (CI/CD) pipeline for Android apps
Ready-to-paste prompt
java -jar ./build/libs/appium-uiautomator2-server.jar --port 4724 --bootstrap-port 4725
Heads up: Ensure that the Android SDK is properly configured and the necessary environment variables (e.g. ANDROID_HOME) are set before running the uiautomator2 server
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Creator
appium
Language
Java
Category
automation
Published
3/7/2016

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