Error: Unable to build Espresso server - Process ended with exitcode 1 (cmd: 'gradlew.bat -PappiumTargetPackage\=com.abc.android.qa.debug app\:assembleAndroidTest')


[Gradle] [STDERR] Execution failed for task ‘:app:processDebugMainManifest’.

Eclipse IDE

Appium version: v1.23.0-beta.0

EspressoDriver version: 1.50.1

Console Error:

org.openqa.selenium.SessionNotCreatedException: Unable to create a new remote session. Please check the server log for more details. Original error: A new session could not be created. Details: Unable to build Espresso server - Process ended with exitcode 1 (cmd: ‘gradlew.bat -PappiumTargetPackage=com.premise.android.qa.debug app:assembleAndroidTest’)

Gradle error message:

How to fix this issue now?

What version of Java are you using? I was using version 17.x and found that downgrading to 15.x solved some of the build issues for Espresso.