appium_id_vs_xpath.rb

require 'rubygems'
require 'appium_lib'
require 'benchmark'
require 'browserstack-fast-selenium'

username = ENV["BROWSERSTACK_USERNAME"]
access_key = ENV["BROWSERSTACK_ACCESSKEY"]

caps = {}
caps['build'] = 'Ruby Appium Sample'
caps['name'] = 'single_test'
caps['device'] = 'Samsung Galaxy S8 Plus'
caps['platformName'] = 'android'
caps['browserstack.debug'] = true
caps['app'] = 'bs://6b7f1b6680fd787ca4f42a4ffb94024b730eddef'

appium_driver = Appium::Driver.new({
    'caps' => caps,
    'appium_lib' => {
        :server_url => "http://#{username}:#{access_key}@hub-cloud.browserstack.com/wd/hub"
    }}, true)
driver = appium_driver.start_driver

wait = Selenium::WebDriver::Wait.new(:timeout => 30)
wait.until { driver.find_element(:accessibility_id, "Search Wikipedia").displayed? }
element = driver.find_element(:accessibility_id, "Search Wikipedia")
element.click

wait.until { driver.find_element(:id, "org.wikipedia.alpha:id/search_src_text").displayed? }
Benchmark.bmbm do |benchmark|

  benchmark.report("Appium find_element by ID") { 
    50.times do |i|
      @search_box = driver.find_element(:id, "org.wikipedia.alpha:id/search_src_text")
    end
  }

  benchmark.report("Appium find_element by XPath") {
    50.times do |i|
      @search_box = driver.find_element(:xpath, '//*[@resource-id="org.wikipedia.alpha:id/search_src_text"]')
    end
  }
end
driver.quit

puts "Benchmarking for Instagram app"

caps['app'] = 'bs://eb0d6132785aa83872f4fc68c841949412491e6f'

appium_driver = Appium::Driver.new({
    'caps' => caps,
    'appium_lib' => {
        :server_url => "http://#{username}:#{access_key}@hub-cloud.browserstack.com/wd/hub"
    }}, true)
driver = appium_driver.start_driver

wait = Selenium::WebDriver::Wait.new(:timeout => 30)
wait.until {driver.find_element(:id, "com.instagram.android:id/button_positive").displayed?}
button = driver.find_element(:id, "com.instagram.android:id/button_positive")
button.click

Benchmark.bmbm do |benchmark|

  benchmark.report("Appium find_element by ID") { 
    50.times do |i|
      driver.find_element(:id, "com.instagram.android:id/facebook_text_switcher")
    end
  }

  benchmark.report("Appium find_element by XPath") {
    50.times do |i|
      driver.find_element(:xpath, '//*[@resource-id="com.instagram.android:id/facebook_text_switcher"]')
    end
  }
end
driver.quit