Appium 1.4.16 Fails to launch my Android app on emulator

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Launching appium using both pre-launch functionality and running test case, but getting same error in both cases.

Launching Appium server with command: C:\Program Files (x86)\Appium\node.exe lib\server\main.js --address 127.0.0.1 --port 4723 --app C:\Users\nidhim\workspace5\AppiumDemo-master\com.android.calculator2.apk --pre-launch --local-timezone --platform-name Android --platform-version 23 --automation-name Appium --log-no-color
info: [debug] Starting Appium in pre-launch mode
info: Pre-launching app
info: [debug] No appActivity desired capability or server param. Parsing from apk.
info: [debug] No appPackage desired capability or server param. Parsing from apk.
info: [debug] Using local app from command line: C:\Users\nidhim\workspace5\AppiumDemo-master\com.android.calculator2.apk
info: [debug] Creating new appium session f46aa96d-39da-4a5c-87e7-a5d6c1331ddb
info: Starting android appium
info: [debug] Getting Java version
info: Java version is: 1.8.0_73
info: [debug] Checking whether adb is present
info: [debug] Using adb from C:\Users\nidhim\adt-bundle-windows-x86_64-20140321\sdk\platform-tools\adb.exe
info: [debug] Parsing package and activity from app manifest
info: [debug] Checking whether aapt is present
info: [debug] Using aapt from C:\Users\nidhim\adt-bundle-windows-x86_64-20140321\sdk\build-tools\android-4.4.2\aapt.exe
info: [debug] Extracting package and launch activity from manifest.
info: [debug] executing cmd: C:\Users\nidhim\adt-bundle-windows-x86_64-20140321\sdk\build-tools\android-4.4.2\aapt.exe dump badging C:\Users\nidhim\workspace5\AppiumDemo-master\com.android.calculator2.apk
info: [debug] badging package: com.android.calculator2
info: [debug] badging act: com.android.calculator2.Calculator
info: [debug] Parsed package and activity are: com.android.calculator2/com.android.calculator2.Calculator
info: [debug] Using fast reset? true
info: [debug] Preparing device for session
info: [debug] Checking whether app is actually present
info: Retrieving device
info: [debug] Trying to find a connected android device
info: [debug] Getting connected devices…
info: [debug] executing cmd: C:\Users\nidhim\adt-bundle-windows-x86_64-20140321\sdk\platform-tools\adb.exe devices
info: [debug] 1 device(s) connected
info: Found device emulator-5556
info: [debug] Setting device id to emulator-5556
info: [debug] Waiting for device to be ready and to respond to shell commands (timeout = 5)
info: [debug] executing cmd: C:\Users\nidhim\adt-bundle-windows-x86_64-20140321\sdk\platform-tools\adb.exe -s emulator-5556 wait-for-device
info: [debug] executing cmd: C:\Users\nidhim\adt-bundle-windows-x86_64-20140321\sdk\platform-tools\adb.exe -s emulator-5556 shell “echo ‘ready’”
info: [debug] Starting logcat capture
info: [debug] Getting device API level
info: [debug] executing cmd: C:\Users\nidhim\adt-bundle-windows-x86_64-20140321\sdk\platform-tools\adb.exe -s emulator-5556 shell “getprop ro.build.version.sdk”
info: [debug] Device is at API Level 19
info: Device API level is: 19
info: [debug] Extracting strings for language: default
info: [debug] executing cmd: C:\Users\nidhim\adt-bundle-windows-x86_64-20140321\sdk\platform-tools\adb.exe -s emulator-5556 shell “getprop persist.sys.language”
info: [debug] Current device persist.sys.language: en
info: [debug] java -jar “C:\Program Files (x86)\Appium\node_modules\appium\node_modules\appium-adb\jars\appium_apk_tools.jar” “stringsFromApk” “C:\Users\nidhim\workspace5\AppiumDemo-master\com.android.calculator2.apk” “C:\Users\nidhim\AppData\Local\Temp\com.android.calculator2” en
info: [debug] No strings.xml for language ‘en’, getting default strings.xml
info: [debug] java -jar “C:\Program Files (x86)\Appium\node_modules\appium\node_modules\appium-adb\jars\appium_apk_tools.jar” “stringsFromApk” “C:\Users\nidhim\workspace5\AppiumDemo-master\com.android.calculator2.apk” “C:\Users\nidhim\AppData\Local\Temp\com.android.calculator2”
info: [debug] Reading strings from converted strings.json
info: [debug] Setting language to default
info: [debug] executing cmd: C:\Users\nidhim\adt-bundle-windows-x86_64-20140321\sdk\platform-tools\adb.exe -s emulator-5556 push “C:\Users\nidhim\AppData\Local\Temp\com.android.calculator2\strings.json” /data/local/tmp
info: [debug] Checking whether aapt is present
