Android automated test cases in python using appium framework

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this is a text shot from error message on cmd appeared when trying to execute test cases in python .. error in line 19: self.driver = webdriver.Remote('http://localhost:4723/wd/hub', desired_caps) in setup function

Traceback (most recent call last): File "login.py", line 19, in setUp self.driver = webdriver.Remote('http://localhost:4723/wd/hub', desired_caps) File "C:\Python27\lib\site-packages\appium\webdriver\webdriver.py", line 36, in init super(WebDriver, self).init(command_executor, desired_capabilities, browser_profile, proxy, keep_alive) File "C:\Python27\lib\site-packages\selenium\webdriver\remote\webdriver.py", line 98, in init self.start_session(desired_capabilities, browser_profile) File "C:\Python27\lib\site-packages\selenium\webdriver\remote\webdriver.py", line 185, in start_session response = self.execute(Command.NEW_SESSION, parameters) File "C:\Python27\lib\site-packages\selenium\webdriver\remote\webdriver.py", line 249, in execute self.error_handler.check_response(response) File "C:\Python27\lib\site-packages\selenium\webdriver\remote\errorhandler.py", line 193, in check_response raise exception_class(message, screen, stacktrace) WebDriverException: Message: A new session could not be created. (Original error: com.app./.Activities.StartActivity never started. Current: com.app./.Activities.Login.LoginActivity)

alohamaloha · Accepted Answer · 2017-07-19 13:55:04Z

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what are your desired capabilities?

try to specify

'appWaitActivity': '*' in your desired capabilities,

it will launch your application and then you can find out in appium logs what exact activity was launched, and then you can replace * with found activity name.

answered Jul 19, 2017 at 13:55

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