Crash in Appium inspector on Android 4.2.2

shermaneric · October 19, 2015, 5:34pm

Hey guys,
I found this crash

Environment:
Appium Server 1.4.13
Appium .app 1.4.8
Device Under Test: Android 4.2.2 Samsung Galaxy Tab 3

Steps to Reproduce

I start ARC
I type page //this is fine
I start the appium inspector
I click the inspect button

Expected Behavior: the inspector screen shots the view heirarchy as normal
Actual Result: Crash. Download the crash log at https://www.dropbox.com/s/qc4rmrxuog2x44y/Appium_2015-10-19-102117_Eric-Shermans-Mac.crash?dl=0

Here’s a gist to what happens in ARC/appium server log when the crash occurs:

gist.github.com

https://gist.github.com/shermanericSF/b94de7ce304befe22ffb

gistfile1.txt

android.widget.ImageButton (0)
  desc: Open navigation drawer
  strings.xml: navigation_drawer_open

android.widget.TextView (0)
  text: Animations
  strings.xml: title_animations
nil
[2] pry(main)> info: --> GET /wd/hub/status {}
info: [debug] Responding to client with success: {"status":0,"value":{"build":{"version":"1.4.13","revision":"c75d8adcb66a75818a542fe1891a34260c21f76a"}},"sessionId":"c9f1fa60-91d8-4632-9155-56146fe3d87c"}

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I believe this ticket also references the same problem: https://github.com/appium/appium/issues/5659. Hopefully someone else can help.
Thanks!