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Trouble with adding desired capabilities for Appium

Trying to add the desired capabilities into start inspector session, added the platformName, platformVersion, deviceName, automationName, and app. 

{
  "platformName": "iOS",
  "platformVersion": "11.4",
  "deviceName": "iPhone 8 Plus",
  "automationName": "XCUITest",
  "app": appName 
}

Getting the following error:

An unknown server-side error occurred while processing the command.

Original error: Could not find app at '"folder location"'

The folder location is correct.

Solution

  • For the "app" capability, please use the absolute path of your app, all the way to the .app file. The path also needs to be enclosed in "". Sometimes, if you're copy-pasting the path over from a text file into Appium Inspector, the " character can get encoded into a different " character, so make sure you're typing the " character in manually in Appium Inspector.