Unable to start appium service by AppiumDriverLocalSerivce

@suroit and @amitjaincoer191,

I got below error when I try with the @suroit code. As per the console error, it is saying ideviceinstaller is not installed on mac. But I have installed and it is alreary exist in my mac. Could u please help me to get rid of this errors.

[TestNG] Running:
/private/var/folders/jx/ffh_slbj46l55xd0wqb7j7sc0000gp/T/testng-eclipse--385757555/testng-customsuite.xml

[36minfo[39m: Welcome to Appium v1.4.13 (REV c75d8adcb66a75818a542fe1891a34260c21f76a)
[36minfo[39m: Appium REST http interface listener started on 127.0.0.1:4723
[36minfo[39m: [debug] Non-default server args: {"address":"127.0.0.1","log":"/Users/mahesh/Documents/automation/VideoRecording/logs.txt"}
[36minfo[39m: Console LogLevel: debug
[36minfo[39m: File LogLevel: debug
[36minfo[39m: [37m-->[39m [37mGET[39m [37m/wd/hub/status[39m [90m{}[39m
[36minfo[39m: [debug] Responding to client with success: {"status":0,"value":{"build":{"version":"1.4.13","revision":"c75d8adcb66a75818a542fe1891a34260c21f76a"}}}
[36minfo[39m: [37m<-- GET /wd/hub/status [39m[32m200[39m[90m 8.936 ms - 105[39m [90m{"status":0,"value":{"build":{"version":"1.4.13","revision":"c75d8adcb66a75818a542fe1891a34260c21f76a"}}}[39m
[36minfo[39m: [37m-->[39m [37mPOST[39m [37m/wd/hub/session[39m [90m{"desiredCapabilities":{"app":"/Users/mahesh/Downloads/ShureMotivPreview-3.ipa","browserName":"","platformName":"iOS","udid":"39e1f150b412544633088c913f117be93a846b67","deviceName":""}}[39m
[36minfo[39m: Client User-Agent string: Apache-HttpClient/4.5.1 (Java/1.8.0_45)
[36minfo[39m: [debug] Using local .ipa from desired caps: /Users/mahesh/Downloads/ShureMotivPreview-3.ipa
[36minfo[39m: [debug] Copying local zip to tmp dir
[36minfo[39m: [debug] /Users/mahesh/Downloads/ShureMotivPreview-3.ipa copied to /var/folders/jx/ffh_slbj46l55xd0wqb7j7sc0000gp/T/115113-8681-1te72y6/appium-app.zip
[36minfo[39m: [debug] Unzipping /var/folders/jx/ffh_slbj46l55xd0wqb7j7sc0000gp/T/115113-8681-1te72y6/appium-app.zip
[36minfo[39m: [debug] Testing zip archive: /var/folders/jx/ffh_slbj46l55xd0wqb7j7sc0000gp/T/115113-8681-1te72y6/appium-app.zip
[36minfo[39m: [debug] Zip archive tested clean
[36minfo[39m: [debug] Unzip successful
[36minfo[39m: [debug] Using locally extracted app: /var/folders/jx/ffh_slbj46l55xd0wqb7j7sc0000gp/T/115113-8681-1te72y6/Payload/ShureMotiv.app
[36minfo[39m: [debug] Creating new appium session 155dcc2e-24f4-4b26-b037-1cb4a83e4554
[36minfo[39m: [debug] Removing any remaining instruments sockets
[36minfo[39m: [debug] Cleaned up instruments socket /tmp/instruments_sock
[36minfo[39m: [debug] Auto-detecting iOS udid...
[36minfo[39m: [debug] Not auto-detecting udid, running on sim
[36minfo[39m: [debug] Could not parse plist file (as binary) at /var/folders/jx/ffh_slbj46l55xd0wqb7j7sc0000gp/T/115113-8681-1te72y6/Payload/ShureMotiv.app/en.lproj/Localizable.strings
[36minfo[39m: Will try to parse the plist file as XML
[36minfo[39m: [debug] Could not parse plist file (as XML) at /var/folders/jx/ffh_slbj46l55xd0wqb7j7sc0000gp/T/115113-8681-1te72y6/Payload/ShureMotiv.app/en.lproj/Localizable.strings
[33mwarn[39m: Could not parse app Localizable.strings assuming it doesn't exist
[36minfo[39m: [debug] Getting bundle ID from app
[36minfo[39m: [debug] Parsed app Info.plist (as binary)
[36minfo[39m: [debug] Creating instruments
[36minfo[39m: [debug] Preparing uiauto bootstrap
[36minfo[39m: [debug] Dynamic bootstrap dir: /Users/mahesh/Library/Application Support/appium/bootstrap
