Could not initialize ideviceinstaller

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Hi guys,

I am getting the error

MacOS High Sierra : 10.13.1
Xcode: Version 8.2.1 (8C1002)
Appium : Version 1.5.3 (Ara)

I had been set all the paths and jar files required for appium pre-requisites but when i connect the real device and run the code i am getting this error.

ERROR : org.openqa.selenium.WebDriverException: An unknown server-side error occurred while processing the command. Original error: Could not initialize ideviceinstaller; make sure it is installed and works on your system (WARNING: The server did not provide any stacktrace information)
Command duration or timeout: 333 milliseconds

Could any one please help me to resolve the issue.

Thanks in advance.

2

Did you try to do this?

3

Hi,

in my system only that has checked it is not working,

can u help me in resolving this problem by coding wise.

thanks in advance

4

I install by using homebrew:

http://brewformulas.org/Ideviceinstaller

5

Hi ,

I am getting this error when i hit in terminal of mac

Comvivas-iMac-2:~ comviva$ brew install ideviceinstaller
Error: Your Xcode (8.2.1) is too outdated.
Please update to Xcode 9.2 (or delete it).
Xcode can be updated from the App Store.

could u please help it out

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Below find the below logs

Launching Appium with command: ‘/private/var/folders/4g/2z2_6wr569g0zm35_spgsw2c0000gn/T/AppTranslocation/FCD87AE6-0663-4C4A-B18E-F0FADB972CD1/d/Appium.app/Contents/Resources/node/bin/node’ appium/build/lib/main.js --address “127.0.0.1” --pre-launch --debug-log-spacing --platform-version “9.3” --platform-name “iOS” --app “com.comviva.mfswalletenterprise” --udid “e7eb251f91a7a171ead55b24a98bc7b468cc3095” --show-ios-log --default-device --launch-timeout “900000” --isolate-sim-device

[Appium] Welcome to Appium v1.5.3

[Appium] Non-default server args:

[Appium] address: ‘127.0.0.1’
[Appium] launch: true
[Appium] defaultDevice: true
[Appium] isolateSimDevice: true
[Appium] debugLogSpacing: true
[Appium] platformName: ‘iOS’
[Appium] platformVersion: ‘9.3’
[Appium] app: ‘com.comviva.mfswalletenterprise’
[Appium] launchTimeout: 900000
[Appium] udid: ‘e7eb251f91a7a171ead55b24a98bc7b468cc3095’
[Appium] showIOSLog: true
[Appium] Deprecated server args:
[Appium] --platform-name => --default-capabilities ‘{“platformName”:“iOS”}’
[Appium] --platform-version => --default-capabilities ‘{“platformVersion”:“9.3”}’
[Appium] --app => --default-capabilities ‘{“app”:“com.comviva.mfswalletenterprise”}’
[Appium] -lt,–launch-timeout => --default-capabilities ‘{“launchTimeout”:900000}’
[Appium] -U,–udid => --default-capabilities ‘{“udid”:“e7eb251f91a7a171ead55b24a98bc7b468cc3095”}’
[Appium] --show-ios-log => --default-capabilities ‘{“showIOSLog”:true}’
[Appium] Default capabilities, which will be added to each request unless overridden by desired capabilities:

[Appium] platformName: ‘iOS’
[Appium] platformVersion: ‘9.3’
[Appium] app: ‘com.comviva.mfswalletenterprise’
[Appium] launchTimeout: 900000
[Appium] udid: ‘e7eb251f91a7a171ead55b24a98bc7b468cc3095’
[Appium] showIOSLog: true

[Appium] Appium REST http interface listener started on 127.0.0.1:4723

[HTTP] --> GET /wd/hub/status {}

[MJSONWP] Calling AppiumDriver.getStatus() with args: []

[MJSONWP] Responding to client with driver.getStatus() result: {“build”:{“version”:“1.5.3”…
[HTTP] <-- GET /wd/hub/status 200 15 ms - 83

