Error While launching appium browser:- org.openqa.selenium.WebDriverException: ERROR running Appium command: Arguments to path.resolve must be strings

Question

Unable to launch chrome browser on real device, error found:

-ERROR running Appium command: Arguments to path.resolve must be strings

Launching Appium server with command: C:\\Program Files\\Appium\\node.exe lib\\server\\main.js --address 127.0.0.1 --port 4723 --chromedriver-port 8080 --platform-name Android --platform-version 19 --automation-name Appium --log-no-color info: Welcome to Appium v1.4.16 (REV ae6877eff263066b26328d457bd285c0cc62430d) info: Appium REST http interface listener started on 127.0.0.1:4723 info: [debug] Non-default server args: {"address":"127.0.0.1","logNoColors":true,"platformName":"Android","platformVersion":"19","automationName":"Appium","chromeDriverPort":8080} info: Console LogLevel: debug info: --> POST /wd/hub/session {"desiredCapabilities":{"appPackage":"com.android.chrome","browserName":"Chrome","platformName":"Android","deviceName":"Android","platformVersion":"4.4.2"}} info: Client User-Agent string: Apache-HttpClient/4.5.1 (Java/1.8.0_91) info: Set mode: Proxying straight through to Chromedriver info: [debug] Looks like we want chrome on android info: <-- POST /wd/hub/session 500 11.995 ms - 95 TypeError: Arguments to path.resolve must be strings at Object.win32.resolve (path.js:146:13) at [object Object].Device.configure (C:\\Program Files\\Appium\\node_modules\\appium\\lib\\devices\\device.js:41:31) at [object Object].ChromeAndroid.configure (C:\\Program Files\\Appium\\node_modules\\appium\\lib\\devices\\android\\chrome.js:51:8) at [object Object].Appium.configure (C:\\Program Files\\Appium\\node_modules\\appium\\lib\\appium.js:250:15) at [object Object]. (C:\\Program Files\\Appium\\node_modules\\appium\\lib\\appium.js:118:10) at [object Object].Appium.start (C:\\Program Files\\Appium\\node_modules\\appium\\lib\\appium.js:129:5) at exports.createSession (C:\\Program Files\\Appium\\node_modules\\appium\\lib\\server\\controller.js:188:16) at Layer.handle [as handle_request] (C:\\Program Files\\Appium\\node_modules\\appium\\node_modules\\express\\lib\\router\\layer.js:82:5) at next (C:\\Program Files\\Appium\\node_modules\\appium\\node_modules\\express\\lib\\router\\route.js:110:13) at Route.dispatch (C:\\Program Files\\Appium\\node_modules\\appium\\node_modules\\express\\lib\\router\\route.js:91:3) at Layer.handle [as handle_request] (C:\\Program Files\\Appium\\node_modules\\appium\\node_modules\\express\\lib\\router\\layer.js:82:5) at C:\\Program Files\\Appium\\node_modules\\appium\\node_modules\\express\\lib\\router\\index.js:267:22 at Function.proto.process_params (C:\\Program Files\\Appium\\node_modules\\appium\\node_modules\\express\\lib\\router\\index.js:321:12) at next (C:\\Program Files\\Appium\\node_modu les\\appium\\node_modules\\express\\lib\\router\\index.js:261:10) at next (C:\\Program Files\\Appium\\node_modules\\appium\\node_modules\\express\\lib\\router\\route.js:100:14) at next (C:\\Program Files\\Appium\\node_modules\\appium\\node_modules\\express\\lib\\router\\route.js:104:14) at next (C:\\Program Files\\Appium\\node_modules\\appium\\node_modules\\express\\lib\\router\\route.js:104:14) at next (C:\\Program Files\\Appium\\node_modules\\appium\\node_modules\\express\\lib\\router\\route.js:104:14) at next (C:\\Program Files\\Appium\\node_modules\\appium\\node_modules\\express\\lib\\router\\route.js:104:14) at next (C:\\Program Files\\Appium\\node_modules\\appium\\node_modules\\express\\lib\\router\\route.js:104:14) at next (C:\\Program Files\\Appium\\node_modules\\appium\\node_modules\\express\\lib\\router\\route.js:104:14) at next (C:\\Program Files\\Appium\\node_modules\\appium\\node_modules\\express\\lib\\router\\route.js:104:14) at next (C:\\Program Files\\Appium\\node_modules\\appium\\node_modules\\express\\lib\\router\\route.js:104:14) at next (C:\\Program Fi les\\Appium\\node_modules\\appium\\node_modules\\express\\lib\\router\\route.js:104:14) at next (C:\\Program Files\\Appium\\node_modules\\appium\\node_modules\\express\\lib\\router\\route.js:104:14) at C:\\Program Files\\Appium\\node_modules\\appium\\lib\\server\\controller.js:39:7 at Layer.handle [as handle_request] (C:\\Program Files\\Appium\\node_modules\\appium\\node_modules\\express\\lib\\router\\layer.js:82:5) at next (C:\\Program Files\\Appium\\node_modules\\appium\\node_modules\\express\\lib\\router\\route.js:110:13) at next (C:\\Program Files\\Appium\\node_modules\\appium\\node_modules\\express\\lib\\router\\route.js:104:14) at next (C:\\Program Files\\Appium\\node_modules\\appium\\node_modules\\express\\lib\\router\\route.js:104:14) at next (C:\\Program Files\\Appium\\node_modules\\appium\\node_modules\\express\\lib\\router\\route.js:104:14) at next (C:\\Program Files\\Appium\\node_modules\\appium\\node_modules\\express\\lib\\router\\route.js:104:14) at next (C:\\Program Files\\Appium\\node_modules\\appium\\node_modules\\express\\lib\\router\\route.js:104:14) a t next (C:\\Program Files\\Appium\\node_modules\\appium\\node_modules\\express\\lib\\router\\route.js:104:14) at next (C:\\Program Files\\Appium\\node_modules\\appium\\node_modules\\express\\lib\\router\\route.js:104:14) at next (C:\\Program Files\\Appium\\node_modules\\appium\\node_modules\\express\\lib\\router\\route.js:104:14) at next (C:\\Program Files\\Appium\\node_modules\\appium\\node_modules\\express\\lib\\router\\route.js:104:14) at next (C:\\Program Files\\Appium\\node_modules\\appium\\node_modules\\express\\lib\\router\\route.js:104:14) at next (C:\\Program Files\\Appium\\node_modules\\appium\\node_modules\\express\\lib\\router\\route.js:104:14) at next (C:\\Program Files\\Appium\\node_modules\\appium\\node_modules\\express\\lib\\router\\route.js:104:14) at next (C:\\Program Files\\Appium\\node_modules\\appium\\node_modules\\express\\lib\\router\\route.js:104:14) at next (C:\\Program Files\\Appium\\node_modules\\appium\\node_modules\\express\\lib\\router\\route.js:104:14) at next (C:\\Program Files\\Appium\\node_modules\\appium\\node_modules\\express\\lib\\route r\\route.js:104:14) at Route.dispatch (C:\\Program Files\\Appium\\node_modules\\appium\\node_modules\\express\\lib\\router\\route.js:91:3) at Layer.handle [as handle_request] (C:\\Program Files\\Appium\\node_modules\\appium\\node_modules\\express\\lib\\router\\layer.js:82:5) at C:\\Program Files\\Appium\\node_modules\\appium\\node_modules\\express\\lib\\router\\index.js:267:22 at Function.proto.process_params (C:\\Program Files\\Appium\\node_modules\\appium\\node_modules\\express\\lib\\router\\index.js:321:12) at next (C:\\Program Files\\Appium\\node_modules\\appium\\node_modules\\express\\lib\\router\\index.js:261:10) at methodOverride (C:\\Program Files\\Appium\\node_modules\\appium\\node_modules\\method-override\\index.js:79:5) at Layer.handle [as handle_request] (C:\\Program Files\\Appium\\node_modules\\appium\\node_modules\\express\\lib\\router\\layer.js:82:5) at trim_prefix (C:\\Program Files\\Appium\\node_modules\\appium\\node_modules\\express\\lib\\router\\index.js:302:13) at C:\\Program Files\\Appium\\node_modules\\appium\\node_modules\\express\\lib\\rou ter\\index.js:270:7 at Function.proto.process_params (C:\\Program Files\\Appium\\node_modules\\appium\\node_modules\\express\\lib\\router\\index.js:321:12) at next (C:\\Program Files\\Appium\\node_modules\\appium\\node_modules\\express\\lib\\router\\index.js:261:10) at logger (C:\\Program Files\\Appium\\node_modules\\appium\\node_modules\\morgan\\index.js:136:5) at Layer.handle [as handle_request] (C:\\Program Files\\Appium\\node_modules\\appium\\node_modules\\express\\lib\\router\\layer.js:82:5) at trim_prefix (C:\\Program Files\\Appium\\node_modules\\appium\\node_modules\\express\\lib\\router\\index.js:302:13) at C:\\Program Files\\Appium\\node_modules\\appium\\node_modules\\express\\lib\\router\\index.js:270:7 at Function.proto.process_params (C:\\Program Files\\Appium\\node_modules\\appium\\node_modules\\express\\lib\\router\\index.js:321:12) at next (C:\\Program Files\\Appium\\node_modules\\appium\\node_modules\\express\\lib\\router\\index.js:261:10) at C:\\Program Files\\Appium\\node_modules\\appium\\node_modules\\body-parser\\lib\\read.js:111:5 at done (C: \\Program Files\\Appium\\node_modules\\appium\\node_modules\\body-parser\\node_modules\\raw-body\\index.js:248:14) at IncomingMessage.onEnd (C:\\Program Files\\Appium\\node_modules\\appium\\node_modules\\body-parser\\node_modules\\raw-body\\index.js:294:7) at IncomingMessage.g (events.js:199:16)

