Unable to uninstall APK under Android 8 Oreo

[appiumnovice]

The problem

I have the error "Unable to uninstall APK ... 'Command '/Users/xxx/Library/android/sdk/platform-tools/adb -P 5037 -s 013a3a8de3d93345 uninstall com.xxx.fusion' exited with code 255'"
when I launch test on Android 8.0 (Oreo) on Emulator and on Device Nexus 5x.

Environment

• Appium version (or git revision) that exhibits the issue: 1.6.5
• Desktop OS/version used to run Appium: OSX 12.10.5
• Mobile platform/version under test: Emulator from Android Studio 3 beta 5 with Android 8.0
• Real device or emulator/simulator: Nexus 5x with Android 8.0
• Appium CLI or Appium.app|exe: CLI

Details

On emulator, after the creation of the emulator, the app is installed once with success by Appium and the test is correctly run.
The reinstallation of the app for the next test doesn't work.
So I uninstalled the app manually and tried again : same error.

On device, I have the same error.

Link to Appium logs

Appium server log
https://gist.github.com/appiumnovice/c192975a6737ae8d18ac6b8a2f3f8371

[mykola-mokhnach]

Do you get the same error if this command is executed manually? What error description do you see in the terminal?
Also, make sure your platform tools are at the recent version.

[appiumnovice]

Yes, I have an error too :

adb -P 5037 -s 013a3a8de3d93345 uninstall com.sncf.fusion

Exception occurred while executing:
java.lang.IllegalArgumentException: Unknown package: com.sncf.fusion
at com.android.server.pm.Settings.isOrphaned(Settings.java:4400)
at com.android.server.pm.PackageManagerService.isOrphaned(PackageManagerService.java:21418)
at com.android.server.pm.PackageManagerService.deletePackageVersioned(PackageManagerService.java:18492)
at com.android.server.pm.PackageInstallerService.uninstall(PackageInstallerService.java:913)
at com.android.server.pm.PackageManagerShellCommand.runUninstall(PackageManagerShellCommand.java:912)
at com.android.server.pm.PackageManagerShellCommand.onCommand(PackageManagerShellCommand.java:134)
at android.os.ShellCommand.exec(ShellCommand.java:96)
at com.android.server.pm.PackageManagerService.onShellCommand(PackageManagerService.java:21717)
at android.os.Binder.shellCommand(Binder.java:573)
at android.os.Binder.onTransact(Binder.java:473)
at android.content.pm.IPackageManager$Stub.onTransact(IPackageManager.java:2644)
at com.android.server.pm.PackageManagerService.onTransact(PackageManagerService.java:3485)
at android.os.Binder.execTransact(Binder.java:674)

I will check now the versions of my tools (I use the java client).

[mykola-mokhnach]

Yep, it looks like since 7.1 Android's pm tool handles missing package uninstall differently. Related issue reports:
https://jira.lineageos.org/browse/BUGBASH-999?attachmentViewMode=list
openstf/stf#448

@imurchie Looks like we need to handle this properly on our side as well

[mykola-mokhnach]

the fix is merged to 1.7.0-beta. Please update and let us know if it works

[appiumnovice]

Thanks for your new release :)

I have many differents errors.

1. The first time I run a test, I obtained the error "Unable to uninstall APK"

2. After a new try, I obtained the error "Activity used to start app doesn't exist or cannot be launched!"

https://gist.github.com/appiumnovice/c192975a6737ae8d18ac6b8a2f3f8371#file-log-with-appium-1-7-0-beta

[imurchie]

Can you delete the unlock helper? It seems to not be launchable for some reason?

[mykola-mokhnach]

Or set the skipUnlock capability to true

[appiumnovice]

I tried the 2 solutions : remove Unlock before run the test and add the capability "skipUnlock".
Without success.

https://gist.github.com/appiumnovice/c192975a6737ae8d18ac6b8a2f3f8371#file-with-skipunlock

[mykola-mokhnach]

The recent log looks very messy to me. It looks like several operations are being concurrently executed at the same time and this causes problems.

[appiumnovice]

OK. I stopped all others tests that run in parallel.

I tried 2 processes:

1. The app is already installed (manually)
   -> The test run, despite the error "Activity used to start app doesn't exist or cannot be launched!" and "Unable to uninstall APK"
   https://gist.github.com/appiumnovice/c192975a6737ae8d18ac6b8a2f3f8371#file-app-still-installed

2. The app is not installed and all Appiums tools are uninstalled
   -> The app is not installed
   https://gist.github.com/appiumnovice/c192975a6737ae8d18ac6b8a2f3f8371#file-app-is-not-installed

[mykola-mokhnach]

OK, found the problem.

[imurchie]

This should be fixed if you get the latest beta (npm uninstall -g appium && npm install -g appium@beta).

[appiumnovice]

Yes, it works !
Thanks to you for your reactivity :)
You can close this issue.

[imurchie]

All thanks go to @mykola-mokhnach !

[omidrezaaa]

@imurchie hi, could you help me how can i run your solution, i'm beginner and have same error:
npm uninstall -g appium && npm install -g appium@beta

[KazuCocoa]

The command was uninstalling old appium and installing new one.
It meant to use newer appium.

[omidrezaaa]

@KazuCocoa now i want to know how can i run this command?
i use android studio 3.3

[KazuCocoa]

Do you mean http://appium.io/docs/en/about-appium/intro/ 's Appium Server section?
@beta also can run with appium.
https://discuss.appium.io/ also helps you about such question.

[remmcal]

I did:
clean project
rebuild project
and I fixed that problem