cannot start application

Hello.

I started working with spectron, and to get me feet wet I wrote the following script:

var Application = require("spectron").Application;
var myapp = new Application({ path: "C:\\Users\\ben\\AppData\\Local\\app\\app.exe" });

myapp.start();
console.log("app now running");
myapp.stop();
console.log("app now closed");

However, when I run the script, I get the following result: (node:13764) UnhandledPromiseRejectionWarning: Unhandled promise rejection (rejection id: 1): Error: Application not running

I have a feeling this has something to do with how I input the application path. What am I doing wrong? Has anyone else had this issue?

[HairyMaclary]

I took your code and managed to get the same error. I fixed it by placing it inside a test suite and running with my testing framework, which for me is Jest.

var Application = require("spectron").Application;
describe('Application launch', () => {

   beforeEach(() => {
      this.app = new Application({
         path: '/Applications/AppName/Contents/MacOS/App'
      });
      return this.app.start();
   });

   afterEach(() => {
      if(this.app && this.app.isRunning()) { 
         return this.app.stop(); 
      }
   });

   test('true is true', async () => {
      expect.assertions(1);
   
      expect(true).toBe(true);
   });
})

This is adapted from here.

I ran:

npm run test-ui-singleFile

which relates to this command in my package.json:

"test-ui-singleFile": "jest testDoc"

[karthik1407s]

@theBenRaskin Hi, I am having the same issue with starting the application. can you elaborate on applications running in the background and usage of taskkill to kill the opened instances of the application…/

Thanks in advance, Karthik