Answer 1

Refer the following code to solve your problem

AppiumDriver driver;
DesiredCapabilities capabilities = new DesiredCapabilities();
capabilities.setCapability("deviceName", "Android");
capabilities.setCapability("platformName", "Android");
capabilities.setCapability(CapabilityType.BROWSER_NAME, "Chrome");
capabilities.setCapability("platformVersion", "5.0.2");
capabilities.setCapability("appPackage", "com.android.chrome");
capabilities.setCapability("appActivity","com.google.android.apps.chrome.ChromeTabbedActivity");
driver= new AppiumDriver(new URL("http://127.0.0.1:4723/wd/hub"), capabilities);
driver.get("http://google.com");

Answer 2

@Narendra Singh - The below solution should work -

private AndroidDriver driver;
public static String baseurl;

@Before
public void setup() throws MalformedURLException
{
    System.out.println("Create driver and launch Chrome");
    DesiredCapabilities capabilities = new DesiredCapabilities ();
    capabilities.setCapability("browsername","chrome");
    capabilities.setCapability("device","android");
    capabilities.setCapability("devicename","OssCube");
    capabilities.setCapability("platformversion","4.4.2");
    capabilities.setCapability("platformname","Android");
    capabilities.setCapability("appPackage","com.android.chrome");
   capabilities.setCapability("appActivity","com.google.android.apps.chrome.Main");
    driver=new AndroidDriver(new URL("http://127.0.0.1:4723/wd/hub"), capabilities);
    baseurl = "https://www.google.com";
    driver.get(baseurl);
    }

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