Appium 1.6.0 unable to install my IOS .app on real device: No sim found with udid

[drapostolos]

I get the below error when I try to install my IOS app on real device, using appium with java_client (4.1.2). For some reason it tries to install on a simulator (at least that what it looks like from the logs.)

Is there anything I'm missing? Below is what I see in the log.

/Alex

info AppiumDoctor Appium Doctor v.1.2.5
info AppiumDoctor ### Diagnostic starting ###
info AppiumDoctor  ✔ Xcode is installed at: /Applications/Xcode.app/Contents/Developer
info AppiumDoctor  ✔ Xcode Command Line Tools are installed.
info AppiumDoctor  ✔ DevToolsSecurity is enabled.
info AppiumDoctor  ✔ The Authorization DB is set up properly.
info AppiumDoctor  ✔ The Node.js binary was found at: /usr/local/bin/node
info AppiumDoctor  ✔ Carthage was found at: /usr/local/bin/carthage
info AppiumDoctor  ✔ HOME is set to: /Users/alexanderpoulikakos
info AppiumDoctor ### Diagnostic completed, no fix needed. ###
info AppiumDoctor 
info AppiumDoctor Everything looks good, bye!
info AppiumDoctor 
[Appium] Welcome to Appium v1.6.0
[Appium] Non-default server args:
[Appium]   port: 20055
[Appium] Appium REST http interface listener started on 0.0.0.0:20055
[HTTP] --> GET /wd/hub/status {}
[MJSONWP] Calling AppiumDriver.getStatus() with args: []
[MJSONWP] Responding to client with driver.getStatus() result: {"build":{"version":"1.6.0"...
[HTTP] <-- GET /wd/hub/status 200 29 ms - 83 
[HTTP] --> POST /wd/hub/session {"desiredCapabilities":{"app":"/*********/my.app","platformName":"iOS","deviceName":"iPad (3)","fullReset":true,"platformVersion":"9.2"}}
[MJSONWP] Calling AppiumDriver.createSession() with args: [{"app":"/Users/alexanderpo...
[Appium] Creating new IosDriver session
[Appium] Capabilities:
[Appium]   app: '/******************/my.app'
[Appium]   platformName: 'iOS'
[Appium]   deviceName: 'iPad (3)'
[Appium]   fullReset: true
[Appium]   platformVersion: '9.2'
[BaseDriver] Session created with session id: f07b2c8b-14d1-459f-8d41-2f797313a58b
[debug] [iOS] Xcode version set to 7.3.1
[debug] [iOS] Not auto-detecting udid.
[BaseDriver] Using local app '/******************/my.app'
[debug] [iOS] Removing any remaining instruments sockets
[debug] [iOS] Cleaned up instruments socket /var/folders/f7/7x9ly9hx03vd9r1pl_rppl200000gp/T/instruments_sock
[debug] [iOS] Setting iOS SDK Version
[debug] [iOS] iOS SDK Version set to 9.3
[debug] [Instruments] Getting list of devices instruments supports
[debug] [Instruments] Instruments is at: /Applications/Xcode.app/Contents/Developer/usr/bin/instruments
[debug] [Instruments] Available devices: iPad (3) (9.2) [73e0249e89baa62aedcb0372afe7048debf492a6],Apple TV 1080p (9.2) [716A9793-2C75-4F0E-B428-E09327174AAD] (Simulator),iPad 2 (9.3) [16E8F890-AA8A-4058-8569-44C67020A999] (Simulator),iPad Air (9.3) [8BD4DFC9-15A7-4E09-A111-98D6F74A079D] (Simulator),iPad Air 2 (9.3) [4221A047-57AE-4540-B285-A8449AF5DDD6] (Simulator),iPad Pro (9.3) [AFC6C6EB-85AB-4470-A232-ABF0137C6372] (Simulator),iPad Retina (9.3) [9061EA80-464A-4E78-BEAF-BA9DC180EE60] (Simulator),iPhone 4s (9.3) [7E54CA35-CA47-45BB-8636-061C3063C89A] (Simulator),iPhone 5 (9.3) [4F51A194-C301-45EF-875A-75A5CC1219A8] (Simulator),iPhone 5s (9.3) [F66569F6-0C86-4BE0-9E03-A2E0D19D1CDB] (Simulator),iPhone 6 (9.3) [68561860-9DCB-4CEC-843F-FBC294831DA0] (Simulator),iPhone 6 Plus (9.3) [46475135-553E-4F36-B5D0-E801734BCBE8] (Simulator),iPhone 6s (9.3) [4D493C1A-EF17-4AA9-9282-38CBBE92A292] (Simulator),iPhone 6s (9.3) + Apple Watch - 38mm (2.2) [10F2C96D-DA57-4326-B442-11115959BBFF] (Simulator),iPhone 6s Plus (9.3) [65C104FA-8BEB-42A2-AE56-80B65854E3E2] (Simulator),iPhone 6s Plus (9.3) + Apple Watch - 42mm (2.2) [B8985BDD-B852-4EE9-A8C3-A04EFD8C4430] (Simulator)