[36minfo[39m: [debug] Dynamic env: {"nodePath":"/Applications/Appium.app/Contents/Resources/node/bin/node","commandProxyClientPath":"/Applications/Appium.app/Contents/Resources/node_modules/appium/node_modules/appium-uiauto/bin/command-proxy-client.js","instrumentsSock":"/tmp/instruments_sock","interKeyDelay":null,"justLoopInfinitely":false,"autoAcceptAlerts":false,"autoDismissAlerts":false,"sendKeyStrategy":"grouped"}
...6minfo[39m: [debug] Dynamic bootstrap code: // This file is automatically generated. Do not manually modify!
[36minfo[39m: [debug] Dynamic bootstrap path: /Users/mahesh/Library/Application Support/appium/bootstrap/bootstrap-5b08b331b944fae5.js
[36minfo[39m: [debug] Reusing dynamic bootstrap: /Users/mahesh/Library/Application Support/appium/bootstrap/bootstrap-5b08b331b944fae5.js
[36minfo[39m: [debug] Attempting iOS device log capture via libimobiledevice idevicesyslog
[33mwarn[39m: Could not capture device log using libimobiledevice idevicesyslog. Libimobiledevice probably isn't installed
[36minfo[39m: [debug] Attempting iOS device log capture via deviceconsole
[36minfo[39m: [debug] Creating iDevice object with udid 39e1f150b412544633088c913f117be93a846b67
[36minfo[39m: [debug] Couldn't find ideviceinstaller, trying built-in at /Applications/Appium.app/Contents/Resources/node_modules/appium/build/libimobiledevice-macosx/ideviceinstaller
[31merror[39m: Could not initialize ideviceinstaller; make sure it is installed and works on your system
[36minfo[39m: [debug] Cleaning up appium session
[31merror[39m: Failed to start an Appium session, err was: Error: Could not initialize ideviceinstaller; make sure it is installed and works on your system
[36minfo[39m: [debug] Error: Could not initialize ideviceinstaller; make sure it is installed and works on your system
at [object Object].IOS.getIDeviceObj (/Applications/Appium.app/Contents/Resources/node_modules/appium/lib/devices/ios/ios.js:909:13)
at [object Object].IOS.installToRealDevice (/Applications/Appium.app/Contents/Resources/node_modules/appium/lib/devices/ios/ios.js:856:32)
at /Applications/Appium.app/Contents/Resources/node_modules/appium/node_modules/async/lib/async.js:607:21
at /Applications/Appium.app/Contents/Resources/node_modules/appium/node_modules/async/lib/async.js:246:17
at iterate (/Applications/Appium.app/Contents/Resources/node_modules/appium/node_modules/async/lib/async.js:146:13)
at /Applications/Appium.app/Contents/Resources/node_modules/appium/node_modules/async/lib/async.js:157:25
at /Applications/Appium.app/Contents/Resources/node_modules/appium/node_modules/async/lib/async.js:248:21
at /Applications/Appium.app/Contents/Resources/node_modules/appium/node_modules/async/lib/async.js:612:34
at [object Object]. (/Applications/Appium.app/Contents/Resources/node_modules/appium/lib/devices/ios/ios-crash-log.js:52:5)
at [object Object]. (/Applications/Appium.app/Contents/Resources/node_modules/appium/lib/devices/ios/ios-crash-log.js:27:5)
at f (/Applications/Appium.app/Contents/Resources/node_modules/appium/node_modules/glob/node_modules/once/once.js:17:25)
at Glob. (/Applications/Appium.app/Contents/Resources/node_modules/appium/node_modules/glob/glob.js:131:7)
at Glob.emit (events.js:107:17)
at Glob.finish (/Applications/Appium.app/Contents/Resources/nodemodules/appium/node_modules/glob/glob.js:168:8)
at done (/Applications/Appium.app/Contents/Resources/node_modules/appium/node_modules/glob/glob.js:157:12)
at Glob.processReaddir2 (/Applications/Appium.app/Contents/Resources/nodemodules/appium/node_modules/glob/glob.js:351:12)
at /Applications/Appium.app/Contents/Resources/node_modules/appium/node_modules/glob/glob.js:288:17
at RES (/Applications/Appium.app/Contents/Resources/node_modules/appium/node_modules/glob/node_modules/inflight/inflight.js:23:14)
