appium-tut-basic-test.js

import wd from 'wd';

jasmine.DEFAULT_TIMEOUT_INTERVAL = 60000;
const PORT = 4723;
const config = {
  platformName: 'Android',
  deviceName: 'Android Emulator',
  app: './android/app/build/outputs/apk/app-debug.apk' // relative to root of project
};
const driver = wd.promiseChainRemote('localhost', PORT);

beforeAll(async () => {
  await driver.init(config);
  await driver.sleep(2000); // wait for app to load
})

test('appium renders', async () => {
  expect(await driver.hasElementByAccessibilityId('testview')).toBe(true);
  expect(await driver.hasElementByAccessibilityId('notthere')).toBe(false);
});