I write an appium test to check an integration between app A that opens app B as an SDK app.
meaning app B has a whitelist of apps’ package names that can trigger it to open a specific activity.
app A can be one of 3 apps with different package names.
So i created 3 apks with different package names.
Here is app A manifest
I wanted change the package in the manifest, but it fails the apk build.
<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
<manifest xmlns:android="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res/android"
package="com.example.eliran.myapplication" >
<application
android:allowBackup="true"
android:icon="@mipmap/ic_launcher"
android:label="@string/app_name"
android:theme="@style/AppTheme" >
<activity
android:name=".MainActivity"
android:label="@string/app_name" >
<intent-filter>
<action android:name="android.intent.action.MAIN" />
<category android:name="android.intent.category.LAUNCHER" />
</intent-filter>
</activity>
</application>
</manifest>
so i read this post in SOF and changed the applicaitonId instead (gradle.build)
android {
compileSdkVersion 22
buildToolsVersion "22.0.1"
defaultConfig {
applicationId "com.partner1"
minSdkVersion 15
targetSdkVersion 22
I created an apk
but now appium fails to install that apk
with this desired capabilities:
saying:
org.openqa.selenium.WebDriverException: An unknown server-side error occurred while processing the command. Original error: Error occured while starting App. Original error: Activity used to start app doesn't exist or cannot be launched! Make sure it exists and is a launchable activity (WARNING: The server did not provide any stacktrace information)
Command duration or timeout: 21.63 seconds