at f (/Applications/Appium.app/Contents/Resources/node_modules/appium/node_modules/glob/node_modules/once/once.js:17:25)
at Glob.readdirEntries (/Applications/Appium.app/Contents/Resources/nodemodules/appium/node_modules/glob/glob.js:480:10)
at /Applications/Appium.app/Contents/Resources/node_modules/appium/node_modules/glob/glob.js:457:12
at FSReqWrap.oncomplete (fs.js:95:15)
[36minfo[39m: [debug] Responding to client with error: {"status":33,"value":{"message":"A new session could not be created. (Original error: Could not initialize ideviceinstaller; make sure it is installed and works on your system)","origValue":"Could not initialize ideviceinstaller; make sure it is installed and works on your system"},"sessionId":null}
[36minfo[39m: [37m<-- POST /wd/hub/session [39m[31m500[39m[90m 2030.939 ms - 300[39m [90m[39m
FAILED: findings
org.openqa.selenium.SessionNotCreatedException: A new session could not be created. (Original error: Could not initialize ideviceinstaller; make sure it is installed and works on your system) (WARNING: The server did not provide any stacktrace information)
Command duration or timeout: 2.23 seconds
Build info: version: '2.48.2', revision: '41bccdd', time: '2015-10-09 19:59:12'
System info: host: 'pcnicmcdev01', ip: '172.25.11.76', os.name: 'Mac OS X', os.arch: 'x86_64', os.version: '10.11', java.version: '1.8.0_45'
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:422)
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:647)
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.ios.IOSDriver.execute(IOSDriver.java:1)
at org.openqa.selenium.remote.RemoteWebDriver.startSession(RemoteWebDriver.java:247)
at org.openqa.selenium.remote.RemoteWebDriver.(RemoteWebDriver.java:129)
at org.openqa.selenium.remote.RemoteWebDriver.(RemoteWebDriver.java:142)
at io.appium.java_client.DefaultGenericMobileDriver.(DefaultGenericMobileDriver.java:37)
at io.appium.java_client.AppiumDriver.(AppiumDriver.java:160)
at io.appium.java_client.AppiumDriver.(AppiumDriver.java:168)
at io.appium.java_client.ios.IOSDriver.(IOSDriver.java:56)
at video.NewTest.findings(NewTest.java:48)
at sun.reflect.NativeMethodAccessorImpl.invoke0(Native Method)
at sun.reflect.NativeMethodAccessorImpl.invoke(NativeMethodAccessorImpl.java:62)
at sun.reflect.DelegatingMethodAccessorImpl.invoke(DelegatingMethodAccessorImpl.java:43)
at java.lang.reflect.Method.invoke(Method.java:497)
at org.testng.internal.MethodInvocationHelper.invokeMethod(MethodInvocationHelper.java:85)
at org.testng.internal.Invoker.invokeMethod(Invoker.java:639)
at org.testng.internal.Invoker.invokeTestMethod(Invoker.java:821)
at org.testng.internal.Invoker.invokeTestMethods(Invoker.java:1131)
at org.testng.internal.TestMethodWorker.invokeTestMethods(TestMethodWorker.java:124)
at org.testng.internal.TestMethodWorker.run(TestMethodWorker.java:108)
at org.testng.TestRunner.privateRun(TestRunner.java:773)
at org.testng.TestRunner.run(TestRunner.java:623)
at org.testng.SuiteRunner.runTest(SuiteRunner.java:357)
at org.testng.SuiteRunner.runSequentially(SuiteRunner.java:352)
at org.testng.SuiteRunner.privateRun(SuiteRunner.java:310)
at org.testng.SuiteRunner.run(SuiteRunner.java:259)
at org.testng.SuiteRunnerWorker.runSuite(SuiteRunnerWorker.java:52)
at org.testng.SuiteRunnerWorker.run(SuiteRunnerWorker.java:86)
at org.testng.TestNG.runSuitesSequentially(TestNG.java:1185)
at org.testng.TestNG.runSuitesLocally(TestNG.java:1110)
at org.testng.TestNG.run(TestNG.java:1018)
at org.testng.remote.RemoteTestNG.run(RemoteTestNG.java:111)
at org.testng.remote.RemoteTestNG.initAndRun(RemoteTestNG.java:204)
at org.testng.remote.RemoteTestNG.main(RemoteTestNG.java:175)

