appium / appium/java-client

(Request) Support wildcard *.apk naming in App Capability with local absolute path

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Description

Description

I have a script which build an apk and has variable info such as the build#, commit hash, or date/time when copied appended to the name. It would be awesome if there was support for finding/specifying the app capability with e.g. /path/to/*.apk, and would potentially throw an error if multiple apks were found in that directory.

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Start by locating how the Java client resolves the App capability when given a local absolute APK path, then inspect any related capability tests. Define the wildcard behavior for paths such as /path/to/*.apk, including the error case when multiple APKs are found; done means the selected APK is accepted and ambiguous matches are rejected.

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Assessment

Tech stack
android, java
Domain
mobile, testing
Issue type
Feature
Difficulty
4/5
Estimated time
3-5 days
Activity status
Stale
Clarity
Mostly clear
Newbie friendliness
35/100

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