androidlibrary Failing with Last Python 2x Release?

[Mattje1]

Hi folks,

I'm trying to give Calabash-Android for Robot Framework a go, but I'm running into the following errors in the test app: 'TypeError: _execute_child() takes exactly 17 arguments (18 given)'. A little digging discovers that this function is within the POpen class in the Killableprocess.py library.

Is it a compatibility issue with Python 2.7.6?(released Dec'13) This firefox add-on was having a similar issue: http://stackoverflow.com/questions/20658834/firefox-add-on-sdk-error

Also, other folks have been having this issue since January: https://groups.google.com/forum/#!topic/robotframework-users/v3YBovvV1c8

I'm looking to downgrade Python to test this theory out, but it's a bit of a pain as my other non-Calabash Robot Framework scripts are still working.

Thanks, Matt

[memcmp]

Hi Matt,

Currently we are not working on this library. I think there is a compatibility issue on windows. If you want to you can fix it and i'll do a new release. (think the problem is here https://github.com/lovelysystems/robotframework-androidlibrary/blob/master/src/AndroidLibrary/killableprocess.py#L113 )

[Mattje1]

Thanks Phillip for your quick response and your efforts in writing this library.

I will put this fix on my backlog :)

[munsei]

Hi Matt,

I'm having the same problem. Would you mind to share what need to be changed in the killableprocess.py to make it work? Appreciate your help.

Thanks.

[Mattje1]

Hi there,

It appears that the offending introduced argument is 'to_close()'. in the subprocess.py library.

I haven't changed anything yet, but I see 3 options:

1. Use an earlier version of Python (pre 2.7 I think)
2. Copy over an earlier version of subprocess.py to your current Python(may not work well with other, newer libraries)
3. Update Killableprocess.py with similar changes for the 'to_close()' argument in subprocess.py: The changes(in green) are here: http://hg.python.org/cpython/rev/43749cb6bdbd

Good luck and let me know if any of these options work for you, if you get there before me.

cheers, Matt

[munsei]

Hi, I tried the option 2 and it worked at least for the "Start Emulator" keyword already. However, the test case failed at "Start Testserver with apk" keyword with error message "ExpatError: syntax error: line 1, column 2". This is similar to https://github.com/lovelysystems/robotframework-androidlibrary/issues/63

There is not much info we can get from the forum or internet. Not sure if anyone completely successfully automate mobile application testing using this Robot Framework AndroidLibrary?

[eniox]

Hi munsei (and others)

Did you get any further on using Robot Framework with AndroidLibrary? I started to explore Robot Framework recently and I'm now stuck with the same "17 arguments" problem. So it would help a lot to know if there is a such combination of required tools that actually work together.

[Nimisha13]

Any updates on this error?