[HTTP] --> GET /wd/hub/status {}

[MJSONWP] Calling AppiumDriver.getStatus() with args: []

[MJSONWP] Responding to client with driver.getStatus() result: {“build”:{“version”:“1.5.3”…

[HTTP] <-- GET /wd/hub/status 200 10 ms - 83

[HTTP] --> POST /wd/hub/session {“desiredCapabilities”:{“platformName”:“iOS”,“deviceName”:“Kumar’s iPhone”,“platformVersion”:“9.3.5”}}

[MJSONWP] Calling AppiumDriver.createSession() with args: [{“platformName”:“iOS”,"dev…

[Appium] Creating new IosDriver session

[Appium] Capabilities:
[Appium] platformName: ‘iOS’
[Appium] deviceName: ‘Kumar’s iPhone’
[Appium] platformVersion: ‘9.3.5’
[Appium] app: ‘com.comviva.mfswalletenterprise’
[Appium] launchTimeout: 900000
[Appium] udid: ‘e7eb251f91a7a171ead55b24a98bc7b468cc3095’
[Appium] showIOSLog: true
[BaseDriver] Session created with session id: 9b4f1b2b-5f34-44b1-91ca-f24710dfd219
[debug] [iOS] Not auto-detecting udid.
[debug] [iOS] App is an iOS bundle, will attempt to run as pre-existing
[debug] [iOS] Removing any remaining instruments sockets
[debug] [iOS] Cleaned up instruments socket /var/folders/4g/2z2_6wr569g0zm35_spgsw2c0000gn/T/instruments_sock
[debug] [iOS] No language specified. Using default strings
[debug] [iOS] Strings file not found. Looking in ‘en.lproj’ directory
[iOS] Could not file localizable strings file ‘Localizable.strings’!
[debug] [iOS] Creating instruments
[debug] [UIAuto] Preparing bootstrap code
[debug] [UIAuto] Dynamic bootstrap dir: /Users/comviva/Library/Application Support/appium/bootstrap
[debug] [UIAuto] Dynamic env: {“nodePath”:"/private/var/folders/4g/2z2_6wr569g0zm35_spgsw2c0000gn/T/AppTranslocation/FCD87AE6-0663-4C4A-B18E-F0FADB972CD1/d/Appium.app/Contents/Resources/node/bin/node",“commandProxyClientPath”:"/private/var/folders/4g/2z2_6wr569g0zm35_spgsw2c0000gn/T/AppTranslocation/FCD87AE6-0663-4C4A-B18E-F0FADB972CD1/d/Appium.app/Contents/Resources/node_modules/appium/node_modules/appium-ios-driver/node_modules/appium-uiauto/build/lib/bin/command-proxy-client.js",“instrumentsSock”:"/var/folders/4g/2z2_6wr569g0zm35_spgsw2c0000gn/T/instruments_sock",“interKeyDelay”:null,“justLoopInfinitely”:false,“autoAcceptAlerts”:false,“autoDismissAlerts”:false,“sendKeyStrategy”:“grouped”}

[debug] [UIAuto] Dynamic bootstrap code: // This file is automatically generated. Do not manually modify!
…

[debug] [UIAuto] Dynamic bootstrap path: /Users/comviva/Library/Application Support/appium/bootstrap/bootstrap-a489d23945415d65.js

[debug] [UIAuto] Creating or overwriting dynamic bootstrap: /Users/comviva/Library/Application Support/appium/bootstrap/bootstrap-a489d23945415d65.js

