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While emulators are cheap solutions to run automated tests on mobile device. They can not emulate behavior of real device. if your requirement is to run tests on a mobile chrome browser then you are better off using android device since chrome browser can not be installed on emulator.
While emulators are cheap solutions to run automated tests on mobile device. They can not emulate behavior of real device. if your requirement is to run tests on a mobile chrome browser then you are better off using android device since chrome browser can not be installed on emulator.
Following configurations are required to be able to run tests on mobile device -
- Download appropriate version of chrome browser on your device
- Enable to Developer Mode on device. For ex, to enable developer mode on moto-4.4.4 do following -
Tap 
Tap Settings
Tap About phone
Tap the Build number field 7 times
You will begin seeing a message as you approach the 7 touches
Tap the back arrow once complete, and Developer options will now appear under Settings. Once the developer options are enabled under settings in Moto G, it will be there permanently. Hence it is not necessary to repeat these procedures again.You can also disable the developers options if you want.
Once you tap developer options under settings, you can drag it to left to disable the options.
- Disable/uncheck “Verify Apps” settings, else it can prevent some of Appium’s helper apps from launching and doing their job correctly. To disable “Verify Apps” settings select HOME > Security – PERSONAL > and uncheck the Verify app checkbox
To connect device to adb -
Under Developer Option select “USB Debugging checkbox”
Note: When you connect a device running Android 4.2.2 or higher to your computer, the system shows a dialog asking whether to accept an RSA key that allows debugging through this computer. This security mechanism protects user devices because it ensures that USB debugging and other adb commands cannot be executed unless you're able to unlock the device and acknowledge the dialog. This requires that you have adb version 1.0.31 (available with SDK Platform-tools r16.0.1 and higher) in order to debug on a device running Android 4.2.2 or higher. (if you don’t see this option and after enabling “USB debugging”, and command “adb devices” list your device(s) then check or uncheck “USB debugging” a few time, this how it worked for me :-))
When plugged in over USB, you can verify that your device is connected by executing adb devices from your SDK platform-tools/ directory. If connected, you'll see the device name listed as a "device."