UnicodeIME-debug.apk: Failure [INSTALL_FAILED_ALREADY_EXISTS: Attempt to re-install io.appium.android.ime without first uninstalling.]

peihai · March 12, 2018, 3:27am

info: [debug] Device is at API Level 25

info: [debug] executing cmd: “E:\program file\Android\platform-tools\adb.exe” -s 4ad8806c shell “pm list packages -3 com.phicomm.ddw”
info: [debug] App is installed
info: [debug] Forwarding system:4724 to device:4724
info: [debug] executing cmd: “E:\program file\Android\platform-tools\adb.exe” -s 4ad8806c forward tcp:4724 tcp:4724
info: [debug] Pushing appium bootstrap to device…
info: [debug] executing cmd: “E:\program file\Android\platform-tools\adb.exe” -s 4ad8806c push “E:\program file\appium\Appium\node_modules\appium\build\android_bootstrap\AppiumBootstrap.jar” /data/local/tmp/
info: [debug] Enabling Unicode keyboard support
info: [debug] Pushing unicode ime to device…
info: [debug] executing cmd: “E:\program file\Android\platform-tools\adb.exe” -s 4ad8806c install “E:\program file\appium\Appium\node_modules\appium\build\unicode_ime_apk\UnicodeIME-debug.apk”
info: [debug] Stopping logcat capture
info: [debug] Logcat terminated with code null, signal SIGTERM
info: [debug] Sent shutdown command, waiting for UiAutomator to stop…
warn: UiAutomator did not shut down fast enough, calling it gone
info: [debug] Cleaning up android objects
info: [debug] Cleaning up appium session
error: Failed to start an Appium session, err was: Error: Command failed: C:\Windows\system32\cmd.exe /s /c ““E:\program file\Android\platform-tools\adb.exe” -s 4ad8806c install “E:\program file\appium\Appium\node_modules\appium\build\unicode_ime_apk\UnicodeIME-debug.apk””
adb: failed to install E:\program file\appium\Appium\node_modules\appium\build\unicode_ime_apk\UnicodeIME-debug.apk: Failure [INSTALL_FAILED_ALREADY_EXISTS: Attempt to re-install io.appium.android.ime without first uninstalling.]

info: [debug] Error: Command failed: C:\Windows\system32\cmd.exe /s /c ““E:\program file\Android\platform-tools\adb.exe” -s 4ad8806c install “E:\program file\appium\Appium\node_modules\appium\build\unicode_ime_apk\UnicodeIME-debug.apk””
adb: failed to install E:\program file\appium\Appium\node_modules\appium\build\unicode_ime_apk\UnicodeIME-debug.apk: Failure [INSTALL_FAILED_ALREADY_EXISTS: Attempt to re-install io.appium.android.ime without first uninstalling.]
at ChildProcess.exithandler (child_process.js:751:12)
at ChildProcess.emit (events.js:110:17)
at maybeClose (child_process.js:1016:16)
at Process.ChildProcess._handle.onexit (child_process.js:1088:5)
info: [debug] Responding to client with error: {“status”:33,“value”:{“message”:“A new session could not be created. (Original error: Command failed: C:\Windows\system32\cmd.exe /s /c ""E:\program file\Android\platform-tools\adb.exe" -s 4ad8806c install "E:\program file\appium\Appium\node_modules\appium\build\unicode_ime_apk\UnicodeIME-debug.apk""\nadb: failed to install E:\program file\appium\Appium\node_modules\appium\build\unicode_ime_apk\UnicodeIME-debug.apk: Failure [INSTALL_FAILED_ALREADY_EXISTS: Attempt to re-install io.appium.android.ime without first uninstalling.]\r\n)”,“killed”:false,“code”:1,“signal”:null,“cmd”:“C:\Windows\system32\cmd.exe /s /c ""E:\program file\Android\platform-tools\adb.exe" -s 4ad8806c install "E:\program file\appium\Appium\node_modules\appium\build\unicode_ime_apk\UnicodeIME-debug.apk""”,“origValue”:“Command failed: C:\Windows\system32\cmd.exe /s /c ""E:\program file\Android\platform-tools\adb.exe" -s 4ad8806c install "E:\program file\appium\Appium\node_modules\appium\build\unicode_ime_apk\UnicodeIME-debug.apk""\nadb: failed to install E:\program file\appium\Appium\node_modules\appium\build\unicode_ime_apk\UnicodeIME-debug.apk: Failure [INSTALL_FAILED_ALREADY_EXISTS: Attempt to re-install io.appium.android.ime without first uninstalling.]\r\n”},“sessionId”:null}
info: ← POST /wd/hub/session 500 13193.737 ms - 1347

