Socket Hang Up Error

[pascarella]

Issue

Trying to switch from UiAutomator2 to Espresso/Compose. Works fine with uiautomator2, but not working with espresso driver, getting socket hang up error. Tried all the typical fixes for socket hang up error as well as Stack Overflow advice with no luck.

Environment

• Appium version: v2.1.3
• Desktop OS: Mac OS
• Node.js version: v20.5.1
• Npm: 9.8.0
• Mobile platform/version under test: Android 13
• Real device or emulator/simulator: emulator

Desired Capabilities

{
  "platformName": "Android",
  "appium:platformVersion": "13",
  "appium:automationName": "espresso",
  "appium:deviceName": "emulator-5554",
  "appium:app": "/Users/pascarella/Desktop/androidApp-local-debug-3.apk",
  "appium:ignoreHiddenApiPolicyError": true,
  "appium:driver": "compose",
  "appium:forceEspressoRebuild": true,
  "appium:showGradleLog": true,
  "appium:skipUnlock": true,
  "appium:systemPort": "8210"
}

Appium Log

https://gist.github.com/pascarella/62c95e68b066cd5da1fc76c2cceaea4d

[pr4bh4sh]

It's not an appium espresso issue. You'll need to put exceptions to exclude the files/lib from pro-guard obfuscation rules.

java.lang.NoSuchMethodError: No static method isTraceInProgress()Z in class Landroidx/compose/runtime/ComposerKt; or its super classes (declaration of 'androidx.compose.runtime.ComposerKt'