Getting a HTTP ERROR 404 when I try to download Rational Test Workbench for Android. Why?

Question

I am using IBM Mobile Test Workbench for Worklight 8.5.10 plugin for Eclipse and I am trying to add a device using my PC. I've done the same process on a Mac and it works fine no issues. However on my PC when I go to the Workbench URL in a browser, phone, or emulator I go to start the download and I receive this on all devices...

HTTP ERROR: 404 Problem accessing /android/client/com.ibm.rational.test.mobile.android.client.ui-release.apk. Reason:

Not Found

Does anybody have any idea why I would be getting this?

Answer 1

After much trial and errors I finally fixed my issue. Here's the last thing I did to get it working. I uninstalled everything from Java, Eclipse, and IBM. I then reinstalled everything and placed Eclipse in My Documents and I changed Java versions to 1.6. After all of that it seems to be working fine. It doesn't make much sense.

Answer 2

a good idea would be to check if your firewall is not blocking port 7878 or 8080 (the ones that are used by MTWW to communicate between device and workbench)

simple test for that : stop your firewall for 5 minutes, retry

if it works, it mean you'll have to configure this firewall to open this port

if you can't open this specific port, you can configure MTWW to change the default communication port (to use one that is open in your firewall) like this :

• in MTW, open : windows => preferences => Test => performance Test Report => Web report
• check "Allow remote access from a web browser"
• check "no security is required to access reports"
• change value of "non-secure port" (default = 8080)
• when done, it would be better to restart MTWW before retrying

if all of this fail, last solution is to manually install the client apk

apk is located there :

[IBM shared dir of your install]\plugins\com.ibm.rational.test.mobile.android.runtime_[some version number]\client

apk to install : com.ibm.rational.test.mobile.android.client.ui-release.apk

the simpler is use "adb connect [your device ip]" (if adb is not yet connected to your device), then "adb install [apkname]"

Jerome B.