info: [debug] Using aapt from C:\Users\nidhim\adt-bundle-windows-x86_64-20140321\sdk\build-tools\android-4.4.2\aapt.exe
info: [debug] Retrieving process from manifest.
info: [debug] executing cmd: C:\Users\nidhim\adt-bundle-windows-x86_64-20140321\sdk\build-tools\android-4.4.2\aapt.exe dump xmltree C:\Users\nidhim\workspace5\AppiumDemo-master\com.android.calculator2.apk AndroidManifest.xml
info: [debug] Set app process to: com.android.calculator2
info: [debug] Not uninstalling app since server not started with --full-reset
info: [debug] Checking app cert for C:\Users\nidhim\workspace5\AppiumDemo-master\com.android.calculator2.apk.
info: [debug] executing cmd: java -jar “C:\Program Files (x86)\Appium\node_modules\appium\node_modules\appium-adb\jars\verify.jar” C:\Users\nidhim\workspace5\AppiumDemo-master\com.android.calculator2.apk
info: [debug] App already signed.
info: [debug] Zip-aligning C:\Users\nidhim\workspace5\AppiumDemo-master\com.android.calculator2.apk
info: [debug] Checking whether zipalign is present
info: [debug] Using zipalign from C:\Users\nidhim\adt-bundle-windows-x86_64-20140321\sdk\build-tools\23.0.1\zipalign.exe
info: [debug] Zip-aligning apk.
info: [debug] executing cmd: C:\Users\nidhim\adt-bundle-windows-x86_64-20140321\sdk\build-tools\23.0.1\zipalign.exe -f 4 C:\Users\nidhim\workspace5\AppiumDemo-master\com.android.calculator2.apk C:\Users\nidhim\AppData\Local\Temp\11718-6392-dpp4a6\appium.tmp
info: [debug] MD5 for app is 7975ccc73d76542aa43ccb3c6ddbaafa
info: [debug] executing cmd: C:\Users\nidhim\adt-bundle-windows-x86_64-20140321\sdk\platform-tools\adb.exe -s emulator-5556 shell “ls /data/local/tmp/7975ccc73d76542aa43ccb3c6ddbaafa.apk”
info: [debug] Getting install status for com.android.calculator2
info: [debug] Getting device API level
info: [debug] executing cmd: C:\Users\nidhim\adt-bundle-windows-x86_64-20140321\sdk\platform-tools\adb.exe -s emulator-5556 shell “getprop ro.build.version.sdk”
info: [debug] Device is at API Level 19
info: [debug] executing cmd: C:\Users\nidhim\adt-bundle-windows-x86_64-20140321\sdk\platform-tools\adb.exe -s emulator-5556 shell “pm list packages -3 com.android.calculator2”
info: [debug] App is not installed
info: Installing App
info: [debug] executing cmd: C:\Users\nidhim\adt-bundle-windows-x86_64-20140321\sdk\platform-tools\adb.exe -s emulator-5556 shell “mkdir -p /data/local/tmp/”
info: [debug] Removing any old apks
info: [debug] executing cmd: C:\Users\nidhim\adt-bundle-windows-x86_64-20140321\sdk\platform-tools\adb.exe -s emulator-5556 shell “ls /data/local/tmp/.apk"
info: [debug] Found an apk we want to keep at /data/local/tmp/7975ccc73d76542aa43ccb3c6ddbaafa.apk
info: [debug] Couldn’t find any apks to remove
info: [debug] Uninstalling com.android.calculator2
info: [debug] executing cmd: C:\Users\nidhim\adt-bundle-windows-x86_64-20140321\sdk\platform-tools\adb.exe -s emulator-5556 shell “am force-stop com.android.calculator2”
info: [debug] executing cmd: C:\Users\nidhim\adt-bundle-windows-x86_64-20140321\sdk\platform-tools\adb.exe -s emulator-5556 uninstall com.android.calculator2
info: [debug] App was not uninstalled, maybe it wasn’t on device?
info: [debug] executing cmd: C:\Users\nidhim\adt-bundle-windows-x86_64-20140321\sdk\platform-tools\adb.exe -s emulator-5556 shell “pm install -r /data/local/tmp/7975ccc73d76542aa43ccb3c6ddbaafa.apk”
warn: Installing remote apk failed, going to uninstall and try again
info: [debug] Removing any old apks
info: [debug] executing cmd: C:\Users\nidhim\adt-bundle-windows-x86_64-20140321\sdk\platform-tools\adb.exe -s emulator-5556 shell "ls /data/local/tmp/.apk”
info: [debug] executing cmd: C:\Users\nidhim\adt-bundle-windows-x86_64-20140321\sdk\platform-tools\adb.exe -s emulator-5556 shell rm “/data/local/tmp/7975ccc73d76542aa43ccb3c6ddbaafa.apk”
info: [debug] executing cmd: C:\Users\nidhim\adt-bundle-windows-x86_64-20140321\sdk\platform-tools\adb.exe -s emulator-5556 push “C:\Users\nidhim\workspace5\AppiumDemo-master\com.android.calculator2.apk” /data/local/tmp/7975ccc73d76542aa43ccb3c6ddbaafa.apk
info: [debug] Attempting to install again for the last time
info: [debug] executing cmd: C:\Users\nidhim\adt-bundle-windows-x86_64-20140321\sdk\platform-tools\adb.exe -s emulator-5556 shell “pm install -r /data/local/tmp/7975ccc73d76542aa43ccb3c6ddbaafa.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: Could not pre-launch appium: Error: Remote install failed: pkg: /data/local/tmp/7975ccc73d76542aa43ccb3c6ddbaafa.apk