Narender_Kumar · June 19, 2018, 5:58am

i am facing the same error;
e[36minfoe[39m: Welcome to Appium v1.4.16 (REV ae6877eff263066b26328d457bd285c0cc62430d)
e[36minfoe[39m: Appium REST http interface listener started on 127.0.0.1:4723
e[36minfoe[39m: [debug] Non-default server args: {“address”:“127.0.0.1”,“fullReset”:true}
e[36minfoe[39m: Console LogLevel: debug
06-19-2018 11:24:42 - [com.cmo.framework.core.managers.DriverManager / createDriver][INFO ] - Trying to create new Driver for device: 8b02583687129e54
06-19-2018 11:24:42 - [com.cmo.framework.core.managers.DriverManager / getCaps][INFO ] - Creating driver caps for device: 8b02583687129e54
e[36minfoe[39m: e[37m–>e[39m e[37mPOSTe[39m e[37m/wd/hub/sessione[39m e[90m{“capabilities”:[{“desiredCapabilities”:{“appPackage”:“com.”,“appActivity”:“com…android.gui.activities.LoginActivity”,“noReset”:true,“takesScreenshot”:true,“unicodeKeyboard”:true,“platformName”:“Android”,“deviceName”:“8b02583687129e54”,“resetKeyboard”:true}},{“requiredCapabilities”:{}}],“desiredCapabilities”:{“appPackage”:“com.android”,“appActivity”:“com…gui.activities.LoginActivity”,“noReset”:true,“takesScreenshot”:true,“unicodeKeyboard”:true,“platformName”:“Android”,“deviceName”:“8b02583687129e54”,“resetKeyboard”:true},“requiredCapabilities”:{}}e[39m
e[36minfoe[39m: Client User-Agent string: Apache-HttpClient/4.5.3 (Java/1.8.0_144)
e[36minfoe[39m: [debug] The following desired capabilities were provided, but not recognized by appium. They will be passed on to any other services running on this server. : takesScreenshot
e[36minfoe[39m: [debug] Didn’t get app but did get Android package, will attempt to launch it on the device
e[36minfoe[39m: [debug] Creating new appium session 6b85eb9e-aefe-4d75-902b-2eded2eef7b1
e[36minfoe[39m: Starting android appium
e[36minfoe[39m: [debug] Getting Java version
e[36minfoe[39m: Java version is: 1.8.0_144
e[36minfoe[39m: [debug] Checking whether adb is present
e[36minfoe[39m: [debug] Using adb from E:\AndroidSDK\sdk\platform-tools\adb.exe
e[33mwarne[39m: No app capability, can’t parse package/activity
e[36minfoe[39m: [debug] Using fast reset? false
e[36minfoe[39m: [debug] Preparing device for session
e[36minfoe[39m: [debug] Not checking whether app is present since we are assuming it’s already on the device
e[36minfoe[39m: Retrieving device
e[36minfoe[39m: [debug] Trying to find a connected android device
e[36minfoe[39m: [debug] Getting connected devices…
e[36minfoe[39m: [debug] executing cmd: E:\AndroidSDK\sdk\platform-tools\adb.exe devices
e[36minfoe[39m: [debug] 1 device(s) connected
e[36minfoe[39m: Found device 8b02583687129e54
e[36minfoe[39m: [debug] Setting device id to 8b02583687129e54
e[36minfoe[39m: [debug] Waiting for device to be ready and to respond to shell commands (timeout = 5)
e[36minfoe[39m: [debug] executing cmd: E:\AndroidSDK\sdk\platform-tools\adb.exe -s 8b02583687129e54 wait-for-device
e[36minfoe[39m: [debug] executing cmd: E:\AndroidSDK\sdk\platform-tools\adb.exe -s 8b02583687129e54 shell “echo ‘ready’”
