Launching and stopping appium server programmtically

[Prithivi]

@Hassan_Radi : Still getting the same error.
I am using Appium version : 1.3.1 (Ophiuchus)

below is my entire code-
public static void main(String[] args) throws ExecuteException, IOException {
CommandLine command = new CommandLine("/bin/sh");
command.addArgument("/Applications/Appium.app/Contents/Resources/node/bin/node");
command.addArgument("/Applications/Appium.app/Contents/Resources/node_modules/appium/bin/appium.js");
command.addArgument("--address");
command.addArgument("127.0.0.1");
command.addArgument("--port");
command.addArgument("4723");
command.addArgument("--no-reset");
command.addArgument("--log");
command.addArgument("argument", false);
DefaultExecuteResultHandler resultHandler = new DefaultExecuteResultHandler();
DefaultExecutor executor = new DefaultExecutor();
executor.setExitValue(1);
executor.execute(command, resultHandler);
}

I saw this line in your post,
"command.addArgument("/c");"
what does it do exactly ?

[Hassan_Radi]

command.addArgument("argument", false);

By that, I didn't mean adding it explicity ... I meant to convert each line that uses addArgument function and make it take an argument and a false value .

for example:

command.addArgument("--address");

should be

command.addArgument("--address", false);

[Prithivi]

@Hassan_Radi: LOL !!

But still getting the same error, do you think its because of any device incompatibility ?
Because all I get in searching internet about this is 32-bit vs 64-bit issues only.

OS X : Version 10.8.5
Appium version : 1.3.1 (Ophiuchus)

[Hassan_Radi]

It might be due to compatibility issues as it's working fine with me...

[Sachin_Chauhan]

I am running below code pn my mac no error but appium is not started as well.
Where as if i involve from terminal this command : /Applications/Appium.app/Contents/Resources/node/bin/node /Applications/Appium.app/Contents/Resources/node_modules/appium/bin/appium.js --address 127.0.0.1 --port 4723 --no-reset --local-timezone

code::

CommandLine command = new CommandLine("/bin/sh -c");
command.addArgument("/Applications/Appium.app/Contents/Resources/node/bin/node",false);
command.addArgument("/Applications/Appium.app/Contents/Resources/node_modules/appium/bin/appium.js",false);
command.addArgument("--address",false);
command.addArgument("127.0.0.1");
command.addArgument("--port",false);
command.addArgument("4723");
command.addArgument("--no-reset",false);
command.addArgument("--log");
DefaultExecuteResultHandler resultHandler = new DefaultExecuteResultHandler();
DefaultExecutor executor = new DefaultExecutor();
executor.setExitValue(1);
try {
executor.execute(command, resultHandler);
} catch (ExecuteException e) {
// TODO Auto-generated catch block
e.printStackTrace();
} catch (IOException e) {
// TODO Auto-generated catch block
e.printStackTrace();
}

[Prithivi]

I guess I missed "-c" while invoking CommandLine. Its not showing the error, but like @Sachin_Chauhan on running the code nothing is happening.

[Sachin_Chauhan]

I am using code at 10.10.1 with java 1.7

[Sachin_Chauhan]

on windows with windows format command its working. But on mac its doing nothing not even error. Now I am stuck. I appreciate if someone guide me, what I am doing wrong?

[Hassan_Radi]

CommandLine command = new CommandLine("/bin/sh -c");

Should be :

CommandLine command = new CommandLine("/bin/sh");

[Sachin_Chauhan]

As soon as I removed -c, this exception started coming
/Applications/Appium.app/Contents/Resources/node/bin/node: /Applications/Appium.app/Contents/Resources/node/bin/node: cannot execute binary file

[Sachin_Chauhan]

I left the hope with command line. Now I am using process builder and its working ok.

List list = new ArrayList();
list.add("/Applications/Appium.app/Contents/Resources/node/bin/node");
list.add("/Applications/Appium.app/Contents/Resources/node_modules/appium/bin/appium.js");
list.add("--address");
list.add("127.0.0.1");
list.add("--port");
list.add("4723");
list.add("--no-reset");
// create the process builder
ProcessBuilder pb = new ProcessBuilder(list);
try {
pb.start();
} catch (IOException e1) {
// TODO Auto-generated catch block
e1.printStackTrace();
}

[Hassan_Radi]

I just tried with CommandLine and it worked after I changed:

CommandLine command = new CommandLine("/bin/sh -c");
command.addArgument("/Applications/Appium.app/Contents/Resources/node/bin/node",false);

to be:

CommandLine command = new CommandLine("/Applications/Appium.app/Contents/Resources/node/bin/node");

I am not sure what has changed since the last time, but it's working now without invoking the shell app.

