Launching and stopping appium server programmtically

still the same
[XCUITest] Error: Command 'idevice_id -l' errored out: Error: spawn idevice_id ENOENT

these type of approaches always result in lots of issues as we need to think a lot and write lots of code hence better use AppiumDriverLocalService which is small and crispy.....it uses very less and excellent output besides helps to plug-in with other programs

HI Team,
@Hassan_Radi

I am trying to start appium server through java code but getting UnreachableBrowserException. I have posted my question on StackOverflow with all the code and logs. Please have a look and help.

Node.exe is started but i get exception during AndroidDriver initialization and node.exe is closed during the same.
NPM method is not working for me as I cannot install appium via npm due to network proxy settings in my office network.

Appium server launches every time whenever new scenario starts while using Cucumber-Selenium.
Please do help in resolving this issue.It will be very helpful!!!Thanks in Advance

wonder if you have udid why you need set any device name... try without it.
also real reason in logs is - [debug] [XCUITest] Error: Could not get Xcode version. /Library/Developer/Info.plist does not exist on disk.

Hey! I could solve this problem by adding /usr/bin:/usr/local/bin in my eclipse path variable and that solved this problem. But again I have an issue. So, when I start appium and my test run completes, after that I am not getting any testng logs. I mean the summary after test run from testng is missing in my logs. Any ideas how to resolve it. So the following summary is missing

===============================================
Default test
Tests run: 1, Failures: 0, Skips: 0
===============================================

===============================================
Default suite
Total tests run: 1, Failures: 0, Skips: 0
===============================================

[TestNG] Time taken by org.testng.reporters.jq.Main@25618e91: 27 ms
[TestNG] Time taken by org.testng.reporters.EmailableReporter2@17d99928: 6 ms
[TestNG] Time taken by org.testng.reporters.XMLReporter@7bb11784: 5 ms
[TestNG] Time taken by [FailedReporter passed=0 failed=0 skipped=0]: 0 ms
[TestNG] Time taken by org.testng.reporters.SuiteHTMLReporter@483bf400: 58 ms
[TestNG] Time taken by org.testng.reporters.JUnitReportReporter@34340fab: 4 ms

Appium starts and stops @ [Appium] Appium REST http interface listener started on 0.0.0.0:4723

how do i move further to
[HTTP] --> POST /wd/hub/session {"desiredCapabilities":{"app":"/Users/vikumar/Desktop/ShareConnect.zip","platformVersion":"9.3","automationName":"XCUITest","platformName":"iOS","udid":"dd5287b0c2c5c9a86b3144e5f6dbaa646744b835","deviceName":"iPad","fullReset":true}}

below is my command in jenkins(batch file)

this is my command
/usr/local/bin/node /Applications/Appium.app/Contents/Resources/node_modules/appium/build/lib/main.js --address 0.0.0.0 --port 4723/wd/hub --app /Users/Shared/Jenkins/Home/jobs/MMLocalProject/workspace/src/T/result/MeasuringMaster.app --command-timeout 200000

[​] $ /bin/sh -xe /Users/Shared/Jenkins/tmp/hudson8130735449869040556.sh
+ cd /Users/Shared/Jenkins/Home/jobs/MMLocalProject/workspace/
+ chmod g+w+x appium.sh
+ sh appium.sh
[Appium] Welcome to Appium v1.5.3
[Appium] Non-default server args:
[Appium] defaultCommandTimeout: 200000
[Appium] app: '/Users/Shared/Jenkins/Home/jobs/MMLocalProject/workspace/src/T/result/MeasuringMaster.app'
[Appium] Deprecated server args:
[Appium] --app => --default-capabilities '{"app":"/Users/Shared/Jenkins/Home/jobs/MMLocalProject/workspace/src/T/result/MeasuringMaster.app"}'
[Appium] Default capabilities, which will be added to each request unless overridden by desired capabilities:
[Appium] app: '/Users/Shared/Jenkins/Home/jobs/MMLocalProject/workspace/src/T/result/MeasuringMaster.app'
[Appium] Appium REST http interface listener started on 0.0.0.0:4723

you need to create appium driver like this:
AppiumDriverLocalService appiumDriver = null;
appiumDriver = AppiumDriverLocalService.buildService(new AppiumServiceBuilder()
.withIPAddress("127.0.0.1")
.usingPort(port)
.withArgument(AndroidServerFlag.BOOTSTRAP_PORT_NUMBER, String.valueOf(bpPort))
.withLogFile(log));

