The android app I’m testing launches the ‘login page’ when the shortcut of the app is pressed. This is also the page that is launched when I start the app via Appium.
I would like Appium to launch the signup page, rather than the login page, on start up. I tried to do this using the ‘start_activity’ method, but it didn’t work. Here is my Python code…
Information about the phone; all tests use this dictionary…
desired_caps = {}
desired_caps[‘platformName’] = ‘Android’
desired_caps[‘platformVersion’] = ‘7.1’
desired_caps[‘deviceName’] = ‘00d7c51cd981c8d1’Returns abs path relative to this file and not cwd
#desired_caps[‘app’] = os.path.abspath(os.path.join(os.path.dirname(file),‘apps/208.apk’))
desired_caps[‘appPackage’] = ‘magicalconnect.android.magical.dev’
desired_caps[‘appActivity’] = ‘com.android.magical.Presentation.SignUpActivity’
self.phone = webdriver.Remote(‘http://localhost:4723/wd/hub’, desired_caps)
self.phone.start_activity(‘magicalconnect.android.magical.dev’,‘.SignUpActivity’)
This is the error i get
> E selenium.common.exceptions.WebDriverException: Message: 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
> ..\..\appdata\local\programs\python\python36-32\lib\site-packages\selenium\webdriver\remote\errorhandler.py:192: WebDriverException