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Error during installation process - Path must be a string

See original GitHub issue

The problem

When I start using appium@beta version 1.14.0-beta.2, I got the error during installation process on the real device: Path must be a string. Received undefined.

Environment

Appium version: 1.14.0-beta.2
Real device or emulator/simulator: real device
Mobile platform/version under test: 13.0
Npm: 6.11.3
Node: 8.12.0

Details

This is my capabilities:

DesiredCapabilities desiredCapabilities = new DesiredCapabilities();
desiredCapabilities.setCapability(MobileCapabilityType.NEW_COMMAND_TIMEOUT, 5000);
desiredCapabilities.setCapability(MobileCapabilityType.DEVICE_NAME, System.getProperty("deviceName"));
desiredCapabilities.setCapability(MobileCapabilityType.UDID, System.getProperty("deviceUdid"));
desiredCapabilities.setCapability(MobileCapabilityType.PLATFORM_VERSION, System.getProperty("platformVersion"));
desiredCapabilities.setCapability(MobileCapabilityType.APP, System.getProperty("appFilePath"));
desiredCapabilities.setCapability("autoGrantPermissions", true);
desiredCapabilities.setCapability(MobileCapabilityType.FULL_RESET, true);
desiredCapabilities.setCapability(MobileCapabilityType.NO_RESET, false);
desiredCapabilities.setCapability(MobileCapabilityType.AUTOMATION_NAME, Settings.IOS_AUTOMATION_NAME);
desiredCapabilities.setCapability("usePrebuiltWDA", true);
mobileDriver = new IOSDriver(new URL("http://127.0.0.1:4723/wd/hub"), desiredCapabilities);