[debug] [iOS] Checking whether our device string is supported
[iOSSim] Retrieving device name string for Xcode version 7.3.1
[debug] [iOSSim] Getting device string from options: {"deviceName":"iPad (3)","platformVersion":"9.2","forceIphone":false,"forceIpad":false}
[debug] [iOSSim] Final device string is 'iPad (3) (9.2)'
[debug] [iOS] iOS sim UDID is 73e0249e89baa62aedcb0372afe7048debf492a6
[MJSONWP] Encountered internal error running command: Error: No sim found with udid 73e0249e89baa62aedcb0372afe7048debf492a6
    at getSimulator$ (lib/simulator.js:25:11)
    at tryCatch (/usr/local/lib/node_modules/appium/node_modules/babel-runtime/regenerator/runtime.js:67:40)
    at GeneratorFunctionPrototype.invoke [as _invoke] (/usr/local/lib/node_modules/appium/node_modules/babel-runtime/regenerator/runtime.js:315:22)
    at GeneratorFunctionPrototype.prototype.(anonymous function) [as next] (/usr/local/lib/node_modules/appium/node_modules/babel-runtime/regenerator/runtime.js:100:21)
    at GeneratorFunctionPrototype.invoke (/usr/local/lib/node_modules/appium/node_modules/babel-runtime/regenerator/runtime.js:136:37)
    at run (/usr/local/lib/node_modules/appium/node_modules/core-js/library/modules/es6.promise.js:108:47)
    at /usr/local/lib/node_modules/appium/node_modules/core-js/library/modules/es6.promise.js:119:28
    at flush (/usr/local/lib/node_modules/appium/node_modules/core-js/library/modules/$.microtask.js:19:5)
    at nextTickCallbackWith0Args (node.js:452:9)
    at process._tickCallback (node.js:381:13)
[HTTP] <-- POST /wd/hub/session 500 1446 ms - 200 
Exception in thread "main" org.openqa.selenium.WebDriverException: An unknown server-side error occurred while processing the command. Original error: No sim found with udid 73e0249e89baa62aedcb0372afe7048debf492a6 (WARNING: The server did not provide any stacktrace information)
Command duration or timeout: 4.25 seconds
Build info: version: '2.53.1', revision: 'a36b8b1cd5757287168e54b817830adce9b0158d', time: '2016-06-30 19:26:09'
System info: host: '*******', ip: '*********', os.name: 'Mac OS X', os.arch: 'x86_64', os.version: '10.11.6', java.version: '1.8.0_72'
Driver info: io.appium.java_client.ios.IOSDriver
	at sun.reflect.NativeConstructorAccessorImpl.newInstance0(Native Method)
	at sun.reflect.NativeConstructorAccessorImpl.newInstance(NativeConstructorAccessorImpl.java:62)
	at sun.reflect.DelegatingConstructorAccessorImpl.newInstance(DelegatingConstructorAccessorImpl.java:45)
	at java.lang.reflect.Constructor.newInstance(Constructor.java:423)
	at org.openqa.selenium.remote.ErrorHandler.createThrowable(ErrorHandler.java:206)
	at org.openqa.selenium.remote.ErrorHandler.throwIfResponseFailed(ErrorHandler.java:158)
	at org.openqa.selenium.remote.RemoteWebDriver.execute(RemoteWebDriver.java:678)
	at io.appium.java_client.DefaultGenericMobileDriver.execute(DefaultGenericMobileDriver.java:40)
	at io.appium.java_client.AppiumDriver.execute(AppiumDriver.java:1)
	at io.appium.java_client.ios.IOSDriver.execute(IOSDriver.java:1)
	at org.openqa.selenium.remote.RemoteWebDriver.startSession(RemoteWebDriver.java:249)
	at org.openqa.selenium.remote.RemoteWebDriver.<init>(RemoteWebDriver.java:131)
	at org.openqa.selenium.remote.RemoteWebDriver.<init>(RemoteWebDriver.java:144)
	at io.appium.java_client.DefaultGenericMobileDriver.<init>(DefaultGenericMobileDriver.java:36)
	at io.appium.java_client.AppiumDriver.<init>(AppiumDriver.java:114)
	at io.appium.java_client.AppiumDriver.<init>(AppiumDriver.java:145)
	at io.appium.java_client.ios.IOSDriver.<init>(IOSDriver.java:108)