e[36minfoe[39m: [debug] Starting logcat capture
e[36minfoe[39m: [debug] Getting device API level
e[36minfoe[39m: [debug] executing cmd: E:\AndroidSDK\sdk\platform-tools\adb.exe -s 8b02583687129e54 shell “getprop ro.build.version.sdk”
e[36minfoe[39m: [debug] Device is at API Level 24
e[36minfoe[39m: Device API level is: 24
e[36minfoe[39m: [debug] Extracting strings for language: default
e[36minfoe[39m: [debug] Apk doesn’t exist locally
e[36minfoe[39m: [debug] Could not get strings, but it looks like we had an old strings file anyway, so ignoring
e[36minfoe[39m: [debug] executing cmd: E:\AndroidSDK\sdk\platform-tools\adb.exe -s 8b02583687129e54 shell “rm -rf /data/local/tmp/strings.json”
e[36minfoe[39m: [debug] Not uninstalling app since server not started with --full-reset
e[36minfoe[39m: [debug] Skipping install since we launched with a package instead of an app path
e[36minfoe[39m: [debug] Forwarding system:4724 to device:4724
e[36minfoe[39m: [debug] executing cmd: E:\AndroidSDK\sdk\platform-tools\adb.exe -s 8b02583687129e54 forward tcp:4724 tcp:4724
e[36minfoe[39m: [debug] Pushing appium bootstrap to device…
e[36minfoe[39m: [debug] executing cmd: E:\AndroidSDK\sdk\platform-tools\adb.exe -s 8b02583687129e54 push “C:\Program Files (x86)\Appium\node_modules\appium\build\android_bootstrap\AppiumBootstrap.jar” /data/local/tmp/
e[36minfoe[39m: [debug] Enabling Unicode keyboard support
e[36minfoe[39m: [debug] Pushing unicode ime to device…
e[36minfoe[39m: [debug] executing cmd: E:\AndroidSDK\sdk\platform-tools\adb.exe -s 8b02583687129e54 install “C:\Program Files (x86)\Appium\node_modules\appium\build\unicode_ime_apk\UnicodeIME-debug.apk”
e[36minfoe[39m: [debug] Stopping logcat capture
e[36minfoe[39m: [debug] Logcat terminated with code null, signal SIGTERM
e[36minfoe[39m: [debug] Sent shutdown command, waiting for UiAutomator to stop…
e[33mwarne[39m: UiAutomator did not shut down fast enough, calling it gone
e[36minfoe[39m: [debug] Cleaning up android objects
e[36minfoe[39m: [debug] Cleaning up appium session
e[31merrore[39m: Failed to start an Appium session, err was: Error: Command failed: E:\AndroidSDK\sdk\platform-tools\adb.exe -s 8b02583687129e54 install “C:\Program Files (x86)\Appium\node_modules\appium\build\unicode_ime_apk\UnicodeIME-debug.apk”
adb: failed to install C:\Program Files (x86)\Appium\node_modules\appium\build\unicode_ime_apk\UnicodeIME-debug.apk: Failure [INSTALL_FAILED_UPDATE_INCOMPATIBLE: Package io.appium.android.ime signatures do not match the previously installed version; ignoring!]

e[36minfoe[39m: [debug] Error: Command failed: E:\AndroidSDK\sdk\platform-tools\adb.exe -s 8b02583687129e54 install “C:\Program Files (x86)\Appium\node_modules\appium\build\unicode_ime_apk\UnicodeIME-debug.apk”
adb: failed to install C:\Program Files (x86)\Appium\node_modules\appium\build\unicode_ime_apk\UnicodeIME-debug.apk: Failure [INSTALL_FAILED_UPDATE_INCOMPATIBLE: Package io.appium.android.ime signatures do not match the previously installed version; ignoring!]

