Does appium support Mobile web browser testing on real devices version below 4.2

[shamili swamy]

Hi All,

Can anyone please tell me if appium support Mobile web browser testing on real devices version below 4.2 using selendroid.

I am having android 4.2.2 and i want to test my selenium webdriver cases in mobile web browser using both chrome and native browser.

Below is the code for chrome browser on real device having version android 4.2.2

DesiredCapabilities capabilities = new DesiredCapabilities();

capabilities.setPlatform(Platform.ANDROID);

capabilities.setCapability("automationName","Selendroid");

capabilities.setCapability("platformVersion", "4.2.2");

capabilities.setCapability("udid", "4d0**************");

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

WebDriver driver = new RemoteWebDriver(new URL("http://0.0.0.0:4723/wd/hub"), capabilities);

started the appium server as appium -U <device id>

Below is the exception i am getting 

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: {"udid":"4d02**********"}

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

debug: Request received with params: {"desiredCapabilities":{"automationName":"S

elendroid","platform":"ANDROID","platformVersion":"4.2.2","app":"chrome","udid":

"4d0****************"}}

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

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

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

info: Got configuration error, not starting session

info: Cleaning up appium session

error: Failed to start an Appium session, err was: Error: Bad app: C:\Users\Sham

ili VK\AppData\Roaming\npm\node_modules\appium\chrome. App paths need to be abso

lute, 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: C:\Users\Shamili VK\AppData\Roaming\npm\node_modules\appiu

m\chrome. App paths need to be absolute, or relative to the appium server instal

l dir, or a URL to compressed file, or a special app name. cause: Error: Using l

ocal app, but didn't end in .zip, .ipa or .apk

    at null.<anonymous> (C:\Users\Shamili VK\AppData\Roaming\npm\node_modules\ap

pium\lib\devices\android\android-common.js:53:13)

    at Device.configureLocalApp (C:\Users\Shamili VK\AppData\Roaming\npm\node_mo

dules\appium\lib\devices\device.js:85:5)

    at Device.configureApp (C:\Users\Shamili VK\AppData\Roaming\npm\node_modules

\appium\lib\devices\device.js:56:10)

    at androidCommon.configureApp (C:\Users\Shamili VK\AppData\Roaming\npm\node_

modules\appium\lib\devices\android\android-common.js:68:35)

    at androidCommon.configure (C:\Users\Shamili VK\AppData\Roaming\npm\node_mod

ules\appium\lib\devices\android\android-common.js:34:10)

    at Appium.configure (C:\Users\Shamili VK\AppData\Roaming\npm\node_modules\ap

pium\lib\appium.js:267:15)

    at Appium.start (C:\Users\Shamili VK\AppData\Roaming\npm\node_modules\appium

\lib\appium.js:102:10)

    at exports.createSession (C:\Users\Shamili VK\AppData\Roaming\npm\node_modul

es\appium\lib\server\controller.js:155:16)

    at callbacks (C:\Users\Shamili VK\AppData\Roaming\npm\node_modules\appium\no

de_modules\express\lib\router\index.js:164:37)

    at param (C:\Users\Shamili VK\AppData\Roaming\npm\node_modules\appium\node_m

odules\express\lib\router\index.js:138:11)

info: Responding to client with error: {"status":33,"value":{"message":"A new se

ssion could not be created. (Original error: Bad app: C:\\Users\\Shamili VK\\App

Data\\Roaming\\npm\\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 o

r .apk)","origValue":"Bad app: C:\\Users\\Shamili VK\\AppData\\Roaming\\npm\\nod

e_modules\\appium\\chrome. App paths need to be absolute, or relative to the app

ium server install dir, or a URL to compressed file, or a special app name. caus

e: Error: Using local app, but didn't end in .zip, .ipa or .apk"},"sessionId":nu

ll}

POST /wd/hub/session 500 14ms - 712b

It would be great if someone guides me on this. TIA

Thanks,

Shamili

[Isaac Murchie]

Have a look at the mobile web documentation: https://github.com/appium/appium/blob/master/docs/en/mobile-web.md#mobile-chrome-on-emulator-or-real-device

In particular, don't set an "app" capability, but use "browserName" equal to "Chrome".

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