Give it a try and let me know how it works.

[Prithivi]

@BeforeMethod
public void setUp() throws Exception {
	
	Runtime.getRuntime().exec("/bin/bash export ANDROID_HOME=$HOME/Downloads/adt-bundle-mac-x86_64/sdk/");
	
	CommandLine command = new CommandLine("/Applications/Appium.app/Contents/Resources/node/bin/node");
	command.addArgument("/Applications/Appium.app/Contents/Resources/node_modules/appium/bin/appium.js", false);
	command.addArgument("--address", false);
	command.addArgument("127.0.0.1");
	command.addArgument("--port", false);
	command.addArgument("4723");
	command.addArgument("--no-reset", false);
	DefaultExecuteResultHandler resultHandler = new DefaultExecuteResultHandler();
	DefaultExecutor executor = new DefaultExecutor();
	executor.setExitValue(1);
	executor.execute(command, resultHandler);
	
	DesiredCapabilities capabilities = new DesiredCapabilities();
	capabilities.setCapability("appium-version", "1.0");
	capabilities.setCapability("platformName", "iOS");
	capabilities.setCapability("platformVersion", "7.1");
	capabilities.setCapability("deviceName", "iPhone 6 Plus");
	capabilities.setCapability("app", "/Users/Prithivi/Documents/Sample.app");
	
	driver = new AppiumDriver(new URL("http://127.0.0.1:4723/wd/hub"), capabilities);
	driver.manage().timeouts().implicitlyWait(60, TimeUnit.SECONDS);
	driver.findElement(By.name("Continue")).click();

This works for me very well...

Note: I used java-client-1.3.0.jar, in latest version AppiumDriver was changed into interface.

[Sachin_Chauhan]

thanks @Prithivi and @Hassan_Radi mine also worked. But now I am not able to create session. Even I used your
Runtime.getRuntime().exec("/bin/bash export ANDROID_HOME=$HOME/Downloads/adt-bundle-mac-x86_64/sdk/");
to set the path then also, its showing me error as 31merror[39m: Failed to start an Appium session, err was: Error: Could not find adb. Please set the ANDROID_HOME environment variable with the Android SDK root directory path.
[36minfo[39m: [debug] Error: Could not find adb. Please set the ANDROID_HOME environment variable with the Android SDK root directory path.
at null. (/Applications/Appium.app/Contents/Resources/node_modules/appium/node_modules/appium-adb/lib/adb.js:113:12)
at ChildProcess.exithandler (child_process.js:652:7)
at ChildProcess.emit (events.js:98:17)
at maybeClose (child_process.js:756:16)
at Socket. (child_process.js:969:11)
at Socket.emit (events.js:95:17)
at Pipe.close (net.js:465:12)
[36minfo[39m: [debug] Responding to client with error: {"status":33,"value":{"message":"A new session could not be created. (Original error: Could not find adb. Please set the ANDROID_HOME environment variable with the Android SDK root directory path.)","origValue":"Could not find adb. Please set the ANDROID_HOME environment variable with the Android SDK root directory path."},"sessionId":null}
[36minfo[39m: [37m<-- POST /wd/hub/session [39m[31m500[39m[90m 7040.310 ms - 342[39m [90m[39m
Exception while getting driver instance

[Prithivi]

Are you sure the path you given is correct ? It looks exactly like mine.

Just try passing these values also,

PATH=$PATH:$HOME/Downloads/adt-bundle-mac-x86_64/sdk/build-tools
PATH=$PATH:$HOME/Downloads/adt-bundle-mac-x86_64/sdk/platform-tools
PATH=$PATH:$HOME/Downloads/adt-bundle-mac-x86_64/sdk/tools

[Sachin_Chauhan]

not working same issue

[Prithivi]

Add ANDROID_HOME and tools path in ".bash_profile" file.

[Sachin_Chauhan]

both is there, echo also shows the path

[Jagatheskmp]

Prithivi,

For me also same issue ..Not able to start session ..Can u please help me..

