How to control time in appium when find element

iRANG_QA 2015-08-06 05:58:29 UTC #1

I am using Appium and selenium web driver for Android application automation testing , Since last 3 weeks I am noticing that when I try to find elements with array , Appium find it continue at least for 2 minutes always and I want to make that time like 30 seconds.

My Code is here :

List uploaderror = driver.findElements(By.xpath(AppConstants.uploaderror));

if(uploaderror.size()<=0)
{
       //Do Something
}

In above code I am trying to find multiple elements and depends on element size I apply further action. Issue is appium takes very long time to find element , I want to control that time. I have tried all types of waits but no success.

Please let me know if anyone already faced this and resolved.

willosser 2015-08-07 18:31:26 UTC #2

We had a lot of problems getting the timing for searching for elements under control. We decided to use the Selenium wait object to limit the amount of time that we search. To wit,

wait = Selenium::WebDriver::Wait.new(timeout: 30, interval: 1)
begin
wait.until
# findElement....
end
rescue Selenium::WebDriver::Error::TimeOutError
# report failure
end

Umar_Khan 2015-08-07 19:48:55 UTC #3

There are implicit and explicit waits. Explicit waits allow you to define maximum wait time and as the condition (e.g., visibility of element) is met the wait will stop and next statement will be executed.

Here is the sample method in java:

public void waitForScreenToLoad(AppiumDriver lDriver, WebElement element, int seconds){

          WebDriverWait wait = new WebDriverWait(lDriver,seconds);
          wait.until(ExpectedConditions.visibilityOf(element));

}

iRANG_QA 2015-08-10 03:23:08 UTC #4

Okay , I followed this and now calling function like (waitForElementToLoad(driver, count ,60) , but now how can I integrate it with my condition? can you please explain in short that? My code is there in question for reference.

Umar_Khan 2015-08-10 15:42:29 UTC #5

What is 'count' that you are passing in the function as parameter? is it WebElement?

iRANG_QA 2015-08-12 05:03:45 UTC #6

Hey,

It is solved.. thanks a lot for support.

Umar_Khan 2015-08-12 14:27:22 UTC #7

Glad. Happy automation

Anuja_Bhatt 2016-11-21 07:12:59 UTC #8

Hi . refer this tutorial to work with implicit and explicit wait with Appium
WebDriverWait wait = new WebDriverWait(driver,20);
wait.until(ExpectedConditions.visibilityOfElementLocated(By.id("about_me")));

anish10110 2016-12-12 05:04:31 UTC #9

If you are using PageFactory model with Appium, then you can add implicit wait in InitElements() method as below -

PageFactory.initElements(new AppiumFieldDecorator(driver, 10, TimeUnit.SECONDS), this);

I have tried this with Appium 1.6 and it works fine.

VikramVI 2017-02-15 11:43:11 UTC #10

@anish10110 can you please clarify if driver is of type WebDriver or AppiumDriver as in both case this is not working with latest java client

Thanks,
Vikram

VikramVI 2017-02-16 09:21:15 UTC #11

For the benefit of those who come to this post looking for answer like me, please find below info how I got it working

1> Sample code

github.com

awslabs/aws-device-farm-appium-tests-for-sample-app/blob/63a8b6f799d034fba39425b9a1f1fbe26eab6b91/src/test/java/Pages/BasePage.java

/*
 * Copyright 2014-2016 Amazon.com, Inc. or its affiliates. All Rights Reserved.
 *
 * Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License").
 * You may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
 * A copy of the License is located at
 *
 * http://aws.amazon.com/apache2.0
 *
 * or in the "license" file accompanying this file. This file is distributed
 * on an "AS IS" BASIS, WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either
 * express or implied. See the License for the specific language governing
 * permissions and limitations under the License.
 */

package Pages;


import io.appium.java_client.AppiumDriver;
import io.appium.java_client.pagefactory.AppiumFieldDecorator;

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2> Refer to post for better info

3> Found an issue wrt this

Regards,
Vikram

satheesh 2017-08-07 09:20:08 UTC #12

Thanks …worked for me

ArpitJain 2017-11-28 05:30:23 UTC #13

It worked with latest jars:

Appium 1.7.1
Java-client 5.0.4
Selenium-java 3.7.1

AppiumDriver androidDriver will work