What replaced text/name in Appium if you are using Ruby and cucumber?

Description:

• I have seen some answers to this question by the code is usually Java or Python

• I am trying to locate an element but the only identifier I have available is the text

Environment:

• Apium 1.14.0
• uiautomatorviewer is being used to get the element description
• testing on Android

The Ruby code:

And("I press on My conversions button") do
find_element(name:"My conversions")
end

Terminal error:

Locator Strategy 'name' is not supported for this session (Selenium::WebDriver::Error::InvalidSelectorError)
InvalidSelectorError: Locator Strategy 'name' is not supported for this session

I have followed suggestion to try searching using xpath but that did not work either:

Ruby:

And("I press on My conversions button") do
find_element(xpath:"//[@text='My conversions']")
end

Terminal error:

And I press on My conversions button # features/step_definitions/steps.rb:14
io.appium.uiautomator2.common.exceptions.InvalidSelectorException: java.lang.IllegalArgumentException: Unable to compile '//[@text='My conversions']'.

And tried Ruby:

And("I press on My conversions button") do
find_element(xpath:"//text[@value='My conversions']")
end

with terminal error: An element could not be located on the page using the given search parameters. (Selenium::WebDriver::Error::NoSuchElementError)

Also tried Ruby:

And("I press on My conversions button") do
find_element(xpath:"//*[@text='My conversions']")
end

• this is not a web application so I would be surprised if x path worked

The only project entry point mentioned is features/step_definitions/steps.rb:14, alongside the Android attributes shown by uiautomatorviewer. Start by checking which locator strategies Appium 1.14.0 supports for this Android session and comparing them with the element attributes. Done means the step uses a supported locator and can locate the element reliably.