    Field streamsField = null;
    Field streamField = null;

    try {
        streamField = AppiumDriverLocalService.class.getDeclaredField("stream");
        streamField.setAccessible(true);
        streamsField = Class.forName("io.appium.java_client.service.local.ListOutputStream").getDeclaredField("streams");
        streamsField.setAccessible(true);
    } catch (ClassNotFoundException | NoSuchFieldException e) {
        e.printStackTrace();
    }
    try {
        ((ArrayList<OutputStream>) streamsField.get(streamField.get(appiumDriver))).clear(); // remove System.out logging
    } catch (IllegalAccessException e) {
        e.printStackTrace();
    }

    appiumDriver.start();

and then you can create android driver using same port like this:

capabilities.setCapability(MobileCapabilityType.DEVICE_NAME, deviceManager.getDeviceName());
capabilities.setCapability(MobileCapabilityType.UDID, deviceManager.getDeviceUdid());
capabilities.setCapability(MobileCapabilityType.NEW_COMMAND_TIMEOUT, 60 * 30);
capabilities.setCapability(MobileCapabilityType.NO_RESET, true);
capabilities.setCapability(MobileCapabilityType.FULL_RESET, false);
capabilities.setCapability(AndroidMobileCapabilityType.APP_PACKAGE, currentPackageName);
capabilities.setCapability(AndroidMobileCapabilityType.APP_ACTIVITY, currentActivityName);

    if (apk!= null){
        capabilities.setCapability(MobileCapabilityType.APP, apk.getAbsolutePath());
    }

    URL serverAddress = new URL("http://127.0.0.1:" + port + "/wd/hub");
    androidDriver = new AndroidDriver(serverAddress , capabilities);

In this way, you can create appium + android drivers for each device. I you are running on multiple devices, you can create one for each of them and your tests will run on all devices

For anybody reading this who happens to be using npm (node/js/typescript), I've created a module called appium-controller57 that starts and stops appium in the background programmatically (mac or windows) and solves the issues mentioned throughout. Appium logs are stored as well.

Watch a video to explain server start and stop code https://youtu.be/uA8x3geLanA76

Hi All,
I’m facing the below exception with Appium-Desktop v1.3.2 (downloaded from appium.io), and trying to connect to appium server but not connecting to server. pls let me know the issue

in the latest version of Appium-Desktop do we need to provide main.js or appium.js file in the commandLineArgument. i tried both but still giving the error.
============================Code i’ve used==================

System.out.println(“Starting appium server”);
/CommandLine cmd = new CommandLine(“cmd”);
cmd.addArgument(“cmd”);
cmd.addArgument("/C");/
/* cmd.addArgument(“C:\Users\satheeshnukala\AppData\Local\Programs\appium-desktop\resources\app\node_modules\appium\lib\appium.js”); // commented the appium.js and used main.js file */
CommandLine cmd = new CommandLine(“C:\Program Files\nodejs\node.exe”);
//cmd.addArgument(“C:\Program Files\nodejs\node.exe”);
cmd.addArgument(“C:\Users\satheeshnukala\AppData\Local\Programs\appium-desktop\resources\app\main.js”);
cmd.addArgument("–address");
cmd.addArgument(“127.0.0.1”);
cmd.addArgument("–port");
cmd.addArgument(“4723”);
cmd.addArgument("–no-reset",true);
cmd.addArgument("–full-reset",false);
cmd.addArgument("–log");
cmd.addArgument(“C:\Users\satheeshnukala\workspace\AppiumTest\ConsoleLogs\AppiumConsoleLogs.txt”);

