After Appium install, launches, then stops an idle app, generated files aren't being cleaned up?

Issues/Bugs
1

I was setting up an Android app to be installed and launched by Appium onto an emulator. The full log file is at http://www.tjmaher.com/2017/06/behind-the-scenes-install-launch-appium.html

I noticed as the app was being force stopped, it was not cleaning any generated files… should it?

[ADB] Getting connected devices…
[ADB] 1 device(s) connected
[ADB] Running ‘/Users/ventmahe/Library/Android/sdk/platform-tools/adb’ with args: ["-P",5037,"-s",“emulator-5554”,“shell”,“am”,“force-stop”,“io.appium.unlock”]
[AndroidDriver] Not cleaning generated files. Add clearSystemFiles capability if wanted.

-T.J. Maher

2

Fully support clearSystemFiles desired capability, deleting the derived data

it is iOS. and this folder is like “/Users/YOUR_USERNAME/Library/Developer/Xcode/DerivedData”

3

It is iOS? I don’t understand. What part is iOS? … My Appium setup only was installing an Android apk on an Android emulator.

And the statement: “[AndroidDriver] Not cleaning generated files. Add clearSystemFiles capability if wanted”… would lead me to believe that it is something to do with AndroidDriver.

-T.J. Maher

4

i believe mostly iOS only and it is deleting data/logs generated by Appium on PC. maybe Android also :slight_smile: - just never found what it is deleting …

5

Ah! Okay! I am new at this. :slight_smile: I don’t know what it should be deleting, either.

-T

6

original issue for iOS (met also. mine comment inside) - https://github.com/appium/appium/issues/7242