Get element inside element

jakohans 2016-09-08 11:54:31 UTC #1

How do I get an element inside another element for iOS in Ruby?

Let's say I have a UIATableCell and I want to find the first UIAStaticText inside that UIATableCell.
table_cell = UIATableCell
text = UIAStaticText

How would I write this without using xpath?

Aleksei 2016-09-08 17:28:50 UTC #2

try:

((IOSElement) driver.findElements(MobileBy.className("UIATableCell")).get(0)).
        findElements(MobileBy.className("UIAStaticText")).get(0).getText();

Umar_Khan 2016-09-08 19:23:01 UTC #3

You can use xpath axes like /descendant, child, /

etc.

jakohans 2016-09-15 12:43:14 UTC #4

Could an example be provided in Ruby?

If I write the following I'll get this error message: ''wrong number of arguments (1 for 0) (ArgumentError)'.
- tags("UIATableCell")[1].text(3).attribute("name")

And when doing the following I get this error message: 'undefined method `find_ele_by_attr_include' for #[element]> (NoMethodError)'.
- first_ele("UIATableCell").find_ele_by_attr_include("UIAStaticText", "name", "string")

jakohans 2016-09-19 09:14:18 UTC #5

I found out what the issue is with my approaches. It is only possible to find elements within elements when using find_element(s) and not by using e.g. "tag", "first_ele" or others. Or so it seems.