	DefaultExecuteResultHandler handler = new DefaultExecuteResultHandler();
	DefaultExecutor executor = new DefaultExecutor();
	executor.setExitValue(1);
	try {
		executor.execute(cmd, handler);
		Thread.sleep(10000);
	} catch (IOException | InterruptedException e) {
		e.printStackTrace();
	}
	System.out.println("Started appium server");

==================Exception by using main.js===========================
Starting appium server
Started appium server
Step-1
Step-2
Error: Cannot find module 'electron’
at Function.Module._resolveFilename (module.js:538:15)
at Function.Module._load (module.js:468:25)
at Module.require (module.js:587:17)
at require (internal/module.js:11:18)
at Object.module.exports.Object.defineProperty.value (C:\Users\satheeshnukala\AppData\Local\Programs\appium-desktop\resources\app\webpack:\external “electron”:1:1)
at webpack_require (C:\Users\satheeshnukala\AppData\Local\Programs\appium-desktop\resources\app\webpack:\webpack\bootstrap dfa496e38cddd9338602:19:1)
at Object. (C:\Users\satheeshnukala\AppData\Local\Programs\appium-desktop\resources\app\webpack:\app\main\main.development.js:1:1)
at webpack_require (C:\Users\satheeshnukala\AppData\Local\Programs\appium-desktop\resources\app\webpack:\webpack\bootstrap dfa496e38cddd9338602:19:1)
at Object. (C:\Users\satheeshnukala\AppData\Local\Programs\appium-desktop\resources\app\main.js:50:19)
at webpack_require (C:\Users\satheeshnukala\AppData\Local\Programs\appium-desktop\resources\app\webpack:\webpack\bootstrap dfa496e38cddd9338602:19:1)
Exception in thread “main” org.openqa.selenium.WebDriverException: Connection refused: connect
Build info: version: ‘3.9.1’, revision: ‘63f7b50’, time: '2018-02-07T22:42:28.403Z’
System info: host: ‘10INLPC0BS59M’, ip: ‘10.216.42.151’, os.name: ‘Windows 10’, os.arch: ‘amd64’, os.version: ‘10.0’, java.version: '1.8.0_144’
Driver info: driver.version: AndroidDriver
at io.appium.java_client.remote.AppiumCommandExecutor.lambda$2(AppiumCommandExecutor.java:141)
at java.util.Optional.orElseGet(Optional.java:267)
at io.appium.java_client.remote.AppiumCommandExecutor.execute(AppiumCommandExecutor.java:140)
at org.openqa.selenium.remote.RemoteWebDriver.execute(RemoteWebDriver.java:601)
at io.appium.java_client.DefaultGenericMobileDriver.execute(DefaultGenericMobileDriver.java:42)
at io.appium.java_client.AppiumDriver.execute(AppiumDriver.java:1)
at io.appium.java_client.android.AndroidDriver.execute(AndroidDriver.java:1)
at org.openqa.selenium.remote.RemoteWebDriver.startSession(RemoteWebDriver.java:219)
at org.openqa.selenium.remote.RemoteWebDriver.(RemoteWebDriver.java:142)
at io.appium.java_client.DefaultGenericMobileDriver.(DefaultGenericMobileDriver.java:38)
at io.appium.java_client.AppiumDriver.(AppiumDriver.java:84)
at io.appium.java_client.AppiumDriver.(AppiumDriver.java:94)
at io.appium.java_client.android.AndroidDriver.(AndroidDriver.java:77)
at AppiumPackage.AppiumServerJava.startServer(AppiumServerJava.java:62)
at AppiumPackage.AppiumServerJava.main(AppiumServerJava.java:110)
Caused by: java.net.ConnectException: Connection refused: connect
at java.net.DualStackPlainSocketImpl.waitForConnect(Native Method)
