Start the session manually

[mpermperpisang]

Hi and thanks for the awesome repo

I just want to ask about how to start the session?
I've already followed the instructions here, but in the gif/video in the url there is Sessions link that can be clicked and directed to appium dashboard.

for mine, this is the capture of the device I have. am I missed something so my device cannot open the session?

this is my config

{
  "server": {
    "port": 4237,
    "plugin": {
      "device-farm": {
        "platform": "android",
        "skipChromeDownload": true
      }
    }
  }
}

this is how i run the config
appium server -ka 800 --use-plugins=device-farm,appium-dashboard --config ./server-config.json -pa /wd/hub

please help & thank you so much

[saikrishna321]

@mpermperpisang You need to start a session from your client. Refer to example https://github.com/AppiumTestDistribution/appium-device-farm/blob/main/test/e2e/android/conf.spec.js

[mpermperpisang]

hi @saikrishna321
thanks anyway but i want to confirm 1 thing
by using appium DF, so i can't use it manually without an appium client script, right? because your example require automation code like await driver.$('~login').click(); but what i want is that i want to click the device by my cursor

[saikrishna321]

No, manual interaction with device is not possible currently.

[mpermperpisang]

thanks for the answer, i'll try to scripting the client side interaction & will close this discussion