[debug] [iOS] Running ios real device reset flow
[debug] [iOSLog] Attempting iOS device log capture via libimobiledevice idevicesyslog
[iOSLog] Could not capture device log using libimobiledevice idevicesyslog. Libimobiledevice is probably not installed
[debug] [iOSLog] Attempting iOS device log capture via deviceconsole
[iOS] Could not capture logs from device. Continuing without capturing logs.
[debug] [iOS] Creating iDevice object with udid e7eb251f91a7a171ead55b24a98bc7b468cc3095
[debug] [iOS] Couldn’t find ideviceinstaller, trying built-in at /private/var/folders/4g/2z2_6wr569g0zm35_spgsw2c0000gn/T/AppTranslocation/FCD87AE6-0663-4C4A-B18E-F0FADB972CD1/d/Appium.app/Contents/Resources/node_modules/appium/node_modules/build/libimobiledevice-macosx/ideviceinstaller

[iOS] Could not initialize ideviceinstaller; make sure it is installed and works on your system

[MJSONWP] Encountered internal error running command: Error: Could not initialize ideviceinstaller; make sure it is installed and works on your system
at IosDriver.getIDeviceObj (lib/driver.js:380:15)
at IosDriver.get (lib/driver.js:950:49)
at IosDriver.installToRealDevice$ (lib/driver.js:335:21)
at tryCatch (/private/var/folders/4g/2z2_6wr569g0zm35_spgsw2c0000gn/T/AppTranslocation/FCD87AE6-0663-4C4A-B18E-F0FADB972CD1/d/Appium.app/Contents/Resources/node_modules/appium/node_modules/babel-runtime/regenerator/runtime.js:67:40)
at GeneratorFunctionPrototype.invoke [as _invoke] (/private/var/folders/4g/2z2_6wr569g0zm35_spgsw2c0000gn/T/AppTranslocation/FCD87AE6-0663-4C4A-B18E-F0FADB972CD1/d/Appium.app/Contents/Resources/node_modules/appium/node_modules/babel-runtime/regenerator/runtime.js:315:22)
at GeneratorFunctionPrototype.prototype.(anonymous function) [as next] (/private/var/folders/4g/2z2_6wr569g0zm35_spgsw2c0000gn/T/AppTranslocation/FCD87AE6-0663-4C4A-B18E-F0FADB972CD1/d/Appium.app/Contents/Resources/node_modules/appium/node_modules/babel-runtime/regenerator/runtime.js:100:21)
at invoke (/private/var/folders/4g/2z2_6wr569g0zm35_spgsw2c0000gn/T/AppTranslocation/FCD87AE6-0663-4C4A-B18E-F0FADB972CD1/d/Appium.app/Contents/Resources/node_modules/appium/node_modules/babel-runtime/regenerator/runtime.js:136:37)
at enqueueResult (/private/var/folders/4g/2z2_6wr569g0zm35_spgsw2c0000gn/T/AppTranslocation/FCD87AE6-0663-4C4A-B18E-F0FADB972CD1/d/Appium.app/Contents/Resources/node_modules/appium/node_modules/babel-runtime/regenerator/runtime.js:185:17)
at new Promise (/private/var/folders/4g/2z2_6wr569g0zm35_spgsw2c0000gn/T/AppTranslocation/FCD87AE6-0663-4C4A-B18E-F0FADB972CD1/d/Appium.app/Contents/Resources/node_modules/appium/node_modules/babel-runtime/node_modules/core-js/library/modules/es6.promise.js:197:7)
at AsyncIterator.enqueue (/private/var/folders/4g/2z2_6wr569g0zm35_spgsw2c0000gn/T/AppTranslocation/FCD87AE6-0663-4C4A-B18E-F0FADB972CD1/d/Appium.app/Contents/Resources/node_modules/appium/node_modules/babel-runtime/regenerator/runtime.js:184:12)
at AsyncIterator.prototype.(anonymous function) [as next] (/private/var/folders/4g/2z2_6wr569g0zm35_spgsw2c0000gn/T/AppTranslocation/FCD87AE6-0663-4C4A-B18E-F0FADB972CD1/d/Appium.app/Contents/Resources/node_modules/appium/node_modules/babel-runtime/regenerator/runtime.js:100:21)
at Object.runtime.async (/private/var/folders/4g/2z2_6wr569g0zm35_spgsw2c0000gn/T/AppTranslocation/FCD87AE6-0663-4C4A-B18E-F0FADB972CD1/d/Appium.app/Contents/Resources/node_modules/appium/node_modules/babel-runtime/regenerator/runtime.js:209:12)
at IosDriver.installToRealDevice (lib/driver.js:351:16)
at IosDriver.startRealDevice$ (lib/driver.js:309:16)
at tryCatch (/private/var/folders/4g/2z2_6wr569g0zm35_spgsw2c0000gn/T/AppTranslocation/FCD87AE6-0663-4C4A-B18E-F0FADB972CD1/d/Appium.app/Contents/Resources/node_modules/appium/node_modules/babel-runtime/regenerator/runtime.js:67:40)
at GeneratorFunctionPrototype.invoke [as _invoke] (/private/var/folders/4g/2z2_6wr569g0zm35_spgsw2c0000gn/T/AppTranslocation/FCD87AE6-0663-4C4A-B18E-F0FADB972CD1/d/Appium.app/Contents/Resources/node_modules/appium/node_modules/babel-runtime/regenerator/runtime.js:315:22)
at GeneratorFunctionPrototype.prototype.(anonymous function) [as next] (/private/var/folders/4g/2z2_6wr569g0zm35_spgsw2c0000gn/T/AppTranslocation/FCD87AE6-0663-4C4A-B18E-F0FADB972CD1/d/Appium.app/Contents/Resources/node_modules/appium/node_modules/babel-runtime/regenerator/runtime.js:100:21)
at GeneratorFunctionPrototype.invoke (/private/var/folders/4g/2z2_6wr569g0zm35_spgsw2c0000gn/T/AppTranslocation/FCD87AE6-0663-4C4A-B18E-F0FADB972CD1/d/Appium.app/Contents/Resources/node_modules/appium/node_modules/babel-runtime/regenerator/runtime.js:136:37)
at run (/private/var/folders/4g/2z2_6wr569g0zm35_spgsw2c0000gn/T/AppTranslocation/FCD87AE6-0663-4C4A-B18E-F0FADB972CD1/d/Appium.app/Contents/Resources/node_modules/appium/node_modules/babel-runtime/node_modules/core-js/library/modules/es6.promise.js
[HTTP] <-- POST /wd/hub/session 500 169 ms - 226

