Creating an Appium Java project (using gradle)

Let's create a sample Appium Java project in IntelliJ. This forms the foundation of all the code-related and Appium-related discussions we will have in the subsequent chapters. The following steps help you to achieve this:

1. Launch IntelliJ and click on Create New Projecton the welcome screen.
2. On the New Project screen, select Gradle from the left pane. Project SDK should get populated with the Java version.
3. Click on Next, enter the GroupId as com.test and ArtifactId as HelloAppium. The version will already be populated; click on Next.
4. Check the Use auto-import option and ensure that Gradle JVM is populated. Click on Next. In case the Gradle JVM is not populated, please follow the below steps:

1. 1. Click on Configure > Project Defaults > Project Structure:

1. 2. Choose Project under Project Settings as shown below:

1. 3. Click on New... button.
   4. Point it to the JDK installed on your machine.

5. 5. Click on OK to close the pop up and go to the new Project creation screen...