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Default test
Tests run: 1, Failures: 1, Skips: 0
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Default suite
Total tests run: 1, Failures: 1, Skips: 0
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Just having ideviceinstaller on the Mac doesn't mean it shows on your $PATH. Try this command:
which ideviceinstaller

That will tell you if it's on your $PATH. If it's not, here is a tutorial on adding to the $PATH on OS X:

http://osxdaily.com/2014/08/14/add-new-path-to-path-command-line/46

There are many more like it a mere google search away.

Hello friend,

Please use the way I explained in method-1 in my post, it will help you.
http://aksahu.blogspot.in/2015/10/start-and-stop-appium-server.html191

Thanks,
Aswini Kumar
http://in.linkedin.com/in/aksahu17

Got the same issue after I upgrade the node and Appium to 1.6, any solution of it?

Try to use main.js instead of appium.js like below

service = new AppiumServiceBuilder()
.usingDriverExecutable(new File("/Users/ssimakurthy/local/bin/node"))
.withAppiumJS(new File("/usr/local/lib/node_modules/appium/build/lib/main.js"));

Just to update on this thread for benefit of others, with below code I could get appiun node registered with Selenium HUB

String nodeConfigFilePath = "/Users/Mobile-Automation/Android-Automation/serenityAppiumFlipkart/EMULATOR_Nexus_4_1.json";

    	 AppiumDriverLocalService driverLocalService = AppiumDriverLocalService
    			.buildService(new AppiumServiceBuilder()
    					.withAppiumJS(new File("/usr/local/lib/node_modules/appium/build/lib/main.js"))
    					.usingDriverExecutable(new File("/usr/local/bin/node"))
    					//.withIPAddress("127.0.0.1")
    					.usingPort(4445)
    					//.withArgument(GeneralServerFlag.UIID, "123456")    					
    					//.withArgument(AndroidServerFlag.BOOTSTRAP_PORT_NUMBER,
    					//		"" + 2252)
    					//.withArgument(GeneralServerFlag.CHROME_DRIVER_PORT,
    					//		"" + client.getChromeDriverport())
    					//.withArgument(GeneralServerFlag.NO_RESET)
    					.withArgument(GeneralServerFlag.SESSION_OVERRIDE)
    					.withArgument(GeneralServerFlag.LOG_LEVEL, "debug")
    					.withArgument(GeneralServerFlag.CONFIGURATION_FILE, nodeConfigFilePath));
    	//Logger.info("Server url: " + driverLocalService.getUrl());
    	driverLocalService.start();

Before you run this program, make sure to try it out from command line with below command

appium --nodeconfig EMULATOR_Nexus_4_1.json --port 4445

In case you do something wrong as appium --nodeconfig EMULATOR_Nexus_4_1.json --bp 2252, you will get nice output about flags usage

Couple of open queries still as below

1. it didn't work with usingAnyFreePort(), I had to explicitly mention port number.

2. I could register android emulator node, even when it was not in open state, not sure if this is valid ?

Regards,
Vikram

Kindly ignore above answer

Below is the working solution, will share completed project in few weeks

{"capabilities":[{"browserName":"Android","version":"4.4.2","maxInstances":1,"platform":"ANDROID","deviceName":"emulator-5556"}],"configuration":{"nodeTimeout":120,"port":4723,"hubPort":4444,"proxy":"org.openqa.grid.selenium.proxy.DefaultRemoteProxy","hubHost":"127.0.0.1", "nodePolling":2000, "registerCycle":10000,"register":true,"cleanUpCycle":2000,"timeout":30000,"maxSession":1}}

    	nodeConfigFilePath = "/Users/vikram-anna/.../EMULATOR_Nexus_4_2.json";
    	driverLocalService = AppiumDriverLocalService
		.buildService(new AppiumServiceBuilder()
				.withAppiumJS(new File("/usr/local/lib/node_modules/appium/build/lib/main.js"))
				.usingDriverExecutable(new File("/usr/local/bin/node"))					
				.usingPort(4823)
				.withArgument(AndroidServerFlag.BOOTSTRAP_PORT_NUMBER,"4824")
				.withArgument(GeneralServerFlag.SESSION_OVERRIDE)
				.withArgument(GeneralServerFlag.LOG_LEVEL, "debug")
				.withArgument(GeneralServerFlag.CONFIGURATION_FILE, nodeConfigFilePath));

         driverLocalService.start();