:104:47)
at /private/var/folders/4g/2z2_6wr569g0zm35_spgsw2c0000gn/T/AppTranslocation/FCD87AE6-0663-4C4A-B18E-F0FADB972CD1/d/Appium.app/Contents/Resources/node_modules/appium/node_modules/babel-runtime/node_modules/core-js/library/modules/es6.promise.js:115:28
at flush (/private/var/folders/4g/2z2_6wr569g0zm35_spgsw2c0000gn/T/AppTranslocation/FCD87AE6-0663-4C4A-B18E-F0FADB972CD1/d/Appium.app/Contents/Resources/node_modules/appium/node_modules/babel-runtime/node_modules/core-js/library/modules/$.microtask.js:19:5)
at _combinedTickCallback (internal/process/next_tick.js:67:7)
at process._tickCallback (internal/process/next_tick.js:98:9)

[HTTP] --> GET /wd/hub/status {}

[MJSONWP] Calling AppiumDriver.getStatus() with args: []

[MJSONWP] Responding to client with driver.getStatus() result: {“build”:{“version”:“1.5.3”…
[HTTP] <-- GET /wd/hub/status 200 12 ms - 83

[HTTP] --> GET /wd/hub/status {}

[MJSONWP] Calling AppiumDriver.getStatus() with args: []

[MJSONWP] Responding to client with driver.getStatus() result: {“build”:{“version”:“1.5.3”…
[HTTP] <-- GET /wd/hub/status 200 8 ms - 83

[HTTP] --> GET /wd/hub/status {}

[MJSONWP] Calling AppiumDriver.getStatus() with args: []