at ChildProcess.exithandler (child_process.js:206:12)
at emitTwo (events.js:106:13)
at ChildProcess.emit (events.js:191:7)
at maybeClose (internal/child_process.js:877:16)
at Socket.<anonymous> (internal/child_process.js:334:11)
at emitOne (events.js:96:13)
at Socket.emit (events.js:188:7)
at Pipe._handle.close [as _onclose] (net.js:498:12)

e[36minfoe[39m: [debug] Responding to client with error: {“status”:33,“value”:{“message”:“A new session could not be created. (Original error: Command failed: E:\AndroidSDK\sdk\platform-tools\adb.exe -s 8b02583687129e54 install “C:\Program Files (x86)\Appium\node_modules\appium\build\unicode_ime_apk\UnicodeIME-debug.apk”\nadb: failed to install C:\Program Files (x86)\Appium\node_modules\appium\build\unicode_ime_apk\UnicodeIME-debug.apk: Failure [INSTALL_FAILED_UPDATE_INCOMPATIBLE: Package io.appium.android.ime signatures do not match the previously installed version; ignoring!]\r\n)”,“killed”:false,“code”:1,“signal”:null,“cmd”:“E:\AndroidSDK\sdk\platform-tools\adb.exe -s 8b02583687129e54 install “C:\Program Files (x86)\Appium\node_modules\appium\build\unicode_ime_apk\UnicodeIME-debug.apk””,“origValue”:“Command failed: E:\AndroidSDK\sdk\platform-tools\adb.exe -s 8b02583687129e54 install “C:\Program Files (x86)\Appium\node_modules\appium\build\unicode_ime_apk\UnicodeIME-debug.apk”\nadb: failed to install C:\Program Files (x86)\Appium\node_modules\appium\build\unicode_ime_apk\UnicodeIME-debug.apk: Failure [INSTALL_FAILED_UPDATE_INCOMPATIBLE: Package io.appium.android.ime signatures do not match the previously installed version; ignoring!]\r\n”},“sessionId”:null}
e[36minfoe[39m: e[37m<-- POST /wd/hub/session e[39me[31m500e[39me[90m 9307.674 ms - 1275e[39m e[90me[39m
FAILED CONFIGURATION: @BeforeMethod createDriver
org.openqa.selenium.SessionNotCreatedException: A new session could not be created. (Original error: Command failed: E:\AndroidSDK\sdk\platform-tools\adb.exe -s 8b02583687129e54 install “C:\Program Files (x86)\Appium\node_modules\appium\build\unicode_ime_apk\UnicodeIME-debug.apk”
adb: failed to install C:\Program Files (x86)\Appium\node_modules\appium\build\unicode_ime_apk\UnicodeIME-debug.apk: Failure [INSTALL_FAILED_UPDATE_INCOMPATIBLE: Package io.appium.android.ime signatures do not match the previously installed version; ignoring!]
) (WARNING: The server did not provide any stacktrace information)
Command duration or timeout: 0 milliseconds
Build info: version: ‘3.12.0’, revision: ‘7c6e0b3’, time: ‘2018-05-08T14:04:26.12Z’
System info: host: ‘’, ip: ‘10.50.7.170’, os.name: ‘Windows 7’, os.arch: ‘amd64’, os.version: ‘6.1’, java.version: ‘1.8.0_144’
Driver info: driver.version: AndroidDriver
at sun.reflect.NativeConstructorAccessorImpl.newInstance0(Native Method)
at sun.reflect.NativeConstructorAccessorImpl.newInstance(NativeConstructorAccessorImpl.java:62)
at sun.reflect.DelegatingConstructorAccessorImpl.newInstance(DelegatingConstructorAccessorImpl.java:45)
at java.lang.reflect.Constructor.newInstance(Constructor.java:423)
at org.openqa.selenium.remote.ErrorHandler.createThrowable(ErrorHandler.java:216)
at org.openqa.selenium.remote.ErrorHandler.throwIfResponseFailed(ErrorHandler.java:168)
