--- title: 'Firefox on Android: Automated Testing with Appium' description: TestingBot has been providing Android Emulators and Real devices for Automated Testing. Most of the time, the default browser for these devices is ... source_url: html: https://testingbot.com/blog/firefox-on-android-automated-testing md: https://testingbot.com/blog/firefox-on-android-automated-testing.md --- # Firefox on Android - Appium Testing By [Jochen D.](https://testingbot.com/about/jochen-d)2019-12-06 Share on Facebook Share on Twitter Post on Reddit Share link TestingBot has been providing Android Emulators and Real devices for Automated Testing. Most of the time, the default browser for these devices is Chrome. Today, TestingBot has added the latest Firefox browser to all Android Emulators and Real Android Devices. What's even more: these Firefox browsers can be used with Automated Testing via Appium. ## Automated Testing Thanks to the [latest release of GeckoDriver](https://github.com/mozilla/geckodriver/releases/tag/v0.26.0) (0.26.0), it is now possible to run your Automated Tests on Firefox. At TestingBot, we've configured our Emulators and Devices to use this latest version. All you need to do to run Automated tests is add `firefox` as `browserName` in your desired capabilities. ## Automated Testing Example Please see the example below on how to run an Automated Test on Firefox and Android. ```ruby #!/usr/bin/env ruby require 'rubygems' require 'selenium-webdriver' caps = { :browserName => "firefox", :version => "10.0", :platform => "Android", :deviceName => "Pixel 3", :platformName => "Android", :name => "My First Mobile Test on Firefox" } client = Selenium::WebDriver::Remote::Http::Default.new client.timeout = 480 driver = Selenium::WebDriver.for( :remote, :url => "https://API_KEY:API_SECRET@hub.testingbot.com/wd/hub", :http_client => client, :desired_capabilities => caps) driver.navigate.to "http://www.google.com" element = driver.find_element(:name, 'q') element.send_keys "TestingBot" element.submit puts driver.title driver.quit ``` ## Live Testing Next to the Automated Testing offering, we've also added the option to run a manual test with Firefox on Android. 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