Hi @suroit
How did you resolved it. Even me too facing same issue. I am using appium-desktop 1.1.1 and I installed Node.js manually. Below is my code and error. Can you please help?
appiumService = AppiumDriverLocalService
.buildService(new AppiumServiceBuilder()
.usingDriverExecutable(new File(“C:/Program Files/nodejs/node”))
.withAppiumJS(new File(“C:/Users/ss.k/AppData/Local/Programs/appium-desktop/resources/app/main.js”))
.withIPAddress(“127.0.0.1”)
.usingPort(4723));
appiumService.start();

io.appium.java_client.service.local.AppiumServerHasNotBeenStartedLocallyException: The local appium server has not been started. The given Node.js executable: C:\Program Files\nodejs\node.exe Arguments: [C:\Users\ss.k\AppData\Local\Programs\appium-desktop\resources\app\main.js, --port, 4723, --address, 127.0.0.1]
Process output: Error: Cannot find module ‘electron’

Hi guys,
I meet one problem when I try using AppiumDriverLocalSerivce .start() to launch app server, code like below.
public class StartAppium {

private IOSDriver<MobileElement> iosDriver;
private AppiumDriverLocalService service;

@BeforeClass
public void setUp() throws Exception {

	service = AppiumDriverLocalService
			.buildService(new AppiumServiceBuilder().usingDriverExecutable(new File("/usr/local/bin/node"))
					.withAppiumJS(new File("/usr/local/lib/node_modules/appium/build/lib/main.js"))
					.withIPAddress("127.0.0.1").usingPort(4723));
	service.start();
}

@Test
public void getAppiumStatus() {

}

@AfterClass
public void tearDown() {
	// iosDriver.quit();
	// service.stop();
}

}

however, I got same errors like below, Appium I was using latest one v1.6.5, but strangely it works fine when I use terminal command “node /usr/local/lib/node_modules/appium/build/lib/main.js”

Exception in thread “main” io.appium.java_client.service.local.AppiumServerHasNotBeenStartedLocallyException: The local appium server has not been started. The given Node.js executable: /usr/local/Cellar/node/8.1.4/bin/node Arguments: [/usr/local/lib/node_modules/appium/build/lib/main.js, --port, 57565, --address, 127.0.0.1, --log-level, info, --bootstrap-port, 57567, --suppress-adb-kill-server, --selendroid-port, 57568]

at io.appium.java_client.service.local.AppiumDriverLocalService.start(AppiumDriverLocalService.java:149)
at appium.Manager.DeviceConfigurationImpl.main(DeviceConfigurationImpl.java:45)

Caused by: java.lang.IllegalAccessError: tried to access method com.google.common.util.concurrent.SimpleTimeLimiter.(Ljava/util/concurrent/ExecutorService;)V from class org.openqa.selenium.net.UrlChecker
at org.openqa.selenium.net.UrlChecker.(UrlChecker.java:67)
at io.appium.java_client.service.local.AppiumDriverLocalService.ping(AppiumDriverLocalService.java:113)
at io.appium.java_client.service.local.AppiumDriverLocalService.start(AppiumDriverLocalService.java:136)
… 1 more

@Sun_Yujiang
I am having the same problem of

Caused by: java.lang.IllegalAccessError: tried to access method com.google.common.util.concurrent.SimpleTimeLimiter.(Ljava/util/concurrent/ExecutorService;)V from class org.openqa.selenium.net.UrlChecker

when using AppiumDriverLocalSerivce .start() to start appium server.

Did you get a solution?

public static void startServer() throws Exception {

	try {

		logIOSDriverAPI.info("Starting Appium on terminal from AppiumDriverLocalService");
		Map<String, String> env = new HashMap<String, String>(System.getenv());
		env.put("PATH", "/usr/local/bin:" + env.get("PATH"));
		AppiumServiceBuilder builder = new AppiumServiceBuilder()
				.withIPAddress(appiumInit.SERVERIP)
				.usingPort(appiumInit.APPIUMPORT)
				.withEnvironment(env)
				.withArgument(GeneralServerFlag.LOG_NO_COLORS)
				.withArgument(GeneralServerFlag.SESSION_OVERRIDE)
				.withArgument(GeneralServerFlag.LOG_LEVEL, "warn:error:info")
				.usingDriverExecutable(new File("/usr/local/bin/node"))
				.withAppiumJS(new File("/Applications/Appium.app/Contents/Resources/app/node_modules/appium/build/lib/main.js"));


		driverLocalService = AppiumDriverLocalService.buildService(builder);
		driverLocalService.start();
	

	} catch (Exception e) {
		throw new Exception("Exception occoured while starting the appium server");

	}
	try {

		Thread.sleep(10000);
	} catch (Exception e) {
		e.printStackTrace();
	}

}