Appium + Adobe Air iOS app + iOS Simulator Issue

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GnanaPrakash Rathinam

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May 20, 2014, 6:52:44 AM5/20/14

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Hi,

We are in the process of automating our mobile apps build on Adobe Air platform, the android version of Adobe Air app works fine with Appium 1.0 when tested against with AVD, but facing an issue testing the same version of iOS app. So I created a simple "HelloAppium" (PFA attached the source, app) Adobe Air iOS app and could able to reproduce the same issue. I could confirm Appium, XCode, iOS Simulator setup is correct by testing the sample WebDriverApp.app on iOS simulator that comes part of the Appium, I strongly feel that the problem seems to be related only with the combination of Appium + Adobe Air iOS app. I need some help to take it forward.

Here is my test environment:-

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XCode : 5.0.2

iOS Simulator: iPhone Retina (4-inch) / iOS 7.0.3 (11B508)

Appium: 1.0

Mac: 10.9.2

Here is my appium log:

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Gnanaprakashs-MacBook-Air:~ gp$ appium --session-override

info: Welcome to Appium v1.0.0 (REV f0a00fab2335fa88cb355ab4dc43a9cd3f3236c0)

info: Appium REST http interface listener started on 0.0.0.0:4723

info: socket.io started

info: Non-default server args: {"sessionOverride":true}

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

debug: Request received with params: {"desiredCapabilities":{"newCommandTimeout":"6000","app":"/Users/gp/knobay/workspace/development/testautomation/weeklybranches/2ndmay14/Payload-3/HelloAppium.app","platformVersion":"7.0.3","androidPackage":"com.knobay.HelloAppium.debug","deviceName":"iPhone Simulator","platformName":"iOS","appActivity":"air.com.knobay.pinktrainer.qa.AppEntry","browserName":"","bundleId":"com.knobay.HelloAppium.debug"}}

info: Using local app from desired caps: /Users/gp/knobay/workspace/development/testautomation/weeklybranches/2ndmay14/Payload-3/HelloAppium.app

info: Creating new appium session c77e45c8-245a-4414-8036-61a57eb280a5

info: Removing any remaining instruments sockets

info: Cleaned up instruments socket /tmp/instruments_sock

info: Cleaning up any tracedirs

info: Cleaned up /usr/local/lib/node_modules/appium/instrumentscli1.trace

info: Cleaned up /usr/local/lib/node_modules/appium/instrumentscli2.trace

info: Cleaned up /usr/local/lib/node_modules/appium/instrumentscli0.trace

info: Cleaned up /usr/local/lib/node_modules/appium/instrumentscli3.trace

info: Setting Xcode folder

info: Setting Xcode version

info: Setting iOS SDK Version

info: iOS SDK Version set to 7.0

info: Detecting automation tracetemplate

info: Not auto-detecting udid, running on sim

warn: Could not parse plist file at /Users/gp/knobay/workspace/development/testautomation/weeklybranches/2ndmay14/Payload-3/HelloAppium.app/en.lproj/Localizable.strings

info: Not setting locale

debug: Creating instruments

info: No iOS / app preferences to set

info: Starting iOS 7.* simulator log capture

info: Killing the simulator process

info: Killing any other simulator daemons

info: Cleaning app state.

info: No folders found to remove

info: Parsed app Info.plist

info: Wrote new app Info.plist with device type

debug: Launching device: iPhone

info: Simulator is now ready.

debug: No device id or app, not installing to real device.

debug: Starting instruments

info: Instruments is at: /Applications/Xcode.app/Contents/Developer/usr/bin/instruments

info: [INSTSERVER] Instruments socket server started at /tmp/instruments_sock

info: Spawning instruments with command: /Applications/Xcode.app/Contents/Developer/usr/bin/instruments -t /Applications/Xcode.app/Contents/Applications/Instruments.app/Contents/PlugIns/AutomationInstrument.bundle/Contents/Resources/Automation.tracetemplate /Users/gp/knobay/workspace/development/testautomation/weeklybranches/2ndmay14/Payload-3/HelloAppium.app -e UIASCRIPT /usr/local/lib/node_modules/appium/node_modules/appium-uiauto/uiauto/bootstrap.js -e UIARESULTSPATH /tmp/appium-instruments

info: And extra without-delay env: {"DYLD_INSERT_LIBRARIES":"/usr/local/lib/node_modules/appium/node_modules/appium-instruments/thirdparty/iwd/InstrumentsShim.dylib","LIB_PATH":"/usr/local/lib/node_modules/appium/node_modules/appium-instruments/thirdparty/iwd"}

info: And launch timeouts (in ms): {"global":90000}

info: [INST STDERR] 2014-05-20 15:52:16.851 instruments[25980:507] *** Assertion failure in -[UIAInstrument _startAgentForApp:withPID:], /SourceCache/AutomationInstrument/AutomationInstrument-1000/Classes/UIAInstrument-Simulator.m:116

2014-05-20 15:52:16.852 instruments[25980:507] Automation Instrument ran into an exception while trying to run the script. NSInternalInconsistencyException

info: [INST] 2014-05-20 10:22:16 +0000 Fail: An error occurred while trying to run the script.

