Could not find element(By Xpath) - Android

Yaniv_Eliav 2016-07-23 11:46:54 UTC #1

I'm trying to send some data to a EditText Element by Xpath.

[FindsBy(How = How.XPath, Using = "//android.widget.LinearLayout[14]/android.widget.RelativeLayout[0]/android.widget.EditText[0]")] public IWebElement JobTest { get; set; }

this screeen has many textboxs and to get this specific one I have to scroll down , and I thought when using the Xpath element, the screen will be scrolled down automatically....?

email2vimalraj 2016-07-25 08:24:58 UTC #2

@Yaniv_Eliav: Not true for the mobile. You should scroll to the view where the EditText present and then only you can perform the action on the element.

Yaniv_Eliav 2016-07-25 08:37:37 UTC #3

@email2vimalraj: so even if the Element had an ID(which is not true in this case), I should have scroll to the element and then perform the action?
anything wrong with the Xpath? or the problem is that I ddidn't scroll down to the element first?

slipy12 2016-07-25 08:39:31 UTC #4

Always. Appium only works with elements within the screen.

email2vimalraj 2016-07-30 06:38:38 UTC #5

There is nothing wrong on how you perform. Only mandatory thing is that you have to scroll to the view and then only you can perform an action. Even if is an ID attribute also.