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Launching Appium with command: ‘/Applications/Appium.app/Contents/Resources/node/bin/node’ appium/build/lib/main.js --address “127.0.0.1” --debug-log-spacing --platform-version “9.2” --platform-name “iOS” --app “/Users/sumit.kathuria/Documents/iOSAppium/iOSipa/app.ipa” --show-ios-log --device-name “iPhone 6”

[Appium] Welcome to Appium v1.5.3

[Appium] Non-default server args:

[Appium] address: ‘127.0.0.1’

[Appium] debugLogSpacing: true
[Appium] platformName: ‘iOS’
[Appium] platformVersion: ‘9.2’
[Appium] deviceName: ‘iPhone 6’
[Appium] app: ‘/Users/sumit.kathuria/Documents/iOSAppium/iOSipa/app.ipa’

[Appium] showIOSLog: true
[Appium] Deprecated server args:
[Appium] --platform-name => --default-capabilities ‘{“platformName”:“iOS”}’
[Appium] --platform-version => --default-capabilities ‘{“platformVersion”:“9.2”}’
[Appium] --device-name => --default-capabilities ‘{“deviceName”:“iPhone 6”}’
[Appium] --app => --default-capabilities ‘{“app”:"/Users/sumit.kathuria/Documents/iOSAppium/iOSipa/app.ipa"}’
[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: ‘9.2’
[Appium] deviceName: ‘iPhone 6’

[Appium] app: ‘/Users/sumit.kathuria/Documents/iOSAppium/iOSipa/app.ipa’
[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 33 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 18 ms - 83

[HTTP] --> GET /wd/hub/sessions {}
[MJSONWP] Calling AppiumDriver.getSessions() with args: []
[MJSONWP] Responding to client with driver.getSessions() result: []
[HTTP] <-- GET /wd/hub/sessions 200 4 ms - 40

[HTTP] --> POST /wd/hub/session {“desiredCapabilities”:{“platformName”:“iOS”,“platformVersion”:“9.2”,“newCommandTimeout”:“7200”,“app”:"/Users/sumit.kathuria/Documents/iOSAppium/iOSipa/app.ipa",“automationName”:“Appium”,“deviceName”:“iPhone 6”}}

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

[Appium] Creating new IosDriver session
[Appium] Capabilities:

[Appium] platformName: ‘iOS’

[Appium] platformVersion: ‘9.2’
[Appium] newCommandTimeout: ‘7200’
[Appium] app: ‘/Users/sumit.kathuria/Documents/iOSAppium/iOSipa/app.ipa’
[Appium] automationName: ‘Appium’
[Appium] deviceName: ‘iPhone 6’
[Appium] showIOSLog: true
[BaseDriver] Capability ‘newCommandTimeout’ changed from string (‘7200’) to integer (7200). This may cause unexpected behavior

[BaseDriver] Session created with session id: cdd15986-b88e-459a-9242-76fe7a79a8e8
[debug] [iOS] Not auto-detecting udid.
[BaseDriver] Using local app ‘/Users/sumit.kathuria/Documents/iOSAppium/iOSipa/app.ipa’
[debug] [BaseDriver] Copying local zip to tmp dir

[iOS] Error: Local zip did not exist
at copyLocalZip$ (lib/basedriver/helpers.js:91:11)
at tryCatch (/Applications/Appium.app/Contents/Resources/node_modules/appium/node_modules/babel-runtime/regenerator/runtime.js:67:40)
at GeneratorFunctionPrototype.invoke [as _invoke] (/Applications/Appium.app/Contents/Resources/node_modules/appium/node_modules/babel-runtime/regenerator/runtime.js:315:22)
at GeneratorFunctionPrototype.prototype.(anonymous function) [as next] (/Applications/Appium.app/Contents/Resources/node_modules/appium/node_modules/babel-runtime/regenerator/runtime.js:100:21)
at GeneratorFunctionPrototype.invoke (/Applications/Appium.app/Contents/Resources/node_modules/appium/node_modules/babel-runtime/regenerator/runtime.js:136:37)
at run (/Applications/Appium.app/Contents/Resources/node_modules/appium/node_modules/babel-runtime/node_modules/core-js/library/modules/es6.promise.js:104:47)
at /Applications/Appium.app/Contents/Resources/node_modules/appium/node_modules/babel-runtime/node_modules/core-js/library/modules/es6.promise.js:115:28
at flush (/Applications/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)
[Error: Local zip did not exist]

[iOS] Bad app: ‘/Users/sumit.kathuria/Documents/iOSAppium/iOSipa/app.ipa’. App paths need to be absolute, or relative to the appium server install dir, or a URL to compressed file, or a special app name.

[MJSONWP] Encountered internal error running command: Error: Bad app: /Users/sumit.kathuria/Documents/iOSAppium/iOSipa/app.ipa. App paths need to be absolute, or relative to the appium server install dir, or a URL to compressed file, or a special app name.
at IosDriver.configureApp$ (lib/driver.js:247:13)
at tryCatch (/Applications/Appium.app/Contents/Resources/node_modules/appium/node_modules/babel-runtime/regenerator/runtime.js:67:40)
at GeneratorFunctionPrototype.invoke [as _invoke] (/Applications/Appium.app/Contents/Resources/node_modules/appium/node_modules/babel-runtime/regenerator/runtime.js:315:22)
at GeneratorFunctionPrototype.prototype.(anonymous function) [as throw] (/Applications/Appium.app/Contents/Resources/node_modules/appium/node_modules/babel-runtime/regenerator/runtime.js:100:21)
at GeneratorFunctionPrototype.invoke (/Applications/Appium.app/Contents/Resources/node_modules/appium/node_modules/babel-runtime/regenerator/runtime.js:136:37)
at run (/Applications/Appium.app/Contents/Resources/node_modules/appium/node_modules/babel-runtime/node_modules/core-js/library/modules/es6.promise.js:104:47)
at /Applications/Appium.app/Contents/Resources/node_modules/appium/node_modules/babel-runtime/node_modules/core-js/library/modules/es6.promise.js:115:28
at flush (/Applications/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] <-- POST /wd/hub/session 500 149 ms - 332

[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 16 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 200 201 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 200 154 ms - 83

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That looks like your problem.

3

Thank you :slight_smile:

4

IS . in the username part of the app path creating problem?

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Yes, it was creating problem. Now its working fine.