Calabash - can't test touch events

Question

I'm using Calabash to automate some tests with the UI but I'm having some issues.

I have a step as follows: Then I touch the "login" button.

When I run cucumber, the console throws this error:

Could not parse response ''; the app has probably crashed (RuntimeError)

Environment:

Calabash 0.11.0
Xcode 6.3.2
iPhone 5 (8.3 Simulator)

Steps to reproduce:

Build app to iPhone 5 8.3 simulator
Execute: DEBUG=1 calabash-ios console
Execute: start_test_server_in_background
Execute: touch("button marked:'login'")

Console trace:

RuntimeError: Could not parse response ''; the app has probably crashed from /Users/felipepenariveros/.rvm/gems/ruby-2.0.0-p353/gems/calabash-cucumber-0.14.2/lib/calabash-cucumber/uia.rb:33:in rescue in uia' from /Users/felipepenariveros/.rvm/gems/ruby-2.0.0-p353/gems/calabash-cucumber-0.14.2/lib/calabash-cucumber/uia.rb:30:in uia' from /Users/felipepenariveros/.rvm/gems/ruby-2.0.0-p353/gems/calabash-cucumber-0.14.2/lib/calabash-cucumber/uia.rb:454:in uia_handle_command' from /Users/felipepenariveros/.rvm/gems/ruby-2.0.0-p353/gems/calabash-cucumber-0.14.2/lib/calabash-cucumber/uia.rb:201:in uia_tap_offset' from /Users/felipepenariveros/.rvm/gems/ruby-2.0.0-p353/gems/calabash-cucumber-0.14.2/lib/calabash-cucumber/actions/instruments_actions.rb:93:in query_action' from /Users/felipepenariveros/.rvm/gems/ruby-2.0.0-p353/gems/calabash-cucumber-0.14.2/lib/calabash-cucumber/actions/instruments_actions.rb:15:in touch' from /Users/felipepenariveros/.rvm/gems/ruby-2.0.0-p353/gems/calabash-cucumber-0.14.2/lib/calabash-cucumber/core.rb:1166:in query_action_with_options' from /Users/felipepenariveros/.rvm/gems/ruby-2.0.0-p353/gems/calabash-cucumber-0.14.2/lib/calabash-cucumber/core.rb:177:in touch' from (irb):2 from /Users/felipepenariveros/.rvm/rubies/ruby-2.0.0-p353/bin/irb:12:in <main>'

It might be related to this issue already closed in Github: https://github.com/calabash/calabash-ios/issues/600

Does anyone know how can I solve this?

What happens if you try it in console mode? Do tap_mark 'login' or touch "button marked:'login'"? — Lasse, May 21 '15 at 03:50
We need more information. Please update your question with the Calabash version, the exact query or gesture you are trying to perform, and any stack trace information. See the https://github.com/calabash/calabash-ios/wiki for tips on how to ask good questions and for examples of good bug reports. — jmoody, May 21 '15 at 19:26
Perfect! Does the app crash? What happens if you do: query("button marked:'login'") and query("* marked:'login'")? — jmoody, May 21 '15 at 22:50
Let us [continue this discussion in chat](http://chat.stackoverflow.com/rooms/78480/discussion-between-jmoody-and-felipe-pena). — jmoody, May 21 '15 at 22:50
@jmoody ok, I'm there. I did also tried `query("button marked:'login'")` and it works as expected (returns and logs the object) — Felipe Peña, May 22 '15 at 00:24

score 0 · Accepted Answer · answered May 25 '15 at 02:26

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I solved this issue.

In the simulator, I chose Reset Content & Settings... and it worked.

Thanks though for helping out! (@jmoody & @Lasse).

answered May 25 '15 at 02:26

Felipe Peña

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I have the same problem but it was not solved by "Reset Content & Settings..."Any other ideas? – YKa Jun 25 '15 at 06:20
It was a bit too much to explain here so I made another question here http://stackoverflow.com/questions/31062753/cant-update-calabash-server-version – YKa Jun 26 '15 at 00:00

score 0 · Answer 2 · answered Oct 16 '15 at 15:36

I had a similar issue on my project (Xcode 7.0.1, iOS 9.0.2 on a physical device (iPod touch), Calabash 0.14.3).

What worked for me was changing the :uia_strategy from :shared_strategy to :host. So now my before scenario block in features/support/01_launch.rb looks like this:

Before do |scenario|
  options = {
    :uia_strategy => :host      #used to be shared_strategy - but that failed
  }
  @calabash_launcher = Calabash::Cucumber::Launcher.new
  unless @calabash_launcher.calabash_no_launch?
    @calabash_launcher.relaunch(options)
    @calabash_launcher.calabash_notify(self)
  end
end

Hopefully this helps someone else down the line who is racking their brain over a similar issue.

Thanks for the reply - I actually stopped using Calabash and started using UI tests inside of Xcode. — Felipe Peña, Oct 17 '15 at 15:58

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