at java.net.DualStackPlainSocketImpl.socketConnect(DualStackPlainSocketImpl.java:85)
at java.net.AbstractPlainSocketImpl.doConnect(AbstractPlainSocketImpl.java:350)
at java.net.AbstractPlainSocketImpl.connectToAddress(AbstractPlainSocketImpl.java:206)
at java.net.AbstractPlainSocketImpl.connect(AbstractPlainSocketImpl.java:188)
at java.net.PlainSocketImpl.connect(PlainSocketImpl.java:172)
at java.net.SocksSocketImpl.connect(SocksSocketImpl.java:392)
at java.net.Socket.connect(Socket.java:589)
at org.apache.http.conn.socket.PlainConnectionSocketFactory.connectSocket(PlainConnectionSocketFactory.java:75)
at org.apache.http.impl.conn.DefaultHttpClientConnectionOperator.connect(DefaultHttpClientConnectionOperator.java:142)
at org.apache.http.impl.conn.PoolingHttpClientConnectionManager.connect(PoolingHttpClientConnectionManager.java:359)
at org.apache.http.impl.execchain.MainClientExec.establishRoute(MainClientExec.java:381)
at org.apache.http.impl.execchain.MainClientExec.execute(MainClientExec.java:237)
at org.apache.http.impl.execchain.ProtocolExec.execute(ProtocolExec.java:185)
at org.apache.http.impl.execchain.RetryExec.execute(RetryExec.java:89)
at org.apache.http.impl.execchain.RedirectExec.execute(RedirectExec.java:111)
at org.apache.http.impl.client.InternalHttpClient.doExecute(InternalHttpClient.java:185)
at org.apache.http.impl.client.CloseableHttpClient.execute(CloseableHttpClient.java:72)
at org.apache.http.impl.client.CloseableHttpClient.execute(CloseableHttpClient.java:56)
at org.openqa.selenium.remote.internal.ApacheHttpClient.fallBackExecute(ApacheHttpClient.java:151)
at org.openqa.selenium.remote.internal.ApacheHttpClient.execute(ApacheHttpClient.java:91)
at org.openqa.selenium.remote.internal.ApacheHttpClient.execute(ApacheHttpClient.java:69)
at org.openqa.selenium.remote.ProtocolHandshake.createSession(ProtocolHandshake.java:101)
at org.openqa.selenium.remote.ProtocolHandshake.createSession(ProtocolHandshake.java:73)
at org.openqa.selenium.remote.HttpCommandExecutor.execute(HttpCommandExecutor.java:138)
at io.appium.java_client.remote.AppiumCommandExecutor.execute(AppiumCommandExecutor.java:129)
… 12 more

appium server can be started using below code, without any hardcoded values:

AppiumServiceBuilder builder = new AppiumServiceBuilder();
builder = new AppiumServiceBuilder();
builder.withIPAddress(“127.0.0.1”);
builder.usingAnyFreePort();
builder.withCapabilities(cap);
builder.withArgument(GeneralServerFlag.SESSION_OVERRIDE);
builder.withArgument(GeneralServerFlag.LOG_LEVEL, “error”);
AppiumDriverLocalService service = AppiumDriverLocalService.buildService(builder);
service.start();
String appiumServiceUrl = service.getUrl().toString();
driver = new AndroidDriver(new URL(appiumServiceUrl), cap);

I am trying to start the appium server programmatically using ruby. for that I am using AfterConfifguration hook in Hooks file

AfterConfiguration do
_ exec ‘appium’_
_ end_

When i execute the above using this command ‘cucumber feature/signIn.feature’ command, appium server stars but not invoking the test cases.

Any idea ?
Please help me to do it in Mac using Ruby.

Appium server version: 1.8.0
Mac OS: 10.13
node: 6.11
Ruby: 2.5.1

Thanks in advance,