Failure [INSTALL_FAILED_OLDER_SDK]
Appium server process ended

Apart from this, when i run my test case, with below code in eclipse, i get the same error in console.

    String apkpath = "C:\\Users\\nidhim\\workspace5\\AppiumDemo-master\\com.android.calculator2.apk";

File app = new File (apkpath);
DesiredCapabilities capabilities = new DesiredCapabilities();
capabilities.setCapability(“appium-version”, “1.4.16.1”);
capabilities.setCapability(“platformName”, “Android”);
capabilities.setCapability(“platformVersion”, “23”);
capabilities.setCapability(“deviceName”, “emulator-5556”);
capabilities.setCapability(“app”,app.getAbsolutePath());
capabilities.setCapability(“appPackage”, “com.android.calculator2”);
capabilities.setCapability(“appActivity”, “com.android.calculator2.Calculator”);
WebDriver driver = new RemoteWebDriver(new URL(“http://127.0.0.1:4723/wd/hub”), capabilities);

Please help since I am very new to Appium, and stuck since a day.

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Hi ,
I also seeing the same issue,it fails to launch the app:

Appium server process ended
Killed Node Server.
Launching Appium server with command: C:\Program Files (x86)\Appium\node.exe lib\server\main.js --address 127.0.0.1 --port 4723 --platform-name Android --platform-version 23 --automation-name Appium --log-no-color
info: Welcome to Appium v1.4.16 (REV ae6877eff263066b26328d457bd285c0cc62430d)
info: Appium REST http interface listener started on 127.0.0.1:4723
info: [debug] Non-default server args: {“address”:“127.0.0.1”,“logNoColors”:true,“platformName”:“Android”,“platformVersion”:“23”,“automationName”:“Appium”}
info: Console LogLevel: debug
info: → POST /wd/hub/session {“desiredCapabilities”:{“appPackage”:“io.appium.android.apis”,“appActivity”:“.ApiDemo”,“platformName”:“Android”,“deviceName”:“Shilpa”},“requiredCapabilities”:{},“capabilities”:{“desiredCapabilities”:{“appPackage”:“io.appium.android.apis”,“appActivity”:“.ApiDemo”,“platformName”:“Android”,“deviceName”:“Shilpa”},“requiredCapabilities”:{},“alwaysMatch”:{“platformName”:“Android”},“firstMatch”:}}
info: Client User-Agent string: Apache-HttpClient/4.5.3 (Java/1.8.0_131)
info: [debug] Didn’t get app but did get Android package, will attempt to launch it on the device
info: [debug] Creating new appium session 113a4f3d-ca29-4fd5-83b6-4b59ae5a2b40
info: Starting android appium
info: [debug] Getting Java version
info: Java version is: 1.8.0_131
info: [debug] Checking whether adb is present
info: [debug] Using adb from C:\Users\DELL\AppData\Local\Android\sdk\platform-tools\adb.exe
warn: No app capability, can’t parse package/activity
info: [debug] Using fast reset? true
info: [debug] Preparing device for session
info: [debug] Not checking whether app is present since we are assuming it’s already on the device
info: Retrieving device
info: [debug] Trying to find a connected android device
info: [debug] Getting connected devices…
info: [debug] executing cmd: C:\Users\DELL\AppData\Local\Android\sdk\platform-tools\adb.exe devices
info: [debug] 1 device(s) connected
info: Found device emulator-5554
info: [debug] Setting device id to emulator-5554
info: [debug] Waiting for device to be ready and to respond to shell commands (timeout = 5)
info: [debug] executing cmd: C:\Users\DELL\AppData\Local\Android\sdk\platform-tools\adb.exe -s emulator-5554 wait-for-device
info: [debug] executing cmd: C:\Users\DELL\AppData\Local\Android\sdk\platform-tools\adb.exe -s emulator-5554 shell “echo ‘ready’”
info: [debug] Starting logcat capture
info: [debug] Getting device API level
info: [debug] executing cmd: C:\Users\DELL\AppData\Local\Android\sdk\platform-tools\adb.exe -s emulator-5554 shell “getprop ro.build.version.sdk”
info: [debug] Device is at API Level 25
info: Device API level is: 25
info: [debug] Extracting strings for language: default
info: [debug] Apk doesn’t exist locally
info: [debug] Could not get strings, but it looks like we had an old strings file anyway, so ignoring
info: [debug] executing cmd: C:\Users\DELL\AppData\Local\Android\sdk\platform-tools\adb.exe -s emulator-5554 shell “rm -rf /data/local/tmp/strings.json”
info: [debug] Not uninstalling app since server not started with --full-reset
info: [debug] Skipping install since we launched with a package instead of an app path
info: [debug] Forwarding system:4724 to device:4724
info: [debug] executing cmd: C:\Users\DELL\AppData\Local\Android\sdk\platform-tools\adb.exe -s emulator-5554 forward tcp:4724 tcp:4724
info: [debug] Pushing appium bootstrap to device…
info: [debug] executing cmd: C:\Users\DELL\AppData\Local\Android\sdk\platform-tools\adb.exe -s emulator-5554 push “C:\Program Files (x86)\Appium\node_modules\appium\build\android_bootstrap\AppiumBootstrap.jar” /data/local/tmp/
info: [debug] Pushing settings apk to device…
info: [debug] executing cmd: C:\Users\DELL\AppData\Local\Android\sdk\platform-tools\adb.exe -s emulator-5554 install “C:\Program Files (x86)\Appium\node_modules\appium\build\settings_apk\settings_apk-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 “C:\Users\DELL\AppData\Local\Android\sdk\platform-tools\adb.exe -s emulator-5554 install “C:\Program Files (x86)\Appium\node_modules\appium\build\settings_apk\settings_apk-debug.apk””
Failed to install C:\Program Files (x86)\Appium\node_modules\appium\build\settings_apk\settings_apk-debug.apk: Failure [INSTALL_FAILED_ALREADY_EXISTS: Attempt to re-install io.appium.settings without first uninstalling.]

