I am getting an error message: Unable to start application on this device: Appium directory is invalid: Cannot find appium executable. When i try to start a new recording. I am able to run devices using Andriod SDK Manager, as well as run appium server. However Katalon seems to have trouble starting the Appium.exe. Please advise.
I am on Windows 7 64 bit, Katalon Version: 5.0.1 Build 1
Window->Katalon Studio Preferences → Katalon->Mobile Settings:
Appium Directory C:\Users\bsmall\AppData\Local\Programs\appium-desktop
Appium Log Level Info
Hi, I have a same problem here with error message ‘Unable to start application on this device: Appium directory is invalid: Cannot find appium executable’
I tried to change my preferences directory to the location of appium.exe, but it still didn’t work for me
Actually I also have some problem to install appium with command ‘npm install -g appium’ and its shown message such as ‘ENOENT: no such file or directory’ which is caused the installation failed. So i decided to install appium desktop application from appium setup (not from cmd). Is it a problem because I used appium desktop setup, so it must be from ‘npm install -g appium’ command? Or there is something else here? I need your help to solved my problem. Thanks
For your info, I am using windows 10 64 bit, katalon version 5.3, node v8.9.4, and npm 5.6.0
Am using Macbook pro and have set the Directory path as “/Applications/Appium.app/Contents/MacOS” but when i tried to run Mobile Spy am getting error as unable to find the Appium executable.
This is not the correct Appium directory, it should be like this: C:\Users\bsmall\AppData\Roaming\npm\node_modules\appium.
You should change it to that directory instead.
Hello!
I have the same problem as described above - the way that you write is incorrect for my system: “C:\Users\ vadim.zharove\AppData\Roaoming\npm”, and then there are no subfolders
but there is such a way: “C:\Windows\System32\node_modules\appium”
but then the error is:
my way to “appium” differs from yours, is it correct or not?
will I continue to look for solutions to new mistakes?
I got it working by tearing my computer down. Reinstalled Mac OS, installed JDK and Python then followed the Katalon installation procedures … along with my steps above (including opening permissions of node-modules folders) … Before re-installing all my other productivity software (Office, Android Studio, IntelliJ, Xcode, etc). Made for a long couple of days, but I have Katalon running on Mac and PCs
it works for me to set katalon studio preferences as “C:\Program Files (x86)\Appium\resources\app\node_modules\appium” ,and maybe it because that i setup appium maually.
Hey Chris,
I am having the same problem where my appium executable file it not being recognized with the following path:
/Users/rkarim1/.nvm/versions/node/v10.12.0/lib/node_modules/appium/build/lib
Can you please help I can not run my existing script at all.