Yes, Alex. I could see json messages as below in appium server when I started it
Launching Appium server with command: C:\Program Files (x86)\Appium\node.exe lib\server\main.js --address 127.0.0.1 --port 4723 --no-reset --platform-name Android --platform-version 23 --automation-name Appium --log-no-color
warn: Appium support for versions of node < 0.12 has been deprecated and will be removed in a future version. Please upgrade!
info: Welcome to Appium v1.4.13 (REV c75d8adcb66a75818a542fe1891a34260c21f76a)
info: Appium REST http interface listener started on 127.0.0.1:4723
info: [debug] Non-default server args: {"address":"127.0.0.1","noReset":true,"logNoColors":true,"platformName":"Android","platformVersion":"23","automationName":"Appium"}
info: Console LogLevel: debug
But when I run my program in TestNG, I did not see any response in appium server and also the program executed within fraction of seconds and app was not launched.
Below is the code snippet for your reference
File classpathRoot = new File(System.getProperty("user.dir"));
File appDir = new File(classpathRoot, "/Apps/WhatsApp/");
File app = new File(appDir, "com.whatsapp-v2.12.347-450783-Android-2.1.apk");
DesiredCapabilities capability = new DesiredCapabilities();
capability.setCapability(CapabilityType.BROWSER_NAME,"");
capability.setCapability("deviceName", "Moto G (2nd Generation)");
capability.setCapability("platformName", "Android");
capability.setCapability("platformVersion", "5.0.2");
// File file = new File("C:\Users\Somanath\Desktop\Practise\Appium_Started\App\com.whatsapp-v2.12.347-450783-Android-2.1.apk");
capability.setCapability("app", app.getAbsolutePath());
capability.setCapability("appPackage", "com.whatsapp");
capability.setCapability("appActivity", "com.whatsapp.MainActivity");
driver = new AndroidDriver(new URL("http://127.0.0.1:4723/wd/hub"), capability);
driver.manage().timeouts().implicitlyWait(80,TimeUnit.SECONDS);
early help should be appreciated