at io.appium.java_client.remote.AppiumProtocolHandShake.createSession(AppiumProtocolHandShake.java:160)
at io.appium.java_client.remote.AppiumProtocolHandShake.createSession(AppiumProtocolHandShake.java:75)
at io.appium.java_client.remote.AppiumCommandExecutor.doExecute(AppiumCommandExecutor.java:111)
at io.appium.java_client.remote.AppiumCommandExecutor.execute(AppiumCommandExecutor.java:162)
at org.openqa.selenium.remote.RemoteWebDriver.execute(RemoteWebDriver.java:604)
at io.appium.java_client.DefaultGenericMobileDriver.execute(DefaultGenericMobileDriver.java:42)
at io.appium.java_client.AppiumDriver.execute(AppiumDriver.java:1)
at io.appium.java_client.android.AndroidDriver.execute(AndroidDriver.java:1)
at org.openqa.selenium.remote.RemoteWebDriver.startSession(RemoteWebDriver.java:244)
at org.openqa.selenium.remote.RemoteWebDriver.(RemoteWebDriver.java:131)
at org.openqa.selenium.remote.RemoteWebDriver.(RemoteWebDriver.java:144)
at io.appium.java_client.DefaultGenericMobileDriver.(DefaultGenericMobileDriver.java:38)
at io.appium.java_client.AppiumDriver.(AppiumDriver.java:88)
at io.appium.java_client.AppiumDriver.(AppiumDriver.java:112)
at io.appium.java_client.android.AndroidDriver.(AndroidDriver.java:73)
at com.cmo.framework.core.managers.DriverManager.createDriver(DriverManager.java:79)
at sun.reflect.NativeMethodAccessorImpl.invoke0(Native Method)
at sun.reflect.NativeMethodAccessorImpl.invoke(NativeMethodAccessorImpl.java:62)
at sun.reflect.DelegatingMethodAccessorImpl.invoke(DelegatingMethodAccessorImpl.java:43)
at java.lang.reflect.Method.invoke(Method.java:498)
at org.testng.internal.MethodInvocationHelper.invokeMethod(MethodInvocationHelper.java:124)
at org.testng.internal.MethodInvocationHelper.invokeMethodConsideringTimeout(MethodInvocationHelper.java:59)
at org.testng.internal.Invoker.invokeConfigurationMethod(Invoker.java:458)
at org.testng.internal.Invoker.invokeConfigurations(Invoker.java:222)
at org.testng.internal.Invoker.invokeMethod(Invoker.java:523)
at org.testng.internal.Invoker.invokeTestMethod(Invoker.java:719)
at org.testng.internal.Invoker.invokeTestMethods(Invoker.java:989)
at org.testng.internal.TestMethodWorker.invokeTestMethods(TestMethodWorker.java:125)
at org.testng.internal.TestMethodWorker.run(TestMethodWorker.java:109)
at org.testng.TestRunner.privateRun(TestRunner.java:648)
at org.testng.TestRunner.run(TestRunner.java:505)
at org.testng.SuiteRunner.runTest(SuiteRunner.java:455)
at org.testng.SuiteRunner.runSequentially(SuiteRunner.java:450)
at org.testng.SuiteRunner.privateRun(SuiteRunner.java:415)
at org.testng.SuiteRunner.run(SuiteRunner.java:364)
at org.testng.SuiteRunnerWorker.runSuite(SuiteRunnerWorker.java:52)
at org.testng.SuiteRunnerWorker.run(SuiteRunnerWorker.java:84)
at org.testng.TestNG.runSuitesSequentially(TestNG.java:1208)
at org.testng.TestNG.runSuitesLocally(TestNG.java:1137)
at org.testng.TestNG.runSuites(TestNG.java:1049)
at org.testng.TestNG.run(TestNG.java:1017)
at org.testng.remote.AbstractRemoteTestNG.run(AbstractRemoteTestNG.java:114)
at org.testng.remote.RemoteTestNG.initAndRun(RemoteTestNG.java:251)
at org.testng.remote.RemoteTestNG.main(RemoteTestNG.java:77)