I can’t seem to figure out why my android test wont execute. The error is a follows :
io.appium.java_client.service.local.InvalidServerInstanceException: Invalid server instance exception has occured: There is no installed nodes! Please install node via NPM (https://www.npmjs.com/package/appium#using-node-js) or download and install Appium app (http://appium.io/downloads.html)
at io.appium.java_client.service.local.AppiumServiceBuilder.findNodeInCurrentFileSystem(AppiumServiceBuilder.java:155) at io.appium.java_client.service.local.AppiumServiceBuilder.checkAppiumJS(AppiumServiceBuilder.java:309) at io.appium.java_client.service.local.AppiumServiceBuilder.createArgs(AppiumServiceBuilder.java:389) at org.openqa.selenium.remote.service.DriverService$Builder.build(DriverService.java:332) at io.appium.java_client.service.local.AppiumDriverLocalService.buildService(AppiumDriverLocalService.java:76) at io.appium.java_client.service.local.AppiumDriverLocalService.buildDefaultService(AppiumDriverLocalService.java:72) at Config.DriverFactory.getAndroidDriver(DriverFactory.java:33) at AndroidTests.CheckoutTestAndroid.setupSuite(CheckoutTestAndroid.java:40) at sun.reflect.NativeMethodAccessorImpl.invoke0(Native Method) at sun.reflect.NativeMethodAccessorImpl.invoke(NativeMethodAccessorImpl.java:62) at sun.reflect.DelegatingMethodAccessorImpl.invoke(DelegatingMethodAccessorImpl.java:43) at java.lang.reflect.Method.invoke(Method.java:498) at org.testng.internal.MethodInvocationHelper.invokeMethod(MethodInvocationHelper.java:108) at org.testng.internal.Invoker.invokeConfigurationMethod(Invoker.java:523) at org.testng.internal.Invoker.invokeConfigurations(Invoker.java:224) at org.testng.internal.Invoker.invokeConfigurations(Invoker.java:146) at org.testng.SuiteRunner.privateRun(SuiteRunner.java:326) at org.testng.SuiteRunner.run(SuiteRunner.java:289) at org.testng.SuiteRunnerWorker.runSuite(SuiteRunnerWorker.java:52) at org.testng.SuiteRunnerWorker.run(SuiteRunnerWorker.java:86) at org.testng.TestNG.runSuitesSequentially(TestNG.java:1301) at org.testng.TestNG.runSuitesLocally(TestNG.java:1226) at org.testng.TestNG.runSuites(TestNG.java:1144) at org.testng.TestNG.run(TestNG.java:1115) at org.testng.IDEARemoteTestNG.run(IDEARemoteTestNG.java:72) at org.testng.RemoteTestNGStarter.main(RemoteTestNGStarter.java:123) at io.appium.java_client.service.local.AppiumServiceBuilder.findNodeInCurrentFileSystem(AppiumServiceBuilder.java:156) ... 25 more
I have installed nodejs via Homebrew and from the website. I have set the Environment variables in the /bash user_profile. I have uninstalled and reinstalled node/npm. I have linked the brew install. I can launch appium server manually and get xpaths from the app via appium.
node – v8.11.1 npm – 5.6.0
Any suggestions?
Answer
Double check node installation instructions
Install appium via npm:
npm install -g appium
Install & launch appium doctor to check env setup:
npm install appium-doctor
appium-doctor
You should check output and fix any issues. As for Node.js it should print smth like:
info AppiumDoctor ✔ The Node.js binary was found at: /usr/local/bin/node info AppiumDoctor ✔ Node version is 7.9.0