info: [debug] Error: Command failed: C:\Windows\system32\cmd.exe /s /c “C:\Users\DELL\AppData\Local\Android\sdk\platform-tools\adb.exe -s emulator-5554 install “C:\Program Files (x86)\Appium\node_modules\appium\build\settings_apk\settings_apk-debug.apk””
Failed to install C:\Program Files (x86)\Appium\node_modules\appium\build\settings_apk\settings_apk-debug.apk: Failure [INSTALL_FAILED_ALREADY_EXISTS: Attempt to re-install io.appium.settings 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 Socket.<anonymous> (child_process.js:1184:11)
at Socket.emit (events.js:107:17)
at Pipe.close (net.js:484:11)

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 "C:\Users\DELL\AppData\Local\Android\sdk\platform-tools\adb.exe -s emulator-5554 install "C:\Program Files (x86)\Appium\node_modules\appium\build\settings_apk\settings_apk-debug.apk""\nFailed to install C:\Program Files (x86)\Appium\node_modules\appium\build\settings_apk\settings_apk-debug.apk: Failure [INSTALL_FAILED_ALREADY_EXISTS: Attempt to re-install io.appium.settings without first uninstalling.]\r\n)”,“killed”:false,“code”:1,“signal”:null,“cmd”:“C:\Windows\system32\cmd.exe /s /c "C:\Users\DELL\AppData\Local\Android\sdk\platform-tools\adb.exe -s emulator-5554 install "C:\Program Files (x86)\Appium\node_modules\appium\build\settings_apk\settings_apk-debug.apk""”,“origValue”:“Command failed: C:\Windows\system32\cmd.exe /s /c "C:\Users\DELL\AppData\Local\Android\sdk\platform-tools\adb.exe -s emulator-5554 install "C:\Program Files (x86)\Appium\node_modules\appium\build\settings_apk\settings_apk-debug.apk""\nFailed to install C:\Program Files (x86)\Appium\node_modules\appium\build\settings_apk\settings_apk-debug.apk: Failure [INSTALL_FAILED_ALREADY_EXISTS: Attempt to re-install io.appium.settings without first uninstalling.]\r\n”},“sessionId”:null}
info: ← POST /wd/hub/session 500 8327.013 ms - 1384