findelement byname does not work with appium 1.9.1 #1050

helenren · 2018-10-25T06:18:11Z

On a native page, my test tries to find an element via byname: command passed into driver is: findElement(By.name: EULA.agree), while I saw the command executed to the appium server is:

2018-10-25 03:23:24:329 - info: [HTTP] --> POST /wd/hub/session/22bd911d-ed10-47f6-bd77-f327b5562c48/elements
2018-10-25 03:23:24:329 - info: [HTTP] {"value":"*[name='EULA.agree']","using":"css selector"}

The same test works fine against appium 1.8.1

Environment

Appium version (or git revision) that exhibits the issue: 1.9.1
Last Appium version that did not exhibit the issue (if applicable): 1.8.1
Desktop OS/version used to run Appium: xcode 9.4.1, mac os version: 10.13.6
Node.js version (unless using Appium.app|exe):v7.1.0
Mobile platform/version under test: ios 9.4/9.2
Real device or emulator/simulator: simulator
java client verion: 6.1.0 and 5.0.4 both has this issue.

helenren · 2018-10-25T06:19:14Z

@jlipps do you aware any issue related to? thanks

saikrishna321 · 2018-10-25T07:41:59Z

name was deprecated in favor of accessiblity id

helenren · 2018-10-25T16:46:34Z

so, for ios, we should use by.accessibilityid or by.id? where we can find the info on change for search property support ? @saikrishna321

saikrishna321 · 2018-10-25T18:03:29Z

@helenren this was very old change which went through, may be in version 5.0.0 BETAX not sure though.. But for sure this change was done long back.

helenren · 2018-10-25T19:01:33Z

Hmm, the change that you mentioned is for page object tools. While in my test, I use By.Name directly instead of @findby annotation. I am kind lost. @saikrishna321

saikrishna321 · 2018-10-25T19:19:43Z

#313

helenren · 2018-10-26T00:25:59Z

Did more try. Instead of using by.name, switch to use the xpath to find an element on a native page. Compared with java_client 6.1.0 + appium 1.8.1 and java_client 6.1.0 + appium 1.9.1, the test app, ios version are same. Successfully fin the element for java_client 6.1.0 + appium 1.8.1 , while fail to find it for java_client 6.1.0 + appium 1.9.1. One thing cannot understand is, for java_client 6.1.0 + appium 1.9.1, after finding the element, call element/sync instead of element/displayed? @saikrishna321

Here is detail logs:
using By.xpath("//XCUIElementTypeButton”) to find an element on a native page.

With java_client 6.1.0 + appium 1.9.1, fail to find it. Here is the appium logs:

2018-10-26 00:07:49:765 - [HTTP] --> GET /wd/hub/session/3ee94005-3eee-44f8-93cd-e66d78f6cf90/context
2018-10-26 00:07:49:765 - [HTTP] {}
2018-10-26 00:07:49:767 - [debug] [W3C] Calling AppiumDriver.getCurrentContext() with args: ["3ee94005-3eee-44f8-93cd-e66d78f6cf90"]
2018-10-26 00:07:49:770 - [debug] [XCUITest] Executing command 'getCurrentContext'
2018-10-26 00:07:49:775 - [debug] [W3C] Responding to client with driver.getCurrentContext() result: "NATIVE_APP"
2018-10-26 00:07:49:775 - [HTTP] <-- GET /wd/hub/session/3ee94005-3eee-44f8-93cd-e66d78f6cf90/context 200 10 ms - 22
2018-10-26 00:07:49:776 - [HTTP]
2018-10-26 00:07:49:781 - [HTTP] --> POST /wd/hub/session/3ee94005-3eee-44f8-93cd-e66d78f6cf90/elements
2018-10-26 00:07:49:781 - [HTTP] {"value":"//XCUIElementTypeButton","using":"xpath"}
2018-10-26 00:07:49:781 - [debug] [W3C] Calling AppiumDriver.findElements() with args: ["xpath","//XCUIElementTypeButton","3ee94005-3eee-44f8-93cd-e66d78f6cf90"]
2018-10-26 00:07:49:782 - [debug] [XCUITest] Executing command 'findElements'
2018-10-26 00:07:49:783 - [debug] [BaseDriver] Valid locator strategies for this request: xpath, id, name, class name, -ios predicate string, -ios class chain, accessibility id
2018-10-26 00:07:49:785 - [debug] [BaseDriver] Waiting up to 5000 ms for condition
2018-10-26 00:07:49:786 - [debug] [JSONWP Proxy] Matched '/elements' to command name 'findElements'
2018-10-26 00:07:49:786 - [debug] [JSONWP Proxy] Proxying [POST /elements] to [POST http://localhost:8100/session/74253321-22DD-4A1E-AE54-5578A7C49E28/elements] with body: {"using":"xpath","value":"//XCUIElementTypeButton"}
2018-10-26 00:07:53:234 - [debug] [JSONWP Proxy] Got response with status 200: {"value":[{"ELEMENT":"23000000-0000-0000-D32E-000000000000"}],"sessionId":"74253321-22DD-4A1E-AE54-5578A7C49E28","status":0}
2018-10-26 00:07:53:235 - [debug] [W3C] Responding to client with driver.findElements() result: [{"element-6066-11e4-a52e-4f735466cecf":"23000000-0000-0000-D32E-000000000000"}]
2018-10-26 00:07:53:236 - [HTTP] <-- POST /wd/hub/session/3ee94005-3eee-44f8-93cd-e66d78f6cf90/elements 200 3455 ms - 90
2018-10-26 00:07:53:236 - [HTTP]
2018-10-26 00:07:53:254 - [HTTP] --> POST /wd/hub/session/3ee94005-3eee-44f8-93cd-e66d78f6cf90/execute/sync
2018-10-26 00:07:53:255 - [HTTP] {"script":"return (function(){return function(){var k=this;function l(a){return void 0!==a}function m(a){return"string"==typeof a}function aa(a,b){a=a.split(".");var c=k;a[0]in c||!c.execScript||c.execScript("var "+a[0]);for(var d;a.length&&(d=a.shift());)!a.length&&l(b)?c[d]=b:c[d]&&c[d]!==Object.prototype[d]?c=c[d]:c=c[d]={}}\nfunction ba(a){var b=typeof a;if("object"==b)if(a){if(a instanceof Array)return"array";if(a instanceof Object)return b;var c=Object.prototype.toString.call(a);if("[object Window]"==c)return"object";if("[object Array]"==c||"number"==typeof a.length&&"undefined"!=typeof a.splice&&"undefined"!=typeof a.propertyIsEnumerable&&!a.propertyIsEnumerable("splice"))return"array";if("[object Function]"==c||"undefined"!=typeof a.call&&"undefined"!=typeof a.propertyIsEnumerable&&!a.propertyIsEnumerable("call"))return"function"}else return"null";\nelse if("function"==b&&"undefined"==typeof a.call)return"object";return b}function ca(
2018-10-26 00:07:53:256 - [debug] [W3C] Calling AppiumDriver.execute() with args: ["return (function(){return function(){var k=this;function l(a){return void 0!==a}function m(a){return"string"==typeof a}function aa(a,b){a=a.split(".");var c=k;a[0]in c||!c.execScript||c.execScript("var "+a[0]);for(var d;a.length&&(d=a.shift());)!a.length&&l(b)?c[d]=b:c[d]&&c[d]!==Object.prototype[d]?c=c[d]:c=c[d]={}}\nfunction ba(a){var b=typeof a;if("object"==b)if(a){if(a instanceof Array)return"array";if(a instanceof Object)return b;var c=Object.prototype.toString.call(a);if("[object Window]"==c)return"object";if("[object Array]"==c||"number"==typeof a.length&&"undefined"!=typeof a.splice&&"undefined"!=typeof a.propertyIsEnumerable&&!a.propertyIsEnumerable("splice"))return"array";if("[object Function]"==c||"undefined"!=typeof a.call&&"undefined"!=typeof a.propertyIsEnumerable&&!a.propertyIsEnumerable("call"))return"function"}else return"null";\nelse if("function"==b&&"undefined"==typeof a.call)return"object";return b}function ca(a,b,c){return a.call.apply(a.b...
2018-10-26 00:07:53:257 - [debug] [XCUITest] Executing command 'execute'
2018-10-26 00:07:53:262 - [debug] [W3C] Encountered internal error running command: NotImplementedError: Method is not implemented

While for java_client 6.1.0 + appium 1.8.1, successfully find the element:

2018-10-26 00:13:47:460 - [HTTP] --> GET /wd/hub/session/ae8b670d-e4d4-4652-8982-e8ead579b404/context
2018-10-26 00:13:47:460 - [HTTP] {}
2018-10-26 00:13:47:462 - [debug] [W3C] Calling AppiumDriver.getCurrentContext() with args: ["ae8b670d-e4d4-4652-8982-e8ead579b404"]
2018-10-26 00:13:47:462 - [debug] [XCUITest] Executing command 'getCurrentContext'
2018-10-26 00:13:47:464 - [debug] [MJSONWP] Responding to client with driver.getCurrentContext() result: "NATIVE_APP"
2018-10-26 00:13:47:465 - [HTTP] <-- GET /wd/hub/session/ae8b670d-e4d4-4652-8982-e8ead579b404/context 200 5 ms - 84
2018-10-26 00:13:47:465 - [HTTP]
2018-10-26 00:13:47:470 - [HTTP] --> POST /wd/hub/session/ae8b670d-e4d4-4652-8982-e8ead579b404/elements
2018-10-26 00:13:47:470 - [HTTP] {"using":"xpath","value":"//XCUIElementTypeButton"}
2018-10-26 00:13:47:471 - [debug] [W3C] Calling AppiumDriver.findElements() with args: ["xpath","//XCUIElementTypeButton","ae8b670d-e4d4-4652-8982-e8ead579b404"]
2018-10-26 00:13:47:471 - [debug] [XCUITest] Executing command 'findElements'
2018-10-26 00:13:47:472 - [debug] [BaseDriver] Valid locator strategies for this request: xpath, id, name, class name, -ios predicate string, -ios class chain, accessibility id
2018-10-26 00:13:47:474 - [debug] [BaseDriver] Waiting up to 0 ms for condition
2018-10-26 00:13:47:475 - [debug] [JSONWP Proxy] Proxying [POST /elements] to [POST http://localhost:8100/session/B1F83BAC-99A8-4A71-B0D8-0A237EF859A8/elements] with body: {"using":"xpath","value":"//XCUIElementTypeButton"}
2018-10-26 00:13:51:056 - [debug] [JSONWP Proxy] Got response with status 200: {"value":[{"ELEMENT":"23000000-0000-0000-C431-000000000000"}],"sessionId":"B1F83BAC-99A8-4A71-B0D8-0A237EF859A8","status":0}
2018-10-26 00:13:51:057 - [debug] [MJSONWP] Responding to client with driver.findElements() result: [{"ELEMENT":"23000000-0000-0000-C431-000000000000"}]
2018-10-26 00:13:51:057 - [HTTP] <-- POST /wd/hub/session/ae8b670d-e4d4-4652-8982-e8ead579b404/elements 200 3587 ms - 124
2018-10-26 00:13:51:057 - [HTTP]
2018-10-26 00:13:51:069 - [HTTP] --> GET /wd/hub/session/ae8b670d-e4d4-4652-8982-e8ead579b404/element/23000000-0000-0000-C431-000000000000/displayed

ndeztea · 2018-11-26T07:59:40Z

I have the similiar issue on this like this : NotImplementedError: Method is not implemented

anyone have the simliar issue as well ?

helenren · 2018-11-26T17:44:42Z

after configure via using capability: MobileCapabilityType.FORCE_MJSONWP to true to still use OSS instead of the default W3C, this issue has been gone for me. @ndeztea

michaeljohndamo1 · 2020-06-04T05:33:46Z

What could be wrong?

mykola-mokhnach · 2020-06-04T06:58:54Z

@michaeljohndamo1 The xpath locator is invalid. It only supports double quotes as string separators.

michaeljohndamo1 · 2020-06-04T09:31:25Z

Hi @mykola-mokhnach sorry, i am still newbie please be patient on me. Can you please explain more? coz i really don't understand. I am still learning, btw this runs on browser but when i have changed the setup to mobile chrome. I am facing this error. I've been searching and trying all the stuff that i've searched on the internet but still no luck.

mykola-mokhnach · 2020-06-04T09:51:08Z

Can you please explain more? coz i really don't understand

What exactly is not understandable?

michaeljohndamo1 · 2020-06-04T09:54:32Z

@mykola-mokhnach sorry i cannot understand why i am facing this error. The answer that it only supports double quotes as string separators. I've tried to comment out the xpath / button if it will still continue to send keys. But i still face the error even without the xpath

shibupanda · 2020-06-04T09:56:50Z

Hi @michaeljohndamo1 could you please go with xpath instead of id. Let's have a try.
something like //*[@id='_username'].

michaeljohndamo1 · 2020-06-04T09:59:16Z

Hi @michaeljohndamo1 could you please go with xpath instead of id. Let's have a try.
something like //*[@id='_username'].

Okay sir will try now, thank you :)

michaeljohndamo1 · 2020-06-04T10:06:33Z

hi sir, the error has been changed. But it still cant find the xpath

shibupanda · 2020-06-04T10:20:49Z

@michaeljohndamo1 I can see the id is "username" but in code you have written "_username" please change it.

michaeljohndamo1 · 2020-06-04T10:24:42Z

@shibupanda oh sir it works! thank you so much. This is my first time participating here in github i am really desperate and thanks to you, you have solved my problem. Sir may i know why id doesn't work earlier? and have to change to xpath? is it good to ask following question here?

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