[drapostolos]

I have tried with v1.6.1-beta as well. Same result.

[Ryan_Griffin]

Can you also paste the full list of your deviceCapabilities from your code?

I'm not seeing the udid argument being passed to Appium based on:

[Appium] Creating new IosDriver session
[Appium] Capabilities:
[Appium]   app: '/******************/my.app'
[Appium]   platformName: 'iOS'
[Appium]   deviceName: 'iPad (3)'
[Appium]   fullReset: true
[Appium]   platformVersion: '9.2'
[BaseDriver] Session created with....

[drapostolos]

I have set the capabilities as described in first example here. For simplicity I also include the example below.

File app  = new File("The absolute or relative path to an *.app, *.zip or ipa file");
DesiredCapabilities capabilities = new DesiredCapabilities();
capabilities.setCapability(MobileCapabilityType.DEVICE_NAME, "iPhone Simulator");
capabilities.setCapability(MobileCapabilityType.PLATFORM_VERSION, "The_target_version");
//The_target_version is the supported iOS version, e.g. 8.1, 8.2, 9.2 etc
capabilities.setCapability(MobileCapabilityType.APP, app.getAbsolutePath());
//you are free to set additional capabilities 
AppiumDriver<MobileElement> driver = new IOSDriver<>(
new URL("http://target_ip:used_port/wd/hub"), //if it needs to use locally started server
//then the target_ip is 127.0.0.1 or 0.0.0.0
//the default port is 4723
capabilities);

The values I set are included in the log (in first post). The example does not mention anything about including UDID, so I have not included it.

From this line in the log it looks like appium can findout the UDID (73e0249e89baa62aedcb0372afe7048debf492a6) automatically.

