Appium-Help required: Simulator is not launching application from Appium.app - ios

Question

Having problems in running Appium app for automation mobile app testing
Following tool versions I'm using
Appium version: 1.2.1
Xcode: 5.1.1
Following are the steps which I’m doing,
Download Appium.dmg
Run dmg file and then launched appium.app file
Build application for 7.1 simulator from Xcode
On appium.app, enabled ‘App Path’ option and provided .app file path “/Users/umairrashid/Library/Application Support/iPhone Simulator/7.1/Applications/878133B5-7078-4E92-B3A2-607A3A3C2AC3/Recipes.app”
In ‘General Settings’,
Server Address: 127.0.0.1, Port: 4723
Check for Updates: Enabled
New Command Timeout: 7200s
When I click ‘Launch’ button then everything seems to be okay.
When I click ‘Inspector’ button then following errors displayed,
Could Not Launch Appium Inspector
Could not start a new session
Be sure the Appium server is running with an application opened by using the "App Path" parameter in Appium.app (along with package and activity for Android) or by connecting with selenium client and supplying this in the desired capabilities object.
In Appium Console, I got following error,
2014-08-21T17:57:57.789Z - info: --> POST /wd/hub/session {"desiredCapabilities":{"platformName":"iOS","platformVersion":"7.1","newCommandTimeout":"999999","automationName":"Appium"}}
2014-08-21T17:57:57.792Z - info: <-- POST /wd/hub/session 500 3.235 ms - 286
2014-08-21T17:57:57.772Z - debug: Request received with params: {}
2014-08-21T17:57:57.772Z - debug: Responding to client with success: {"status":0,"value":{"build":{"version":"1.2.0","revision":"e53f49c706a25242e66d36685c268b599cc18da5"}}}
2014-08-21T17:57:57.775Z - debug: Appium request initiated at /wd/hub/sessions
2014-08-21T17:57:57.775Z - debug: Request received with params: {}
2014-08-21T17:57:57.775Z - debug: Responding to client with success: {"status":0,"value":[]}
2014-08-21T17:57:57.789Z - debug: Appium request initiated at /wd/hub/session
2014-08-21T17:57:57.789Z - debug: Request received with params: {"desiredCapabilities":{"platformName":"iOS","platformVersion":"7.1","newCommandTimeout":"999999","automationName":"Appium"}}
2014-08-21T17:57:57.790Z - error: The following desired capabilities are required, but were not provided: deviceName
2014-08-21T17:57:57.790Z - debug: Got configuration error, not starting session
2014-08-21T17:57:57.791Z - debug: Cleaning up appium session
2014-08-21T17:57:57.791Z - error: Failed to start an Appium session, err was: Error: The following desired capabilities are required, but were not provided: deviceName
2014-08-21T17:57:57.791Z - debug: Error: The following desired capabilities are required, but were not provided: deviceName
at Capabilities.checkValidity (/Volumes/Appium/Appium.app/Contents/Resources/node_modules/appium/lib/server/capabilities.js:120:13)
at Appium.configure (/Volumes/Appium/Appium.app/Contents/Resources/node_modules/appium/lib/appium.js:256:35)
at Appium.start (/Volumes/Appium/Appium.app/Contents/Resources/node_modules/appium/lib/appium.js:100:10)
at Object.exports.createSession [as handle] (/Volumes/Appium/Appium.app/Contents/Resources/node_modules/appium/lib/server/controller.js:159:16)
at next_layer (/Volumes/Appium/Appium.app/Contents/Resources/node_modules/appium/node_modules/express/lib/router/route.js:103:13)
at Route.dispatch (/Volumes/Appium/Appium.app/Contents/Resources/node_modules/appium/node_modules/express/lib/router/route.js:107:5)
at /Volumes/Appium/Appium.app/Contents/Resources/node_modules/appium/node_modules/express/lib/router/index.js:213:24
at Function.proto.process_params (/Volumes/Appium/Appium.app/Contents/Resources/node_modules/appium/node_modules/express/lib/router/index.js:286:12)