info: [INST] Instruments Trace Complete (Duration : 1.205165s; Output : /usr/local/lib/node_modules/appium/instrumentscli0.trace)

info: [INSTSERVER] Instruments exited with code 0

info: Killall instruments

info: Attempting to retry launching instruments, this is retry #1

info: Killall iPhoneSimulator

info: And launch timeouts (in ms): {"global":90000}

info: [INST STDERR] 2014-05-20 15:52:23.952 instruments[25998:507] *** Assertion failure in -[UIAInstrument _startAgentForApp:withPID:], /SourceCache/AutomationInstrument/AutomationInstrument-1000/Classes/UIAInstrument-Simulator.m:116

info: [INST STDERR] 2014-05-20 15:52:23.952 instruments[25998:507] Automation Instrument ran into an exception while trying to run the script. NSInternalInconsistencyException

info: [INST] 2014-05-20 10:22:23 +0000 Fail: An error occurred while trying to run the script.

info: [INST] 2014-05-20 10:22:24 +0000 Fail: The target application appears to have died

info: [INST] Instruments Trace Complete (Duration : 1.112698s; Output : /usr/local/lib/node_modules/appium/instrumentscli1.trace)

info: [INSTSERVER] Instruments exited with code 0

info: Killall instruments

info: Attempting to retry launching instruments, this is retry #2

info: Killall iPhoneSimulator

info: And launch timeouts (in ms): {"global":90000}

info: [INST STDERR] 2014-05-20 15:52:31.019 instruments[26008:507] *** Assertion failure in -[UIAInstrument _startAgentForApp:withPID:], /SourceCache/AutomationInstrument/AutomationInstrument-1000/Classes/UIAInstrument-Simulator.m:116

info: [INST STDERR] 2014-05-20 15:52:31.020 instruments[26008:507] Automation Instrument ran into an exception while trying to run the script. NSInternalInconsistencyException

info: [INST] 2014-05-20 10:22:31 +0000 Fail: An error occurred while trying to run the script.

info: [INST] 2014-05-20 10:22:31 +0000 Fail: The target application appears to have died

info: [INST] Instruments Trace Complete (Duration : 1.110122s; Output : /usr/local/lib/node_modules/appium/instrumentscli2.trace)

info: [INSTSERVER] Instruments exited with code 0

info: Killall instruments

info: Attempting to retry launching instruments, this is retry #3

info: Killall iPhoneSimulator

info: And launch timeouts (in ms): {"global":90000}

info: [INST STDERR] 2014-05-20 15:52:38.111 instruments[26016:507] *** Assertion failure in -[UIAInstrument _startAgentForApp:withPID:], /SourceCache/AutomationInstrument/AutomationInstrument-1000/Classes/UIAInstrument-Simulator.m:116

info: [INST STDERR] 2014-05-20 15:52:38.111 instruments[26016:507] Automation Instrument ran into an exception while trying to run the script. NSInternalInconsistencyException

info: [INST] 2014-05-20 10:22:38 +0000 Fail: An error occurred while trying to run the script.

info: [INST] 2014-05-20 10:22:38 +0000 Fail: The target application appears to have died

info: [INST] Instruments Trace Complete (Duration : 1.120839s; Output : /usr/local/lib/node_modules/appium/instrumentscli3.trace)

info: [INSTSERVER] Instruments exited with code 0

info: Killall instruments

error: Instruments crashed on startup

info: Stopping iOS log capture

info: Killing the simulator process

info: Killing any other simulator daemons

info: Cleaning app state.

info: Deleted /Users/gp/Library/Application Support/iPhone Simulator/7.0.3/Applications

info: Deleted /Users/gp/Library/Application Support/iPhone Simulator/7.0.3/Library/Caches/locationd

info: Deleted /Users/gp/Library/Application Support/iPhone Simulator/7.0.3/Media

info: Deleted /Users/gp/Library/Application Support/iPhone Simulator/7.0.3/Library/Keychains

info: Cleaning up appium session

error: Failed to start an Appium session, err was: Error: Instruments crashed on startup

info: Error: Instruments crashed on startup

at Instruments.onInstrumentsExit (/usr/local/lib/node_modules/appium/node_modules/appium-instruments/lib/instruments.js:398:31)

at null.<anonymous> (/usr/local/lib/node_modules/appium/node_modules/appium-instruments/lib/instruments.js:328:12)

at ChildProcess.EventEmitter.emit (events.js:98:17)

at Process.ChildProcess._handle.onexit (child_process.js:789:12)

info: Responding to client with error: {"status":33,"value":{"message":"A new session could not be created. (Original error: Instruments crashed on startup)","origValue":"Instruments crashed on startup"},"sessionId":null}

POST /wd/hub/session 500 28451ms - 210b

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GnanaPrakash Rathinam

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May 24, 2014, 10:30:07 AM5/24/14

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Could someone shed light on solving above mentioned issue?

Vinothkumar Velusamy

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May 25, 2014, 1:10:29 PM5/25/14

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Hi,

kindly ignore if you have already tried this ...http://stackoverflow.com/questions/19025487/terminating-app-due-to-uncaught-exception-nsinternalinconsistencyexception-re

Thanks

Vinothkumar Velusamy

GnanaPrakash Rathinam

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Jun 4, 2014, 1:08:48 PM6/4/14

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We could able to successfully launch our iOS app using Appium. The problem caused due to the property value of DTPlatformName in .ipa info.plist is set to "iphone" even thought the build is targeted for iOS simulator, by manually setting the value by "iphonesimulator", we could able to launch app on iOS Simulator using Appium java client and also able to interact with native UI elements. Since most likely it looks like a bug as per Adobe AIR iOS settings.

Adobe Air bug link : https://bugbase.adobe.com/index.cfm?event=bug&id=3770850

On Tuesday, May 20, 2014 4:22:44 PM UTC+5:30, GnanaPrakash Rathinam wrote:

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