org.openqa.selenium.SessionNotCreatedException: A new session could not be created. (Original error: Requested a new session but one was in progress)

Question

I am using Appium 1.4.8 for iOS . I have build the code in simulator using xcode and successfully able to launch the server as well as Appium Inspector. But while running my

Answer 1

If on appium app then select Override Existing Sessions checkbox under Settings -

Answer 2

This happens because the previous session wasn't shutdown properly and it happens when there is exception thrown in your test. Restart the appium server and try it , it should resolve the issue.

Alternatively if you starting appium as node process, you can give option '--session-override true' and this would avoid this problem

Answer 3

Adding the deviceName in the capabilities helped. In the appium logs I could figure out the missing thing.

Answer 4

The following is working for me. I am testing by connecting Android device. Please make changes as per your need and apply, this should work now.

        DesiredCapabilities capabilities = new DesiredCapabilities().android();
        capabilities.setCapability("no",true);
        capabilities.setCapability("newCommandTimeout", 100000);
        capabilities.setCapability("noReset", true);
        capabilities.setCapability(CapabilityType.BROWSER_NAME, "");
        capabilities.setCapability(CapabilityType.VERSION, "4.4.2");
        capabilities.setCapability("deviceName", "Galaxy nexus");
        capabilities.setCapability("app", application.getAbsolutePath());
        capabilities.setCapability("automationName", "selendroid");
        capabilities.setCapability("noRest", true);
        driver = new AndroidDriver<MobileElement>(new URL("http://127.0.0.1:4723/wd/hub"), capabilities);