at next (/Volumes/Appium/Appium.app/Contents/Resources/node_modules/appium/node_modules/express/lib/router/index.js:207:19)
at next (/Volumes/Appium/Appium.app/Contents/Resources/node_modules/appium/node_modules/express/lib/router/index.js:182:38)
2014-08-21T17:57:57.791Z - debug: Responding to client with error: {"status":33,"value":{"message":"A new session could not be created. (Original error: The following desired capabilities are required, but were not provided: deviceName)","origValue":"The following desired capabilities are required, but were not provided: deviceName"},"sessionId":null}
2014-08-21T17:58:08.130Z - info: --> GET /wd/hub/status {}
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When Launching with ‘Prelaunch Application’:Enabled, got following errors
2014-08-21T18:00:55.417Z - debug: Attempting to retry launching instruments, this is retry #3
2014-08-21T18:00:55.418Z - debug: Killall iPhoneSimulator
2014-08-21T18:01:00.420Z - info: Launching instruments
2014-08-21T18:01:00.421Z - debug: Attempting to run app on iPhone Retina (4-inch) - Simulator - iOS 7.1
2014-08-21T18:01:00.422Z - debug: Spawning instruments with command: /Applications/Xcode.app/Contents/Developer/usr/bin/instruments -t /Applications/Xcode.app/Contents/Applications/Instruments.app/Contents/PlugIns/AutomationInstrument.bundle/Contents/Resources/Automation.tracetemplate -w iPhone Retina (4-inch) - Simulator - iOS 7.1 /Users/umairrashid/Library/Application Support/iPhone Simulator/7.1/Applications/878133B5-7078-4E92-B3A2-607A3A3C2AC3/Recipes.app -e UIASCRIPT /Users/umairrashid/Library/Application Support/appium/bootstrap/bootstrap-7a459bb511e03f3b.js -e UIARESULTSPATH /tmp/appium-instruments
2014-08-21T18:01:00.422Z - debug: And extra without-delay env: {"DYLD_INSERT_LIBRARIES":"/Volumes/Appium/Appium.app/Contents/Resources/node_modules/appium/node_modules/appium-instruments/thirdparty/iwd/InstrumentsShim.dylib","LIB_PATH":"/Volumes/Appium/Appium.app/Contents/Resources/node_modules/appium/node_modules/appium-instruments/thirdparty/iwd"}
2014-08-21T18:01:00.422Z - debug: And launch timeouts (in ms): {"global":90000}
2014-08-21T18:01:01.415Z - debug: [INST STDERR] Instruments Usage Error : Could not remove existing output document 'file:///Volumes/Appium/Appium.app/Contents/Resources/node_modules/appium/instrumentscli0.trace': Error Domain=NSCocoaErrorDomain Code=642 "You can’t save the file “instrumentscli0.trace” because the volume “Appium” is read only." UserInfo=0x7fac5e2d6100 {NSFilePath=/Volumes/Appium/Appium.app/Contents/Resources/node_modules/appium/instrumentscli0.trace, NSUnderlyingError=0x7fac5d92d760 "The operation couldn’t be completed. Read-only file system"}.
2014-08-21T18:01:01.483Z - debug: [INSTSERVER] Instruments exited with code 254
2014-08-21T18:01:01.483Z - debug: Killall instruments
2014-08-21T18:01:01.486Z - debug: Instruments crashed on startup
Here I'm expecting that when I click Inspect button from Appium then Simulator is launched and I can see XPaths etc in that view.

Answer 1

Are you sure you have the icon of apple selected(Sometimes we do silly misclicks)
If you have have "force device" checked please uncheck it.
If you still have problems it would be better for you to take screenshots of your appium gui and post it here so I can help in a more through way

Answer 2

Are you sure that you have installed Appium by dragging Appium.app to your apps folder?
The below error message suggests that you are just launching it from the DMG file.
Instruments Usage Error : Could not remove existing output document 'file:///Volumes/Appium/Appium.app/Contents/Resources/node_modules/appium/instrumentscli0.trace'