Cannot launch android app

[leppo]

I'm still a relative newbie, but here are some thoughts-

If you launch the Appium Doctor (stethoscope icon on Appium Server), does it show that everything is configured correctly for Android?

If the Appium Server GUI, have you used the Android settings to select your APK? There’s nothing wrong with it being located in the “downloads” directory, but you may want to move it to keep them in a separate directory. You code should also define the correct directory path to the apk like:
/Users/appium/apk/Fandango.apk.

Have you launched the Appium Inspector? If so, what errors are shown in the Server?

I’m not positive, but I think you may need a desiredCapability for “appPackage”. When you select your apk file in the Android Settings in the Appium Server, clicking the dropdown on the “Package” field should show you the value for appPackage.

I think the url 0.0.0.0:4723 is ok, but I’ve always used 127.0.0.1:4723

[fypnlp]

If you launch the Appium Doctor (stethoscope icon on Appium Server), does it show that everything is configured correctly for Android?

Yes I did and this is the result

Have you launched the Appium Inspector? If so, what errors are shown in the Server?

See below:

Launching Appium with command: '/Applications/Appium.app/Contents/Resources/node/bin/node' appium/build/lib/main.js --debug-log-spacing --automation-name "Appium" --platform-name "Android" --platform-version "4.4"

[Appium] Welcome to Appium v1.5.3

[Appium] Non-default server args:

[Appium] debugLogSpacing: true

[Appium] platformName: 'Android'
[Appium] platformVersion: '4.4'
[Appium] automationName: 'Appium'
[Appium] Deprecated server args:
[Appium] --platform-name => --default-capabilities '{"platformName":"Android"}'
[Appium] --platform-version => --default-capabilities '{"platformVersion":"4.4"}'
[Appium] --automation-name => --default-capabilities '{"automationName":"Appium"}'

[Appium] Default capabilities, which will be added to each request unless overridden by desired capabilities:

[Appium] platformName: 'Android'

[Appium] platformVersion: '4.4'
[Appium] automationName: 'Appium'

[Appium] Appium REST http interface listener started on 0.0.0.0:4723

[HTTP] --> GET /wd/hub/status {}

[MJSONWP] Calling AppiumDriver.getStatus() with args: []

[MJSONWP] Responding to client with driver.getStatus() result: {"build":{"version":"1.5.3"...

[HTTP] <-- GET /wd/hub/status 200 39 ms - 83

[HTTP] --> GET /wd/hub/status {}

[MJSONWP] Calling AppiumDriver.getStatus() with args: []

[MJSONWP] Responding to client with driver.getStatus() result: {"build":{"version":"1.5.3"...

[HTTP] <-- GET /wd/hub/status 200 17 ms - 83

[HTTP] --> GET /wd/hub/sessions {}
[MJSONWP] Calling AppiumDriver.getSessions() with args: []

[MJSONWP] Responding to client with driver.getSessions() result: []
[HTTP] <-- GET /wd/hub/sessions 200 4 ms - 40

[HTTP] --> POST /wd/hub/session {"desiredCapabilities":{"platformName":"Android","platformVersion":"4.4","newCommandTimeout":"7200","automationName":"Appium"}}

[MJSONWP] Calling AppiumDriver.createSession() with args: [{"platformName":"Android",...

[Appium] Creating new AndroidDriver session
[Appium] Capabilities:
[Appium] platformName: 'Android'
[Appium] platformVersion: '4.4'
[Appium] newCommandTimeout: '7200'
[Appium] automationName: 'Appium'

[BaseDriver] Capability 'newCommandTimeout' changed from string ('7200') to integer (7200). This may cause unexpected behavior