[MJSONWP] Responding to client with driver.getStatus() result: {“build”:{“version”:“1.5.3”…

[HTTP] <-- GET /wd/hub/status 200 147 ms - 83

[HTTP] --> GET /wd/hub/status {}

[MJSONWP] Calling AppiumDriver.getStatus() with args: []

[MJSONWP] Responding to client with driver.getStatus() result: {“build”:{“version”:“1.5.3”…
[HTTP] <-- GET /wd/hub/status 200 9 ms - 83

[HTTP] --> GET /wd/hub/status {}

[MJSONWP] Calling AppiumDriver.getStatus() with args: []

[MJSONWP] Responding to client with driver.getStatus() result: {“build”:{“version”:“1.5.3”…
[HTTP] <-- GET /wd/hub/status 200 91 ms - 83

[HTTP] --> GET /wd/hub/status {}

[MJSONWP] Calling AppiumDriver.getStatus() with args: []

[MJSONWP] Responding to client with driver.getStatus() result: {“build”:{“version”:“1.5.3”…

[HTTP] <-- GET /wd/hub/status 200 179 ms - 83

[HTTP] --> GET /wd/hub/status {}

[MJSONWP] Calling AppiumDriver.getStatus() with args: []

[MJSONWP] Responding to client with driver.getStatus() result: {“build”:{“version”:“1.5.3”…
[HTTP] <-- GET /wd/hub/status 200 10 ms - 83

[HTTP] --> GET /wd/hub/status {}

[MJSONWP] Calling AppiumDriver.getStatus() with args: []

[MJSONWP] Responding to client with driver.getStatus() result: {“build”:{“version”:“1.5.3”…
[HTTP] <-- GET /wd/hub/status 200 10 ms - 83

[HTTP] --> GET /wd/hub/status {}

[MJSONWP] Calling AppiumDriver.getStatus() with args: []

[MJSONWP] Responding to client with driver.getStatus() result: {“build”:{“version”:“1.5.3”…

[HTTP] <-- GET /wd/hub/status 200 178 ms - 83

[HTTP] --> GET /wd/hub/status {}

[MJSONWP] Calling AppiumDriver.getStatus() with args: []

[MJSONWP] Responding to client with driver.getStatus() result: {“build”:{“version”:“1.5.3”…
[HTTP] <-- GET /wd/hub/status 200 8 ms - 83

[HTTP] --> GET /wd/hub/status {}

[MJSONWP] Calling AppiumDriver.getStatus() with args: []

[MJSONWP] Responding to client with driver.getStatus() result: {“build”:{“version”:“1.5.3”…

[HTTP] <-- GET /wd/hub/status 200 98 ms - 83

[HTTP] --> GET /wd/hub/status {}

[MJSONWP] Calling AppiumDriver.getStatus() with args: []

[MJSONWP] Responding to client with driver.getStatus() result: {“build”:{“version”:“1.5.3”…
[HTTP] <-- GET /wd/hub/status 200 10 ms - 83

[HTTP] --> GET /wd/hub/status {}

[MJSONWP] Calling AppiumDriver.getStatus() with args: []

[MJSONWP] Responding to client with driver.getStatus() result: {“build”:{“version”:“1.5.3”…
[HTTP] <-- GET /wd/hub/status 200 8 ms - 83

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You are using a very old version of Appium. I don’t think that 1.5 is compatible with Xcode 8 (although I could be wrong). In any event, I think you would benefit from following a tutorial. I found this one that covers the current Appium Desktop and looks decent. Can you try following this and then come back with questions/problems that you run in to? It will probably be a lot easier for you to do this:

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Hey Hi,

I need to automate for IOS and Android with mac but what ever u given is only for android not for ios can u please provide me ios installation for high versions

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My bad! Let me give you what I can find. The authoritative tutorial is this one:

http://appium.io/getting-started.html

And this one has OS X specific info on Appium Desktop, which you’ll need to help identify elements & such: