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Appium Server uiautomator2 server apk v.1.9.1 does not exist

See original GitHub issue

The problem

Running appium on Android is not currently possible after recent release of appium uiautomator2 server https://github.com/appium/appium-uiautomator2-server/releases. Now when trying to run Android tests on CI, the following issue occurs:

An unknown server-side error occurred while processing the command. Original error: /usr/local/lib/node_modules/appium/node_modules/appium-uiautomator2-server/apks/appium-uiautomator2-server-v1.9.1.apk file doesn't exist. (Selenium::WebDriver::Error::UnknownError)
/Users/distiller/vendor/bundle/ruby/2.3.0/gems/selenium-webdriver-3.6.0/lib/selenium/webdriver/remote/response.rb:71:in `assert_ok'
/Users/distiller/vendor/bundle/ruby/2.3.0/gems/selenium-webdriver-3.6.0/lib/selenium/webdriver/remote/response.rb:34:in `initialize'
/Users/distiller/vendor/bundle/ruby/2.3.0/gems/selenium-webdriver-3.6.0/lib/selenium/webdriver/remote/http/common.rb:83:in `new'
/Users/distiller/vendor/bundle/ruby/2.3.0/gems/selenium-webdriver-3.6.0/lib/selenium/webdriver/remote/http/common.rb:83:in `create_response'
/Users/distiller/vendor/bundle/ruby/2.3.0/gems/selenium-webdriver-3.6.0/lib/selenium/webdriver/remote/http/default.rb:106:in `request'
/Users/distiller/vendor/bundle/ruby/2.3.0/gems/selenium-webdriver-3.6.0/lib/selenium/webdriver/remote/http/common.rb:61:in `call'
/Users/distiller/vendor/bundle/ruby/2.3.0/gems/appium_lib-9.6.1/lib/appium_lib/common/patch.rb:140:in `execute'
/Users/distiller/vendor/bundle/ruby/2.3.0/gems/selenium-webdriver-3.6.0/lib/selenium/webdriver/remote/bridge.rb:103:in `create_session'
/Users/distiller/vendor/bundle/ruby/2.3.0/gems/selenium-webdriver-3.6.0/lib/selenium/webdriver/remote/bridge.rb:54:in `handshake'
/Users/distiller/vendor/bundle/ruby/2.3.0/gems/selenium-webdriver-3.6.0/lib/selenium/webdriver/remote/driver.rb:39:in `initialize'
/Users/distiller/vendor/bundle/ruby/2.3.0/gems/selenium-webdriver-3.6.0/lib/selenium/webdriver/common/driver.rb:58:in `new'
/Users/distiller/vendor/bundle/ruby/2.3.0/gems/selenium-webdriver-3.6.0/lib/selenium/webdriver/common/driver.rb:58:in `for'
/Users/distiller/vendor/bundle/ruby/2.3.0/gems/selenium-webdriver-3.6.0/lib/selenium/webdriver.rb:86:in `for'
/Users/distiller/vendor/bundle/ruby/2.3.0/gems/appium_lib-9.6.1/lib/appium_lib/driver.rb:698:in `start_driver'
/Users/distiller/mobile/features/support/env.rb:40:in `<top (required)>'
/Users/distiller/vendor/bundle/ruby/2.3.0/gems/cucumber-3.0.2/lib/cucumber/glue/registry_and_more.rb:106:in `load'
/Users/distiller/vendor/bundle/ruby/2.3.0/gems/cucumber-3.0.2/lib/cucumber/glue/registry_and_more.rb:106:in `load_code_file'
/Users/distiller/vendor/bundle/ruby/2.3.0/gems/cucumber-3.0.2/lib/cucumber/runtime/support_code.rb:147:in `load_file'
/Users/distiller/vendor/bundle/ruby/2.3.0/gems/cucumber-3.0.2/lib/cucumber/runtime/support_code.rb:88:in `block in load_files!'
/Users/distiller/vendor/bundle/ruby/2.3.0/gems/cucumber-3.0.2/lib/cucumber/runtime/support_code.rb:87:in `each'
/Users/distiller/vendor/bundle/ruby/2.3.0/gems/cucumber-3.0.2/lib/cucumber/runtime/support_code.rb:87:in `load_files!'
/Users/distiller/vendor/bundle/ruby/2.3.0/gems/cucumber-3.0.2/lib/cucumber/runtime.rb:270:in `load_step_definitions'
/Users/distiller/vendor/bundle/ruby/2.3.0/gems/cucumber-3.0.2/lib/cucumber/runtime.rb:67:in `run!'

/Users/distiller/vendor/bundle/ruby/2.3.0/gems/cucumber-3.0.2/lib/cucumber/cli/main.rb:33:in `execute!'
/Users/distiller/vendor/bundle/ruby/2.3.0/gems/cucumber-3.0.2/bin/cucumber:9:in `<top (required)>'
/Users/distiller/vendor/bundle/ruby/2.3.0/bin/cucumber:22:in `load'
/Users/distiller/vendor/bundle/ruby/2.3.0/bin/cucumber:22:in `<top (required)>'
/Users/distiller/.gem/ruby/2.3.5/gems/bundler-1.15.4/lib/bundler/cli/exec.rb:74:in `load'
/Users/distiller/.gem/ruby/2.3.5/gems/bundler-1.15.4/lib/bundler/cli/exec.rb:74:in `kernel_load'
/Users/distiller/.gem/ruby/2.3.5/gems/bundler-1.15.4/lib/bundler/cli/exec.rb:27:in `run'
/Users/distiller/.gem/ruby/2.3.5/gems/bundler-1.15.4/lib/bundler/cli.rb:362:in `exec'
/Users/distiller/.gem/ruby/2.3.5/gems/bundler-1.15.4/lib/bundler/vendor/thor/lib/thor/command.rb:27:in `run'
/Users/distiller/.gem/ruby/2.3.5/gems/bundler-1.15.4/lib/bundler/vendor/thor/lib/thor/invocation.rb:126:in `invoke_command'
/Users/distiller/.gem/ruby/2.3.5/gems/bundler-1.15.4/lib/bundler/vendor/thor/lib/thor.rb:387:in `dispatch'
/Users/distiller/.gem/ruby/2.3.5/gems/bundler-1.15.4/lib/bundler/cli.rb:22:in `dispatch'
/Users/distiller/.gem/ruby/2.3.5/gems/bundler-1.15.4/lib/bundler/vendor/thor/lib/thor/base.rb:466:in `start'
/Users/distiller/.gem/ruby/2.3.5/gems/bundler-1.15.4/lib/bundler/cli.rb:13:in `start'
/Users/distiller/.gem/ruby/2.3.5/gems/bundler-1.15.4/exe/bundle:30:in `block in <top (required)>'
/Users/distiller/.gem/ruby/2.3.5/gems/bundler-1.15.4/lib/bundler/friendly_errors.rb:121:in `with_friendly_errors'
/Users/distiller/.gem/ruby/2.3.5/gems/bundler-1.15.4/exe/bundle:22:in `<top (required)>'
/Users/distiller/.gem/ruby/2.3.5/bin/bundle:22:in `load'
/Users/distiller/.gem/ruby/2.3.5/bin/bundle:22:in `<main>'

Environment

Appium version (or git revision) that exhibits the issue: 1.8.0
Last Appium version that did not exhibit the issue (if applicable): 1.8.0
Desktop OS/version used to run Appium: CircleCI MacOS
Node.js version (unless using Appium.app|exe): 8 (brew install node@8 --ignore-dependencies)
Mobile platform/version under test:

- sdkmanager "platform-tools" "platforms;android-25" "extras;intel;Hardware_Accelerated_Execution_Manager" "build-tools;25.0.0" "system-images;android-25;google_apis;x86" "emulator" --verbose
      - avdmanager create avd -n nexus5 -k "system-images;android-25;google_apis;x86" -g google_apis -d "Nexus 5"
      - /usr/local/share/android-sdk/tools/emulator @nexus5 -skin 1080x2066:

Real device or emulator/simulator: Simulator
Appium CLI or Appium.app|exe: Appium CLI

Details

If necessary, describe the problem you have been experiencing in more detail.

Link to Appium logs

These are full logs

[35m[MJSONWP][39m Encountered internal error running command: Error: /usr/local/lib/node_modules/appium/node_modules/appium-uiautomator2-server/apks/appium-uiautomator2-server-v1.9.1.apk file doesn't exist.
[35m[MJSONWP][39m     at ADB.callee$0$0$ (/usr/local/lib/node_modules/appium/node_modules/appium-adb/lib/tools/apk-signing.js:61:11)
[35m[MJSONWP][39m     at tryCatch (/usr/local/lib/node_modules/appium/node_modules/babel-runtime/regenerator/runtime.js:67:40)
[35m[MJSONWP][39m     at GeneratorFunctionPrototype.invoke [as _invoke] (/usr/local/lib/node_modules/appium/node_modules/babel-runtime/regenerator/runtime.js:315:22)
[35m[MJSONWP][39m     at GeneratorFunctionPrototype.prototype.(anonymous function) [as next] (/usr/local/lib/node_modules/appium/node_modules/babel-runtime/regenerator/runtime.js:100:21)
[35m[MJSONWP][39m     at GeneratorFunctionPrototype.invoke (/usr/local/lib/node_modules/appium/node_modules/babel-runtime/regenerator/runtime.js:136:37)
[35m[MJSONWP][39m     at <anonymous>

Code To Reproduce Issue [ Good To Have ]

Run any Appium test against Android device with the following capabilities:

       {
        platformName: 'Android',
        deviceName: 'nexus5',
        platformVersion: '7.1.1',
        app: <whatever_here>,
        automationName: 'UiAutomator2',
        avd: 'nexus5',
        autoGrantPermissions: true
      }

Issue Analytics

State:
Created 5 years ago
Comments:16 (5 by maintainers)

Top GitHub Comments

2reactions

cosminstirbucommented, Oct 29, 2018

I’ve temporarily disabled the antivirus. However I’ve heard from colleagues that with the latest virus database definition they’ve fixed this. Can’t confirm though.

1reaction

cosminstirbucommented, Aug 11, 2018

Digging deeper, it seems this is an issue caused by my Bitdefender Endpoint Security for Mac Antivirus …

8/11/18, 3:41 PM Android.Trojan.Neucore.gTVSN deleted /usr/local/lib/node_modules/appium/node_modules/appium-uiautomator2-server/apks/appium-uiautomator2-server-v1.12.0.apk=>classes.dex

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