Android driver fails before emulator is booted

The problem

When I use avd capability to start emulator, android driver fails even before emulator is booted up.

adb -P 5037 -s emulator-5554 shell 'settings delete global hidden_api_policy_pre_p_apps;settings delete global hidden_api_policy_p_apps;settings delete global hidden_api_policy'' exited with code 20'; Command output: cmd: Can't find service: settings
cmd: Can't find service: settings
cmd: Can't find service: settings

Environment

• Appium version (or git revision) that exhibits the issue: 1.22.3
• Desktop OS/version used to run Appium: MacOs 12.4
• Node.js version (unless using Appium.app|exe): 18.5
• Mobile platform/version under test: Android
• Real device or emulator/simulator: simulator

Details

Used capabilities

            appiumOptions.AddAdditionalAppiumOption(MobileCapabilityType.PlatformName, "Android");
            appiumOptions.AddAdditionalAppiumOption("appPackage", "appPackage");
            appiumOptions.AddAdditionalAppiumOption("appActivity", "SplashScreen");
            appiumOptions.AddAdditionalAppiumOption("avd", "Pixel_2_API_31");
            appiumOptions.AddAdditionalAppiumOption("avdArgs", "-no-snapshot-load");
            appiumOptions.AddAdditionalAppiumOption("androidInstallTimeout", 120000); 
            appiumOptions.AddAdditionalAppiumOption("newCommandTimeout", 120); 
            appiumOptions.AddAdditionalAppiumOption("acceptInsecureCerts", true); 
            appiumOptions.AddAdditionalAppiumOption("appWaitDuration", 60000);
            appiumOptions.AddAdditionalAppiumOption("avdLaunchTimeout", 180000); 
            appiumOptions.AddAdditionalAppiumOption("avdReadyTimeout", 180000); 

            var driver = new AndroidDriver(ap, appiumOptions); // initialize Android 

When AndroidDriver is instantiated, it starts android emulator, emulator starts booting, shows google logo, appium fails with error:

adb -P 5037 -s emulator-5554 shell 'settings delete global hidden_api_policy_pre_p_apps;settings delete global hidden_api_policy_p_apps;settings delete global hidden_api_policy'' exited with code 20'; Command output: cmd: Can't find service: settings
cmd: Can't find service: settings
cmd: Can't find service: settings

10 seconds later emulator is booted up to home screen properly. When I start emulator manually before running appium everything works just fine.

[mykola-mokhnach]

I’m afraid the timeout there is hardcoded. Although I don’t see a reason it could not be increased

[mykola-mokhnach]

@StephanB75 Try uia2 driver v. 2.4.5