iOS: Appium says application file must end in .zip .ipa .apk

[jj9...@att.com]

I am trying to migrate to Appium 1.1 and when using the application to run tests I keep getting the error that it is not recognizing the .app file. Do I now have to point appium to an .ipa for my iOS application? How can I get it to work the same way it did for 0.18.0?

Here is the error I am getting:


debug: Appium request initiated at /wd/hub/session

debug: Request received with params: {"desiredCapabilities":{"automationName":"selendroid","platform":"Mac","app":"/private/tmp/MyApp.dst/Applications/MyApp.app","simulator":true,"browserName":"iOS","timeHack":false,"variation":"Regular","locale":"en_GB","CFBundleName":"MyApp.app","device":"ipad","language":"en","SIMULATOR":true,"version":"6.1"}}

info: No appActivity desired capability or server param. Parsing from apk.

error: Using local app, but didn't end in .zip, .ipa or .apk
error: Failed to start an Appium session, err was: Error: Bad app: /private/tmp/MyApp.dst/Applications/MyApp.app. App paths need to be absolute, or relative to the appium server install dir, or a URL to compressed file, or a special app name. cause: Error: Using local app, but didn't end in .zip, .ipa or .apk

info: No appPackage desired capability or server param. Parsing from apk.
info: Got configuration error, not starting session
info: Cleaning up appium session

info: Error: Bad app: /private/tmp/MyApp.dst/Applications/MyApp.app. App paths need to be absolute, or relative to the appium server install dir, or a URL to compressed file, or a special app name. cause: Error: Using local app, but didn't end in .zip, .ipa or .apk
    at null.<anonymous> (/Applications/Appium.app/Contents/Resources/node_modules/appium/lib/devices/android/android-common.js:57:13)
    at Device.configureLocalApp (/Applications/Appium.app/Contents/Resources/node_modules/appium/lib/devices/device.js:85:5)
    at Device.configureApp (/Applications/Appium.app/Contents/Resources/node_modules/appium/lib/devices/device.js:56:10)
    at androidCommon.configureApp (/Applications/Appium.app/Contents/Resources/node_modules/appium/lib/devices/android/android-common.js:72:35)
    at androidCommon.configure (/Applications/Appium.app/Contents/Resources/node_modules/appium/lib/devices/android/android-common.js:38:10)
    at Appium.configure (/Applications/Appium.app/Contents/Resources/node_modules/appium/lib/appium.js:268:15)
    at Appium.start (/Applications/Appium.app/Contents/Resources/node_modules/appium/lib/appium.js:102:10)
    at exports.createSession (/Applications/Appium.app/Contents/Resources/node_modules/appium/lib/server/controller.js:155:16)
    at callbacks (/Applications/Appium.app/Contents/Resources/node_modules/appium/node_modules/express/lib/router/index.js:164:37)
    at param (/Applications/Appium.app/Contents/Resources/node_modules/appium/node_modules/express/lib/router/index.js:138:11)
info: Responding to client with error: {"status":33,"value":{"message":"A new session could not be created. (Original error: Bad app: /private/tmp/MyApp.dst/Applications/MyApp.app. App paths need to be absolute, or relative to the appium server install dir, or a URL to compressed file, or a special app name. cause: Error: Using local app, but didn't end in .zip, .ipa or .apk)","origValue":"Bad app: /private/tmp/MyApp.dst/Applications/MyApp.app. App paths need to be absolute, or relative to the appium server install dir, or a URL to compressed file, or a special app name. cause: Error: Using local app, but didn't end in .zip, .ipa or .apk"},"sessionId":null}
POST /wd/hub/session 500 13ms - 678b

Thanks,

Jasmine

[Isaac Murchie]

Do not set 'automationName' to 'selendroid'. That is for Android of a certain stripe. Either delete 'automationName' altogether, or use 'appium'.

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[Lukshica Dhayaparan]

Im getting the same error on android as well :(

But I didnt set the 'automationName'. Please help me 

Thanks in advance 

[Isaac Murchie]

What are the capabilities you're sending?