[debug] [Instruments] Available devices: iPad (3) (9.2) [73e0249e89baa62aedcb0372afe7048debf492a6],Apple TV 1080p (9.2) [716A9793-2C75-4F0E-B428-E09327174AAD] (Simulator),iPad 2 (9.3) [16E8F890-AA8A-4058-8569-44C67020A999] (Simulator),iPad Air (9.3) [8BD4DFC9-15A7-4E09-A111-98D6F74A079D] (Simulator),iPad Air 2 (9.3) [4221A047-57AE-4540-B285-A8449AF5DDD6] (Simulator),iPad Pro (9.3) [AFC6C6EB-85AB-4470-A232-ABF0137C6372] (Simulator),iPad Retina (9.3) [9061EA80-464A-4E78-BEAF-BA9DC180EE60] (Simulator),iPhone 4s (9.3) [7E54CA35-CA47-45BB-8636-061C3063C89A] (Simulator),iPhone 5 (9.3) [4F51A194-C301-45EF-875A-75A5CC1219A8] (Simulator),iPhone 5s (9.3) [F66569F6-0C86-4BE0-9E03-A2E0D19D1CDB] (Simulator),iPhone 6 (9.3) [68561860-9DCB-4CEC-843F-FBC294831DA0] (Simulator),iPhone 6 Plus (9.3) [46475135-553E-4F36-B5D0-E801734BCBE8] (Simulator),iPhone 6s (9.3) [4D493C1A-EF17-4AA9-9282-38CBBE92A292] (Simulator),iPhone 6s (9.3) + Apple Watch - 38mm (2.2) [10F2C96D-DA57-4326-B442-11115959BBFF] (Simulator),iPhone 6s Plus (9.3) [65C104FA-8BEB-42A2-AE56-80B65854E3E2] (Simulator),iPhone 6s Plus (9.3) + Apple Watch - 42mm (2.2) [B8985BDD-B852-4EE9-A8C3-A04EFD8C4430] (Simulator)

Is it necessary to include the UDID as well? I will try including it tomorrow morning.

Is it correct to set: deviceName: 'iPad (3)' ?

[drapostolos]

I added the UDID capability and got a different error this time. See log below. It complains about missing Info.plist. I checked and the file is there.

-rw-r--r-- 1 alexanderpoulikakos staff 4016 Nov 16 12:40 Info.plist

What can be the problem?