Please find the error log below

Error log:
[36minfo[39m: Welcome to Appium v1.3.1 (REV 1160ce02bb89c354cb99317985123acf39f0e7d3)
[36minfo[39m: Appium REST http interface listener started on 127.0.0.1:4723
[36minfo[39m: [debug] Non-default server args: {"address":"127.0.0.1","noReset":true}
Client/4.3.4 (java 1.5)
[36minfo[39m: [debug] Using local app from desired caps: /Users/jagatheswaran/Documents/AppiumPOC/android.apk
[36minfo[39m: [debug] Creating new appium session 5084c368-8b59-4005-92c6-8ee6a1c95116
[36minfo[39m: Starting android appium
[36minfo[39m: [debug] Using fast reset? false
[36minfo[39m: [debug] Preparing device for session
[36minfo[39m: [debug] Checking whether app is actually present
[36minfo[39m: [debug] Checking whether adb is present
[33mwarn[39m: The ANDROID_HOME environment variable is not set to the Android SDK root directory path. ANDROID_HOME is required for compatibility with SDK 23+. Checking along PATH for adb.
[36minfo[39m: [debug] Sent shutdown command, waiting for UiAutomator to stop...
[33mwarn[39m: UiAutomator did not shut down fast enough, calling it gone
[31merror[39m: Failed to start an Appium session, err was: Error: Could not find adb. Please set the ANDROID_HOME environment variable with the Android SDK root directory path.
[36minfo[39m: [debug] Cleaning up android objects
[36minfo[39m: [debug] Cleaning up appium session
[36minfo[39m: [debug] Error: Could not find adb. Please set the ANDROID_HOME environment variable with the Android SDK root directory path.
at null. (/Applications/Appium.app/Contents/Resources/node_modules/appium/node_modules/appium-adb/lib/adb.js:113:12)
at ChildProcess.exithandler (child_process.js:652:7)
at ChildProcess.emit (events.js:98:17)
at maybeClose (child_process.js:756:16)
at Socket. (child_process.js:969:11)
at Socket.emit (events.js:95:17)
at Pipe.close (net.js:465:12)
[36minfo[39m: [debug] Responding to client with error: {"status":33,"value":{"message":"A new session could not be created. (Original error: Could not find adb. Please set the ANDROID_HOME environment variable with the Android SDK root directory path.)","origValue":"Could not find adb. Please set the ANDROID_HOME environment variable with the Android SDK root directory path."},"sessionId":null}
[36minfo[39m: [37m<-- POST /wd/hub/session [39m[31m500[39m[90m 7020.937 ms - 342[39m [90m[39m
Exception in thread "main" org.openqa.selenium.SessionNotCreatedException: A new session could not be created. (Original error: Could not find adb. Please set the ANDROID_HOME environment variable with the Android SDK root directory path.) (WARNING: The server did not provide any stacktrace information)
Command duration or timeout: 9.28 seconds
Build info: version: '2.44.0', revision: '76d78cf', time: '2014-10-23 20:02:37'
System info: host: 'administrators-MacBook-Pro-9.local', ip: '10.0.0.3', os.name: 'Mac OS X', os.arch: 'x86_64', os.version: '10.9.5', java.version: '1.7.0_60'
Driver info: io.appium.java_client.AppiumDriver
at sun.reflect.NativeConstructorAccessorImpl.newInstance0(Native Method)
at sun.reflect.NativeConstructorAccessorImpl.newInstance(NativeConstructorAccessorImpl.java:57)
at sun.reflect.DelegatingConstructorAccessorImpl.newInstance(DelegatingConstructorAccessorImpl.java:45)
at java.lang.reflect.Constructor.newInstance(Constructor.java:526)
at org.openqa.selenium.remote.ErrorHandler.createThrowable(ErrorHandler.java:204)
at org.openqa.selenium.remote.ErrorHandler.throwIfResponseFailed(ErrorHandler.java:156)
at org.openqa.selenium.remote.RemoteWebDriver.execute(RemoteWebDriver.java:599)
at io.appium.java_client.AppiumDriver.execute(AppiumDriver.java:95)
at org.openqa.selenium.remote.RemoteWebDriver.startSession(RemoteWebDriver.java:240)
at org.openqa.selenium.remote.RemoteWebDriver.(RemoteWebDriver.java:126)
at org.openqa.selenium.remote.RemoteWebDriver.(RemoteWebDriver.java:153)
at io.appium.java_client.AppiumDriver.(AppiumDriver.java:49)
at asd.main(asd.java:41)

[Prithivi]

"The ANDROID_HOME environment variable is not set to the Android SDK root directory path. ANDROID_HOME is required for compatibility with SDK 23+. Checking along PATH for adb."

This error will occurs when ANDRIOD_HOME is set, but it was wrong. Check your path variables and try to add "/" in the end like,
"PATH=$PATH:$HOME/Downloads/adt-bundle-mac-x86_64/sdk/build-tools"
into
"PATH=$PATH:$HOME/Downloads/adt-bundle-mac-x86_64/sdk/build-tools/"