Using app URL in capabilities fails if file is an .ipa

[johnny2k]

I'm using Appium v1.2.0 (REV e53f49c) with the Java client. My app is built using Jenkins to produce an .ipa.

This works after copying the demo.ipa to demo.zip

capabilities.setCapability(MobileCapabilityType.APP, "http://192.168.1.120:8081/job/UTestDemoIOS/ws/build/demo.zip");

This does not.

capabilities.setCapability(MobileCapabilityType.APP, "http://192.168.1.120:8081/job/UTestDemoIOS/ws/build/demo.ipa");

There error it returns is...

org.openqa.selenium.SessionNotCreatedException: A new session could not be created. Original error: Bad app: http://192.168.1.120:8081/job/DemoIOS/ws/build/demo.ipa. App paths need to be absolute, or relative to the appium server install dir, or a URL to compressed file, or a special app name. cause: App URL (http://192.168.1.120:8081/job/DemoIOS/ws/build/demo.ipa) didn't seem to point to a .zip or .apk file) (WARNING: The server did not provide any stacktrace information)
Command duration or timeout: 118 milliseconds

Here's how I'm setting up the driver....

@Before
    public void setUp() throws Throwable {
        URL app = new URL("http://192.168.1.120:8081/job/DemoIOS/ws/build/demo.zip");
        DesiredCapabilities capabilities = new DesiredCapabilities();
        capabilities.setCapability(CapabilityType.VERSION, "7.1");
        capabilities.setCapability("udid", "auto");
        capabilities.setCapability("bundleId", "com.jkohls.demo");
        capabilities.setCapability("deviceName", "iPhone");
        capabilities.setCapability("platformName", "iOS");
        capabilities.setCapability(MobileCapabilityType.APP,
                "http://192.168.1.120:8081/job/DemoIOS/ws/build/demo.ipa");
        capabilities.setCapability("automationName", "Appium");
        capabilities.setCapability("autoAcceptAlerts", true);
        capabilities.setCapability("locationServicesEnabled", true);
        capabilities.setCapability("locationServicesAuthorized", true);
        driver = new AppiumDriver(new URL("http://192.168.1.102:4723/wd/hub"), capabilities);
    }

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