/Alex

info AppiumDoctor Appium Doctor v.1.2.5
info AppiumDoctor ### Diagnostic starting ###
info AppiumDoctor  ✔ Xcode is installed at: /Applications/Xcode.app/Contents/Developer
info AppiumDoctor  ✔ Xcode Command Line Tools are installed.
info AppiumDoctor  ✔ DevToolsSecurity is enabled.
info AppiumDoctor  ✔ The Authorization DB is set up properly.
info AppiumDoctor  ✔ The Node.js binary was found at: /usr/local/bin/node
info AppiumDoctor  ✔ Carthage was found at: /usr/local/bin/carthage
info AppiumDoctor  ✔ HOME is set to: /Users/alexanderpoulikakos
info AppiumDoctor ### Diagnostic completed, no fix needed. ###
info AppiumDoctor 
info AppiumDoctor Everything looks good, bye!
info AppiumDoctor 
[Appium] Welcome to Appium v1.6.1-beta
[Appium] Non-default server args:
[Appium]   address: '127.0.0.1'
[Appium]   port: 4830
[Appium] Appium REST http interface listener started on 127.0.0.1:4830
[HTTP] --> GET /wd/hub/status {}
[debug] [MJSONWP] Calling AppiumDriver.getStatus() with args: []
[debug] [MJSONWP] Responding to client with driver.getStatus() result: {"build":{"version":"1.6.1-beta","revision":null}}
[HTTP] <-- GET /wd/hub/status 200 24 ms - 88 
[HTTP] --> POST /wd/hub/session {"desiredCapabilities":{"app":"/*************/my.app","udid":"73e0249e89baa62aedcb0372afe7048debf492a6","platformName":"iOS","deviceName":"IPhone","platformVersion":"9.2"}}
[debug] [MJSONWP] Calling AppiumDriver.createSession() with args: [{"app":"/****************/my.app","udid":"73e0249e89baa62aedcb0372afe7048debf492a6","platformName":"iOS","deviceName":"IPhone","platformVersion":"9.2"},null,null,null,null]
[Appium] Creating new IosDriver session
[Appium] Capabilities:
[Appium]   app: '/**************/my.app'
[Appium]   udid: '73e0249e89baa62aedcb0372afe7048debf492a6'
[Appium]   platformName: 'iOS'
[Appium]   deviceName: 'IPhone'
[Appium]   platformVersion: '9.2'
[debug] [iOS] IosDriver version: 1.12.32
[BaseDriver] Session created with session id: 160d4f9a-4758-4bde-8c49-345ae10e034c
[debug] [iOS] Xcode version set to 7.3.1
[debug] [iOS] Not auto-detecting udid.
[BaseDriver] Using local app '/**************/my.app'
[debug] [iOS] Removing any remaining instruments sockets
[debug] [iOS] Cleaned up instruments socket /var/folders/f7/7x9ly9hx03vd9r1pl_rppl200000gp/T/instruments_sock
[debug] [iOS] No language specified. Using default strings
[debug] [iOS] Strings file not found. Looking in 'en.lproj' directory
[iOS] Could not file localizable strings file 'Localizable.strings'!
[Support] Error: Plist file doesn't exist: '/****************/my.app/Info.plist'
    at Object.wrappedLogger.errorAndThrow (lib/logger.js:60:13)
    at Object.parsePlistFile$ (../../lib/plist.js:22:11)
    at tryCatch (/usr/local/lib/node_modules/appium/node_modules/babel-runtime/regenerator/runtime.js:67:40)
    at GeneratorFunctionPrototype.invoke [as _invoke] (/usr/local/lib/node_modules/appium/node_modules/babel-runtime/regenerator/runtime.js:315:22)
    at GeneratorFunctionPrototype.prototype.(anonymous function) [as next] (/usr/local/lib/node_modules/appium/node_modules/babel-runtime/regenerator/runtime.js:100:21)
    at GeneratorFunctionPrototype.invoke (/usr/local/lib/node_modules/appium/node_modules/babel-runtime/regenerator/runtime.js:136:37)
    at run (/usr/local/lib/node_modules/appium/node_modules/core-js/library/modules/es6.promise.js:108:47)
    at /usr/local/lib/node_modules/appium/node_modules/core-js/library/modules/es6.promise.js:119:28
    at flush (/usr/local/lib/node_modules/appium/node_modules/core-js/library/modules/$.microtask.js:19:5)
    at nextTickCallbackWith0Args (node.js:452:9)
    at process._tickCallback (node.js:381:13)
 [Error: Plist file doesn't exist: '/**************/my.app/Info.plist']
[ios-app-utils] Error: Could not extract Info.plist from application: Plist file doesn't exist: '/***************/my.app/Info.plist'
    at Object.wrappedLogger.errorAndThrow (lib/logger.js:60:13)
    at extractPlist$ (../../lib/extract.js:14:9)
    at tryCatch (/usr/local/lib/node_modules/appium/node_modules/babel-runtime/regenerator/runtime.js:67:40)
    at GeneratorFunctionPrototype.invoke [as _invoke] (/usr/local/lib/node_modules/appium/node_modules/babel-runtime/regenerator/runtime.js:315:22)
