i am a new comer for the appium.
env as below:
java1.7+eclipse+appium for windows1.3.4+ android sdk 4.2.2
step:
start appium server and avd then run the junit test
after running the junit test,i can see the app will be installed and opened then get the error message.
create a junit file as below code
=================junit code===================== @Test
public void test() throws Exception {
System.out.println(“install app”);
File app = new File(“D:\workspace\ApiDemos-debug.apk”);
DesiredCapabilities capabilities = new DesiredCapabilities();
capabilities.setCapability(MobileCapabilityType.BROWSER_NAME, “”);
capabilities.setCapability(MobileCapabilityType.PLATFORM_VERSION, “4.2.2”);
capabilities.setCapability(MobileCapabilityType.PLATFORM_NAME, MobilePlatform.ANDROID);
capabilities.setCapability(MobileCapabilityType.DEVICE_NAME, “testavd”);//my avd’s name
capabilities.setCapability(MobileCapabilityType.APP, app.getAbsolutePath());
AndroidDriver driver = new AndroidDriver(new URL(“http://127.0.0.1:4723/wd/hub”), capabilities);
System.out.println(“start app”);
WebElement ss = driver.findElement(By.xpath("//android.widget.TextView"));
}
=================error message=====================
org.openqa.selenium.WebDriverException: UiAutomator died while responding to command, please check appium logs! (WARNING: The server did not provide any stacktrace information)
Command duration or timeout: 2.00 seconds
Build info: version: ‘2.44.0’, revision: ‘76d78cf323ce037c5f92db6c1bba601c2ac43ad8’, time: ‘2014-10-23 13:11:40’
System info: host: ‘user-PC’, ip: ‘192.168.142.1’, os.name: ‘Windows 7’, os.arch: ‘amd64’, os.version: ‘6.1’, java.version: ‘1.7.0_60’
Session ID: c8a46572-48e0-4a92-bb62-7d840844b0ca
Driver info: io.appium.java_client.android.AndroidDriver
Capabilities [{platformVersion=4.1, platform=LINUX, databaseEnabled=false, javascriptEnabled=true, browserName=Android, webStorageEnabled=false, networkConnectionEnabled=true, desired={}, locationContextEnabled=false, warnings={}, takesScreenshot=true}]
at sun.reflect.NativeConstructorAccessorImpl.newInstance0(Native Method)
at sun.reflect.NativeConstructorAccessorImpl.newInstance(Unknown Source)
at sun.reflect.DelegatingConstructorAccessorImpl.newInstance(Unknown Source)
at java.lang.reflect.Constructor.newInstance(Unknown Source)
at org.openqa.selenium.remote.ErrorHandler.createThrowable(ErrorHandler.java:204)
at org.openqa.selenium.remote.ErrorHandler.throwIfResponseFailed(ErrorHandler.java:156)
at org.openqa.selenium.remote.RemoteWebDriver.execute(RemoteWebDriver.java:599)
at io.appium.java_client.AppiumDriver.execute(AppiumDriver.java:180)
at org.openqa.selenium.remote.RemoteWebDriver.findElement(RemoteWebDriver.java:352)
at org.openqa.selenium.remote.RemoteWebDriver.findElementByXPath(RemoteWebDriver.java:449)
at org.openqa.selenium.By$ByXPath.findElement(By.java:357)
at org.openqa.selenium.remote.RemoteWebDriver.findElement(RemoteWebDriver.java:344)
at appiumTest.appiumTest.tt.test(tt.java:53)
at sun.reflect.NativeMethodAccessorImpl.invoke0(Native Method)
at sun.reflect.NativeMethodAccessorImpl.invoke(Unknown Source)
at sun.reflect.DelegatingMethodAccessorImpl.invoke(Unknown Source)
at java.lang.reflect.Method.invoke(Unknown Source)
at org.junit.runners.model.FrameworkMethod$1.runReflectiveCall(FrameworkMethod.java:47)
at org.junit.internal.runners.model.ReflectiveCallable.run(ReflectiveCallable.java:12)
at org.junit.runners.model.FrameworkMethod.invokeExplosively(FrameworkMethod.java:44)
at org.junit.internal.runners.statements.InvokeMethod.evaluate(InvokeMethod.java:17)
at org.junit.internal.runners.statements.RunBefores.evaluate(RunBefores.java:26)
at org.junit.internal.runners.statements.RunAfters.evaluate(RunAfters.java:27)
at org.junit.runners.ParentRunner.runLeaf(ParentRunner.java:271)
at org.junit.runners.BlockJUnit4ClassRunner.runChild(BlockJUnit4ClassRunner.java:70)
at org.junit.runners.BlockJUnit4ClassRunner.runChild(BlockJUnit4ClassRunner.java:50)
at org.junit.runners.ParentRunner$3.run(ParentRunner.java:238)
at org.junit.runners.ParentRunner$1.schedule(ParentRunner.java:63)
at org.junit.runners.ParentRunner.runChildren(ParentRunner.java:236)
at org.junit.runners.ParentRunner.access$000(ParentRunner.java:53)
at org.junit.runners.ParentRunner$2.evaluate(ParentRunner.java:229)
at org.junit.internal.runners.statements.RunBefores.evaluate(RunBefores.java:26)
at org.junit.internal.runners.statements.RunAfters.evaluate(RunAfters.java:27)
at org.junit.runners.ParentRunner.run(ParentRunner.java:309)
at org.eclipse.jdt.internal.junit4.runner.JUnit4TestReference.run(JUnit4TestReference.java:50)
at org.eclipse.jdt.internal.junit.runner.TestExecution.run(TestExecution.java:38)
at org.eclipse.jdt.internal.junit.runner.RemoteTestRunner.runTests(RemoteTestRunner.java:459)
at org.eclipse.jdt.internal.junit.runner.RemoteTestRunner.runTests(RemoteTestRunner.java:675)
at org.eclipse.jdt.internal.junit.runner.RemoteTestRunner.run(RemoteTestRunner.java:382)
at org.eclipse.jdt.internal.junit.runner.RemoteTestRunner.main(RemoteTestRunner.java:192)
I had the same issue, my test was failing when looking up for an element by name/accessibility_id with WebDriverException: UiAutomator died while responding to command… I solved it just upgrading to a higher API Level. Try API Level 19 and 4.4.X Android OS version for your virtual device