Android Driver RemoveApp

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If I use the androiddriver.removeApp(<package name>);, I am getting the following error

[debug] [W3C (08e37f07)] Encountered internal error running command: Error: Unable to uninstall APK. Original error: Error executing adbExec. Original error: 'Command '/Users/<user>/Library/Android/sdk/platform-tools/adb -P 5037 -s R9WR7102GEF uninstall com.test.support_mobile.staging' timed out after 40000ms'. Try to increase the 40000ms adb execution timeout represented by 'adbExecTimeout' capability [debug] [W3C (08e37f07)] at ADB.uninstallApk (/usr/local/lib/node_modules/appium/node_modules/appium-adb/lib/tools/apk-utils.js:382:11) [debug] [W3C (08e37f07)] at AndroidUiautomator2Driver.removeApp (/usr/local/lib/node_modules/appium/node_modules/appium-android-driver/lib/commands/app-management.js:91:10)

I increased the timeout. But it still timed out.

Found out that the adb uninstall ... command being passed requires the --user 0 flag to be passed for successfully uninstalling the APK. How do I pass that flag?

Any guidance very much appreciated thank you.

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If you try execute it manually will it suceed?
Hope this is not app that under test…

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Hi Aleksei, this is the app under test, when I try the adb uninstall it hangs. If I use the --user 0 flag then it works.

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why you need uninstall? why not just simple reset?
uninstall same app that was used to start driver … this possibly is a problem.

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Sorry forgot to mention, that on Emulator ‘removeApp()’ works perfectly. It is on the actual device (Tablet) that I am facing the problem.

You are probably right, that I should just re-install on top of what is there, but the installation fails if an older version is already installed. I might have to do some digging around here to see what is going on. Probably some config problem at my end.

Regards

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I want to uninstall to set the device back to init state so I can install next version of the APK. Want to config this into a CICD pipeline.

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why not just start driver correctly depending on your needs? -> Different capabilities for different scenarios

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Thank you. Will check it out.