    at GeneratorFunctionPrototype.prototype.(anonymous function) [as throw] (/usr/local/lib/node_modules/appium/node_modules/babel-runtime/regenerator/runtime.js:100:21)
    at GeneratorFunctionPrototype.invoke (/usr/local/lib/node_modules/appium/node_modules/babel-runtime/regenerator/runtime.js:136:37)
    at run (/usr/local/lib/node_modules/appium/node_modules/core-js/library/modules/es6.promise.js:108:47)
    at /usr/local/lib/node_modules/appium/node_modules/core-js/library/modules/es6.promise.js:119:28
    at flush (/usr/local/lib/node_modules/appium/node_modules/core-js/library/modules/$.microtask.js:19:5)
    at nextTickCallbackWith0Args (node.js:452:9)
    at process._tickCallback (node.js:381:13)
 [Error: Could not extract Info.plist from application: Plist file doesn't exist: '/**************/my.app/Info.plist']
[iOS] Could not set the bundleId from app.
[MJSONWP] Encountered internal error running command: Error: Could not extract Info.plist from application: Plist file doesn't exist: '/***************/my.app/Info.plist'
    at Object.wrappedLogger.errorAndThrow (lib/logger.js:60:13)
    at extractPlist$ (../../lib/extract.js:14:9)
    at tryCatch (/usr/local/lib/node_modules/appium/node_modules/babel-runtime/regenerator/runtime.js:67:40)
    at GeneratorFunctionPrototype.invoke [as _invoke] (/usr/local/lib/node_modules/appium/node_modules/babel-runtime/regenerator/runtime.js:315:22)
    at GeneratorFunctionPrototype.prototype.(anonymous function) [as throw] (/usr/local/lib/node_modules/appium/node_modules/babel-runtime/regenerator/runtime.js:100:21)
    at GeneratorFunctionPrototype.invoke (/usr/local/lib/node_modules/appium/node_modules/babel-runtime/regenerator/runtime.js:136:37)
    at run (/usr/local/lib/node_modules/appium/node_modules/core-js/library/modules/es6.promise.js:108:47)
    at /usr/local/lib/node_modules/appium/node_modules/core-js/library/modules/es6.promise.js:119:28
    at flush (/usr/local/lib/node_modules/appium/node_modules/core-js/library/modules/$.microtask.js:19:5)
    at nextTickCallbackWith0Args (node.js:452:9)
    at process._tickCallback (node.js:381:13)
[HTTP] <-- POST /wd/hub/session 500 102 ms - 381 
Exception in thread "main" org.openqa.selenium.WebDriverException: An unknown server-side error occurred while processing the command. Original error: Could not extract Info.plist from application: Plist file doesn't exist: '/Users/alexanderpoulikakos/git/automato/Users/alexanderpoulikakos/git/papapear/mobile/projects/PapaPearSaga_iPhoneOSAutomation/Debug-iphoneos/papapearsaga.app/Info.plist' (WARNING: The server did not provide any stacktrace information)
Command duration or timeout: 3.90 seconds
Build info: version: '2.53.1', revision: 'a36b8b1cd5757287168e54b817830adce9b0158d', time: '2016-06-30 19:26:09'
System info: host: 'STOLTM0859.local', ip: '172.19.13.79', os.name: 'Mac OS X', os.arch: 'x86_64', os.version: '10.11.6', java.version: '1.8.0_72'
Driver info: io.appium.java_client.ios.IOSDriver
	at sun.reflect.NativeConstructorAccessorImpl.newInstance0(Native Method)
	at sun.reflect.NativeConstructorAccessorImpl.newInstance(NativeConstructorAccessorImpl.java:62)
	at sun.reflect.DelegatingConstructorAccessorImpl.newInstance(DelegatingConstructorAccessorImpl.java:45)
	at java.lang.reflect.Constructor.newInstance(Constructor.java:423)
	at org.openqa.selenium.remote.ErrorHandler.createThrowable(ErrorHandler.java:206)
	at org.openqa.selenium.remote.ErrorHandler.throwIfResponseFailed(ErrorHandler.java:158)
	at org.openqa.selenium.remote.RemoteWebDriver.execute(RemoteWebDriver.java:678)
	at io.appium.java_client.DefaultGenericMobileDriver.execute(DefaultGenericMobileDriver.java:40)
	at io.appium.java_client.AppiumDriver.execute(AppiumDriver.java:1)
	at io.appium.java_client.ios.IOSDriver.execute(IOSDriver.java:1)
	at org.openqa.selenium.remote.RemoteWebDriver.startSession(RemoteWebDriver.java:249)
	at org.openqa.selenium.remote.RemoteWebDriver.<init>(RemoteWebDriver.java:131)
	at org.openqa.selenium.remote.RemoteWebDriver.<init>(RemoteWebDriver.java:144)
	at io.appium.java_client.DefaultGenericMobileDriver.<init>(DefaultGenericMobileDriver.java:36)
	at io.appium.java_client.AppiumDriver.<init>(AppiumDriver.java:114)
	at io.appium.java_client.AppiumDriver.<init>(AppiumDriver.java:145)
	at io.appium.java_client.ios.IOSDriver.<init>(IOSDriver.java:108)

