Problem with identification of androidelement

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Problem with identification of androidelement

Post by cwirek » Tue Jan 28, 2014 9:33 am

Hi,

I have a problem with identification of element in Sync Mobile application.
When I use Ranorex Spy, it recognizes element correctly (AndroidElement 'android.webkit.WebTextView'),
but when I play recorded test, Ranorex finds another element for this RxPath:

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/mobileapp[@title='alior.bankingapp.android']/form[@title='FragmentHolderActivity']/container[@rid='content']//container[@containertype='Relative']/?/?/androidelement
Ranorex finds ProgressBar instead of AndroidElement 'android.webkit.WebTextView', like in the attached screenshot.
I also attach a snapshot of element.

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Mirek
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Re: Problem with identification of androidelement

Post by krstcs » Tue Jan 28, 2014 2:20 pm

Your problem is that the RanoreXPath given does not uniquely identify the element you are trying to manipulate. The progress bar object is technically also an AndroidElement object, so "/androidelement" will find both.

You will need to add an attribute to the "/andoidelement" tag in order to make it unique.

Something like:

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/mobileapp[@title='alior.bankingapp.android']/form[@title='FragmentHolderActivity']/container[@rid='content']//container[@containertype='Relative']/?/?/androidelement[@id='android.webkit.WebTextView']
Of course, you will need to determine what attribute and what value you want to match.
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Re: Problem with identification of androidelement

Post by cwirek » Wed Jan 29, 2014 11:47 am

I used below RxPath:

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/mobileapp[@title='alior.bankingapp.android']/form[@title='FragmentHolderActivity']/container[@rid='content']//container[@containertype='Relative']/?/?/androidelement[@platformclass='android.webkit.WebTextView']
When I used Ranorex Spy, element was recognized and even I was even able to highlight it, but If I used user code

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AndroidElement element = "/mobileapp[@title='alior.bankingapp.android']/form[@title='FragmentHolderActivity']/container[@rid='content']//container[@containertype='Relative']/?/?/androidelement[@platformclass='android.webkit.WebTextView']";
I got an error:

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No element found for path '/mobileapp[@title='alior.bankingapp.android']/form[@title='FragmentHolderActivity']/container[@rid='content']//container[@containertype='Relative']/?/?/androidelement[@platformclass='android.webkit.WebTextView']' within 10s. 

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Re: Problem with identification of androidelement

Post by mebner » Fri Jan 31, 2014 10:20 am

Hi,

You could try to increase the searchtimeout or to use a more specific RxPath like the following one:

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/mobileapp[@title='alior.bankingapp.android']/form[@title='FragmentHolderActivity']/container[@rid='content' and @containertype='Frame']/container[@containertype='Frame']/androidelement/container[@containertype='Frame']/container[@containertype='Relative']/androidelement/androidelement[@platformclass='android.webkit.WebTextView']
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Re: Problem with identification of androidelement

Post by cwirek » Fri Jan 31, 2014 10:50 am

Hi

I increased searchtimeout to 100s and Ranorex couldn't find element
I also used yours RxPath, the result was the same.
Maybe the problem is with the parent element ?

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androidelement[@platformclass='ind.bankingapp.android.framework.f.a']
Kind regards,
Mirek

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Re: Problem with identification of androidelement

Post by cwirek » Tue Feb 11, 2014 1:10 pm

Anyone?
Application is on google play:

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https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=alior.bankingapp.android&hl=pl

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Re: Problem with identification of androidelement

Post by Support Team » Thu Feb 13, 2014 4:59 pm

Hello Mirek,

We have tried to reproduce your issue, but it seems that there is another version of your application on the play-store.
Have you changed anything in this version?

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Re: Problem with identification of androidelement

Post by cwirek » Tue Feb 25, 2014 7:41 am

HI,

I'm using version 2.1.3 of application.
Could You send me a source code with recorded script: enter login and click on Confirm (Zatwierdź) button

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Re: Problem with identification of androidelement

Post by Support Team » Wed Feb 26, 2014 4:05 pm

Hello cwirek,

Unfortunately the button (Zatwierdź) is not recognized as a button.
Also the Set Value on the textfield (AndroidWebkitWebTextView) is not working correctly.

All other actions in the table are recorded correct (Button 'Zaloguj' and Button 'OK') as you can see in the attached screenshot.
SyncmobileScreen.png
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Re: Problem with identification of androidelement

Post by cwirek » Thu Feb 27, 2014 11:44 am

Hello Markus,

Could You attached recorded project?

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Re: Problem with identification of androidelement

Post by Support Team » Mon Mar 03, 2014 3:40 pm

Hello cwirek,

Here is my recorded project. Please change the global paramter (Device) to your devicename in order to run the TestSuite successfully.

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Re: Problem with identification of androidelement

Post by cwirek » Tue Mar 11, 2014 11:14 am

Thx for source code

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Re: Problem with identification of androidelement

Post by rkamboj » Fri Mar 28, 2014 2:53 am

I am also having the same kind of problem. I am trying to set the date in the android element and unable to do that. Can you please provide the solution how to change the string date in Android element.

Pop UP form:: /form[@title='Date of Birth']

Android element:: /form[@title='Date of Birth']/container[@rid='content']/container/container[@containertype='Frame']/container[@rid='custom']/androidelement/container[@containertype='Linear']/container[@containertype='Linear']/androidelement

Android Element Platform class:: /form[@title='Date of Birth']/container[@rid='content']/container/container[@containertype='Frame']/container[@rid='custom']/androidelement/container[@containertype='Linear']/container[@containertype='Linear']/androidelement[@platformclass='android.widget.NumberPicker']
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Re: Problem with identification of androidelement

Post by Support Team » Thu Apr 03, 2014 2:54 pm

Hi rkamboj,
In order to change the text of an android text element perform a “Set Value” action on this element within a RecordingModule or if you are using a CodeModule use the SetAttibuteValue()-Method.
For example:

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repository.element.SetAttributeValue(“Text”, “YOURTEXT”);
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