[BaseDriver] SessionNotCreatedError: A new session could not be created. Details: The desiredCapabilities object was not valid for the following reason(s): deviceName can't be blank.
at AndroidDriver.validateDesiredCaps (lib/basedriver/driver.js:120:25)
at AndroidDriver.validateDesiredCaps (lib/driver.js:31:20)
at AndroidDriver.callee$0$0$ (lib/basedriver/commands/session.js:14:8)
at tryCatch (/Applications/Appium.app/Contents/Resources/node_modules/appium/node_modules/babel-runtime/regenerator/runtime.js:67:40)
at GeneratorFunctionPrototype.invoke as _invoke
at GeneratorFunctionPrototype.prototype.(anonymous function) as next
at invoke (/Applications/Appium.app/Contents/Resources/node_modules/appium/node_modules/babel-runtime/regenerator/runtime.js:136:37)
at enqueueResult (/Applications/Appium.app/Contents/Resources/node_modules/appium/node_modules/babel-runtime/regenerator/runtime.js:185:17)
at new Promise (/Applications/Appium.app/Contents/Resources/node_modules/appium/node_modules/babel-runtime/node_modules/core-js/library/modules/es6.promise.js:197:7)
at AsyncIterator.enqueue (/Applications/Appium.app/Contents/Resources/node_modules/appium/node_modules/babel-runtime/regenerator/runtime.js:184:12)
at AsyncIterator.prototype.(anonymous function) as next
at Object.runtime.async (/Applications/Appium.app/Contents/Resources/node_modules/appium/node_modules/babel-runtime/regenerator/runtime.js:209:12)
at AndroidDriver.callee$0$0 as createSession
at AndroidDriver.createSession$ (lib/driver.js:31:20)
at tryCatch (/Applications/Appium.app/Contents/Resources/node_modules/appium/node_modules/babel-runtime/regenerator/runtime.js:67:40)
at GeneratorFunctionPrototype.invoke as _invoke
at GeneratorFunctionPrototype.prototype.(anonymous function) as next
at invoke (/Applications/Appium.app/Contents/Resources/node_modules/appium/node_modules/babel-runtime/regenerator/runtime.js:136:37)
at enqueueResult (/Applications/Appium.app/Contents/Resources/node_modules/appium/node_modules/babel-runtime/regenerator/runtime.js:185:17)
at new Promise (/Applications/Appium.app/Contents/Resources/node_modules/appium/node_modules/babel-runtime/node_modules/core-js/library/modules/es6.promise.js:197:7)
at AsyncIterator.enqueue (/Applications/Appium.app/Contents/Resources/node_modules/appium/node_modules/babel-runtime/regenerator/runtime.js:184:12)
at AsyncIterator.prototype.(anonymous function) as next
at Object.runtime.async (/Applications/Appium.app/Contents/Resources/node_modules/appium/node_modules/babel-runtime/regenerator/runtime.js:209:12)
at AndroidDriver.createSession (lib/driver.js:110:24)
at AppiumDriver.createSession$ (lib/appium.js:121:43)
at tryCatch (/Applications/Appium.app/Contents/Resources/node_modules/appium/node_modules/babel-runtime/regenerator/runtime.js:67:40)
at GeneratorFunctionPrototype.invoke as _invoke
at GeneratorFunctionPrototype.prototype.(anonymous function) as next
at invoke (/
[debug] [AndroidDriver] Shutting down Android driver

Applications/Appium.app/Contents/Resources/node_modules/appium/node_modules/babel-runtime/regenerator/runtime.js:136:37)
at enqueueResult (/Applications/Appium.app/Contents/Resources/node_modules/appium/node_modules/babel-runtime/regenerator/runtime.js:185:17)
at new Promise (/Applications/Appium.app/Contents/Resources/node_modules/appium/node_modules/babel-runtime/node_modules/core-js/library/modules/es6.promise.js:197:7)
at AsyncIterator.enqueue (/Applications/Appium.app/Contents/Resources/node_modules/appium/node_modules/babel-runtime/regenerator/runtime.js:184:12)
at AsyncIterator.prototype.(anonymous function) as next
at Object.runtime.async (/Applications/Appium.app/Contents/Resources/node_modules/appium/node_modules/babel-runtime/regenerator/runtime.js:209:12)
{ [SessionNotCreatedError: A new session could not be created. Details: The desiredCapabilities object was not valid for the following reason(s): deviceName can't be blank.] jsonwpCode: 33 }

[AndroidDriver] Cannot shut down Android driver; it has already shut down
[HTTP] <-- POST /wd/hub/session 500 96 ms - 198

[HTTP] --> GET /wd/hub/status {}

[MJSONWP] Calling AppiumDriver.getStatus() with args: []

[MJSONWP] Responding to client with driver.getStatus() result: {"build":{"version":"1.5.3"...
[HTTP] <-- GET /wd/hub/status 200 15 ms - 83

[HTTP] --> GET /wd/hub/status {}

[MJSONWP] Calling AppiumDriver.getStatus() with args: []

[MJSONWP] Responding to client with driver.getStatus() result: {"build":{"version":"1.5.3"...
[HTTP] <-- GET /wd/hub/status 200 16 ms - 83

[HTTP] --> GET /wd/hub/status {}

[MJSONWP] Calling AppiumDriver.getStatus() with args: []

[MJSONWP] Responding to client with driver.getStatus() result: {"build":{"version":"1.5.3"...
[HTTP] <-- GET /wd/hub/status 200 17 ms - 83

[HTTP] --> GET /wd/hub/status {}

[MJSONWP] Calling AppiumDriver.getStatus() with args: []

[MJSONWP] Responding to client with driver.getStatus() result: {"build":{"version":"1.5.3"...
[HTTP] <-- GET /wd/hub/status 200 14 ms - 83

[HTTP] --> GET /wd/hub/status {}

[MJSONWP] Calling AppiumDriver.getStatus() with args: []

[MJSONWP] Responding to client with driver.getStatus() result: {"build":{"version":"1.5.3"...
[HTTP] <-- GET /wd/hub/status 200 14 ms - 83