[Aleksei]

you trying install APP file on Real device? in mine understanding APP - Simulator, IPA - Real device.

[drapostolos]

yes, real device.
.app has previously worked for read device as well.

Just noticed my path to my app was wrong (used relative path). I corrected that and now get next problem. See below. Need to look into why java_client can not find ideviceinstaller. Could be I'm missing setting correct Environment....

[debug] [iOS] Creating iDevice object with udid 73e0249e89baa62aedcb0372afe7048debf492a6
[debug] [iOS] Couldn't find ideviceinstaller, trying built-in at /usr/local/lib/node_modules/appium/node_modules/build/libimobiledevice-macosx/ideviceinstaller
[iOS] Could not initialize ideviceinstaller; make sure it is installed and works on your system
[MJSONWP] Encountered internal error running command: Error: Could not initialize ideviceinstaller; make sure it is installed and works on your system
    at IosDriver.getIDeviceObj (../../lib/driver.js:410:15)
    at IosDriver.get (../../lib/driver.js:640:49)
    at IosDriver.startRealDevice$ (../../lib/driver.js:337:34)
    at tryCatch (/usr/local/lib/node_modules/appium/node_modules/babel-runtime/regenerator/runtime.js:67:40)
    at GeneratorFunctionPrototype.invoke [as _invoke] (/usr/local/lib/node_modules/appium/node_modules/babel-runtime/regenerator/runtime.js:315:22)
    at GeneratorFunctionPrototype.prototype.(anonymous function) [as next] (/usr/local/lib/node_modules/appium/node_modules/babel-runtime/regenerator/runtime.js:100:21)
    at GeneratorFunctionPrototype.invoke (/usr/local/lib/node_modules/appium/node_modules/babel-runtime/regenerator/runtime.js:136:37)
    at run (/usr/local/lib/node_modules/appium/node_modules/core-js/library/modules/es6.promise.js:108:47)
    at /usr/local/lib/node_modules/appium/node_modules/core-js/library/modules/es6.promise.js:119:28
    at flush (/usr/local/lib/node_modules/appium/node_modules/core-js/library/modules/$.microtask.js:19:5)
    at nextTickCallbackWith0Args (node.js:452:9)
    at process._tickCallback (node.js:381:13)

[Aleksei]

brew install ideviceinstaller
npm install -g ios-deploy

more to read - https://github.com/appium/appium-xcuitest-driver

[pavanbachu]

if you are specifying iOS version less than 9.3.5 it is recommended to use Appium V1.6

[drapostolos]

I already have ideviceinstaller installed.

Solvede my problem
My problem was, when starting Eclipse from the dock (or search window, or Finder), OSX doe snot propagate the env PATH from my user settings. See more here: https://bugs.eclipse.org/bugs/show_bug.cgi?id=490816

so PATH in eclipse looked like this: /usr/bin:/bin:/usr/sbin:/sbin
and brew installs apps in /usr/local/bin (or actually adds symlinks in that folder). Hence ideviceinstaller could not be found.

So I added something like this when configuring the AppiumServiceBuilder:

	Map<String, String> env = new HashMap<>(System.getenv());
	env.put("PATH", "/usr/local/bin:" + env.get("PATH"));
	AppiumServiceBuilder serviceBuilder = new AppiumServiceBuilder().withEnvironment(env);

Now it works.