appium: ADB cannot find some Emulators after upgrading to appium 1.6.0 on Mac

Originally posted in: https://discuss.appium.io/t/adb-cannot-find-some-emulators-after-upgrading-to-appium-1-6-0-on-mac/13017

After upgrading to appium 1.6.0 my custom emulators as well as some of the more standard ones like Nexus 6P are no longer able to be launched when running a test with Appium. If I switch back to appium 1.5.3 I am able to both see and launch my whole list. Here is the current message it is sending me:

[Appium] Welcome to Appium v1.6.0
[Appium] Appium REST http interface listener started on 0.0.0.0:4723
[HTTP] --> GET /wd/hub/status {}
[MJSONWP] Calling AppiumDriver.getStatus() with args: []
[MJSONWP] Responding to client with driver.getStatus() result: {"build":{"version":"1.6.0"...
[HTTP] <-- GET /wd/hub/status 200 11 ms - 83 
[HTTP] --> POST /wd/hub/session {"desiredCapabilities":{"app":"/Users/tate/git/qaautomation/target/classes/tatetest.apk","appPackage":"com.tate.android","intentAction":"android.intent.action.VIEW","recordVideo":true,"deviceName":"Galaxy_S7_API_23","avd":"Galaxy_S7_API_23","appActivity":"com.tate.main.ui.activity.MainActivity","newCommandTimeout":900,"platformVersion":"4.4","recordScreenshots":true,"platformName":"Android","optionalIntentArguments":"-e uri 'tate://com.tate.mobile/home/'"}}
[MJSONWP] Calling AppiumDriver.createSession() with args: [{"app":"/Users/tate/git...
[Appium] Creating new AndroidDriver session
[Appium] Capabilities:
[Appium]   app: '/Users/tate/git/qaautomation/target/classes/tatetest.apk'
[Appium]   appPackage: 'com.tate.android'
[Appium]   intentAction: 'android.intent.action.VIEW'
[Appium]   recordVideo: true
[Appium]   deviceName: 'Galaxy_S7_API_23'
[Appium]   avd: 'Galaxy_S7_API_23'
[Appium]   appActivity: 'com.tate.main.ui.activity.MainActivity'
[Appium]   newCommandTimeout: 900
[Appium]   platformVersion: '6.0'
[Appium]   recordScreenshots: true
[Appium]   platformName: 'Android'
[Appium]   optionalIntentArguments: '-e uri \'tate://com.tate.mobile/home/\''
[BaseDriver] The following capabilities were provided, but are not recognized by appium: recordVideo, recordScreenshots.
[BaseDriver] Session created with session id: b9525d5c-8372-46b7-bd88-f011b1c665f7
[debug] [AndroidDriver] Getting Java version
[AndroidDriver] Java version is: 1.8.0_112
[ADB] Checking whether adb is present
[ADB] Using adb from /Users/tate/Library/Android/sdk/platform-tools/adb
[debug] [ADB] Trying to find Galaxy_S7_API_23 emulator
[debug] [ADB] Getting connected emulators
[debug] [ADB] Getting connected devices...
[debug] [ADB] 0 device(s) connected
[debug] [ADB] 0 emulator(s) connected
[debug] [ADB] Emulator Galaxy_S7_API_23 not running
[debug] [ADB] Launching Emulator with AVD Galaxy_S7_API_23, launchTimeout60000 ms and readyTimeout 60000 ms
[ADB] Checking whether emulator is present
[ADB] Using emulator from /Users/tate/Library/Android/sdk/tools/emulator
[ADB] Checking whether android is present
[ADB] Using android from /Users/tate/Library/Android/sdk/tools/android
[ADB] Error: Avd 'Galaxy_S7_API_23' is not available. please select your avd name from one of these: '(Galaxy_Nexus_API_25), (Nexus_4_API_25), (Nexus_5_API_25), (Nexus_6_API_25), (Nexus_One_API_25), (Nexus_S_API_25)'
    at Object.wrappedLogger.errorAndThrow (lib/logger.js:60:13)
    at ADB.callee$0$0$ (lib/tools/system-calls.js:416:9)
    at tryCatch (/usr/local/lib/node_modules/appium/node_modules/babel-runtime/regenerator/runtime.js:67:40)
    at GeneratorFunctionPrototype.invoke [as _invoke] (/usr/local/lib/node_modules/appium/node_modules/babel-runtime/regenerator/runtime.js:315:22)
    at GeneratorFunctionPrototype.prototype.(anonymous function) [as next] (/usr/local/lib/node_modules/appium/node_modules/babel-runtime/regenerator/runtime.js:100:21)
    at GeneratorFunctionPrototype.invoke (/usr/local/lib/node_modules/appium/node_modules/babel-runtime/regenerator/runtime.js:136:37)

You can see in the error that it is only showing this list of emulators: ‘(Galaxy_Nexus_API_25), (Nexus_4_API_25), (Nexus_5_API_25), (Nexus_6_API_25), (Nexus_One_API_25), (Nexus_S_API_25)’

If I look in Android Studio I have 9 emulators. Here is a picture of my current emulators in Android Studio: Image

If I manually launch the emulators not in the ADB list and run a test then everything works fine but if I let appium launch the emulator itself it cannot find some of the emulators on the list. Is this a known issue or is there any known fix for this?

Other info that may be needed: Android Studio 2.2.2 Appium 1.6.0 appium java-client 4.1.2 node v6.9.1 java version 1.8.0_112 Android Debug Bridge version 1.0.36 Mac OS 10.11.6

Any help is appreciated! Thanks,

Tate