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[Lukshica Dhayaparan]

  Sorry for the delay , I am seding the following ones 

              capabilities.setCapability("device", "Android");

capabilities.setCapability(CapabilityType.BROWSER_NAME, "");

capabilities.setCapability(CapabilityType.VERSION, "4.4.2");

capabilities.setCapability(CapabilityType.PLATFORM, "Android");

capabilities = DesiredCapabilities.android();

capabilities.setCapability("app", app.getAbsolutePath());

capabilities.setCapability("app-package", "src.com.st.accounts");

capabilities.setCapability("app-activity", ".AddAccount");

[Anton Sidtsga]

Have the same issue.

Have one project that successfully runs on windows, but had no lack to run it under mac cause of this error.

вторник, 10 июня 2014 г., 0:25:58 UTC+3 пользователь jj9...@att.com написал:

[Isaac Murchie]

First, the four lines at the beginning are not doing anything, since you're re-initializing the capabilities object on the fifth line.

Second, what is the value of `app.getAbsolutePath()`? Send the Appium server logs so we can see what the server is getting and working with.

Thanks.

[Xiaoxuan Jin]

Hi,

I'm having issue with running tests against Chrome browser on android device. I was able to do so with the previous appium server 1.0.0.3 with just default value set. 

However, with the latest one 1.1, with all values set to default, I get the following error:

> ERROR: debug: Request received with params: {"desiredCapabilities":{"platform":null,"app":"chrome","browserName":null,"device":"Android","version":null}}

> ERROR: error: Using local app, but didn't end in .zip, .ipa or .apk

> info: Got configuration error, not starting session

> ERROR: error: Failed to start an Appium session, err was: Error: Bad app: ...\Appium1.x\node_modules\appium\chrome. App paths need to be absolute, or relative to the appium server install dir, or a URL to compressed file, or a special app name. cause: Error: Using local app, but didn't end in .zip, .ipa or .apk

> info: Error: Bad app: ...\Appium1.x\node_modules\appium\chrome. App paths need to be absolute, or relative to the appium server install dir, or a URL to compressed file, or a special app name. cause: Error: Using local app, but didn't end in .zip, .ipa or .apk

>     at null.<anonymous> (...\Appium1.x\node_modules\appium\lib\devices\android\android-common.js:57:13)

>     at Device.configureLocalApp (...\Appium1.x\node_modules\appium\lib\devices\device.js:85:5)

>     at Device.configureApp (...\Appium1.x\node_modules\appium\lib\devices\device.js:56:10)

>     at androidCommon.configureApp (...\Appium1.x\node_modules\appium\lib\devices\android\android-common.js:72:35)

>     at androidCommon.configure (...\Appium1.x\node_modules\appium\lib\devices\android\android-common.js:38:10)

>     at Appium.configure (...\Appium1.x\node_modules\appium\lib\appium.js:268:15)

>     at Appium.start (...\Appium1.x\node_modules\appium\lib\appium.js:102:10)

>     at exports.createSession (...\Appium1.x\node_modules\appium\lib\server\controller.js:155:16)

>     at callbacks (...\Appium1.x\node_modules\appium\node_modules\express\lib\router\index.js:164:37)

>     at param (...\Appium1.x\node_modules\appium\node_modules\express\lib\router\index.js:138:11)

> info: Responding to client with error: {"status":33,"value":{"message":"A new session could not be created. (Original error: Bad app: <computer path>\\Appium1.x\\node_modules\\appium\\chrome. App paths need to be absolute, or relative to the appium server install dir, or a URL to compressed file, or a special app name. cause: Error: Using local app, but didn't end in .zip, .ipa or .apk)","origValue":"Bad app: <computer path>\\Appium1.x\\node_modules\\appium\\chrome. App paths need to be absolute, or relative to the appium server install dir, or a URL to compressed file, or a special app name. cause: Error: Using local app, but didn't end in .zip, .ipa or .apk"},"sessionId":null}

As you can see, the capabilities are  {"desiredCapabilities":{"platform":null,"app":"chrome","browserName":null,"device":"Android","version":null}}, which worked fine for the 1.0.0.3 version. Can you let me know what is changed, and if I need to update anything on my end to make the tests work again? Thanks.

From the code, we set the capabilities

[Isaac Murchie]

Don't set an "app", but put "chrome" as the "browserName".

See https://github.com/appium/appium/blob/master/docs/en/mobile-web.md#mobile-chrome-on-emulator-or-real-device