Error : Returned value cannot be converted to WebElement . Android app

Description

Most of you might be familiar with this issue , but I am really not able to get over this one . I am trying to automate an application . It is an hybrid app , So i am switching the context to webview . The problem I am facing is it is able to identify some elements and some it is not able to and throwing the error "Returned value cannot be converted to WebElement". Not sure why is it failing someome please help

Please

Environment

• java client build : 7.2
• Appium server version : 1.14
• Desktop OS/version : Mac
• Node.js version :V12.6.0
• Mobile platform/version under test: Android/ Huwaei P20 Pro
• Real device or emulator/simulator:Real device

Details

Also I have gone through a simlar issue to use jitpack , can some one tell me how to use it ?

Code To Reproduce Issue [ Good To Have ]

https://gist.github.com/reddyVara/1258014b8773f76c388660219a940418

Ecxeption stacktraces

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org.openqa.selenium.WebDriverException: Returned value cannot be converted to WebElement: {message=no such element: Unable to locate element: {"method":"id","selector":"POLICIES_TITLE"}
(Session info: chrome=77.0.3865.92)
(Driver info: chromedriver=77.0.3865.40 (f484704e052e0b556f8030b65b953dce96503217-refs/branch-heads/3865@{#442}),platform=Mac OS X 10.14.6 x86_64)}
Build info: version: '3.141.59', revision: 'e82be7d358', time: '2018-11-14T08:17:03'
System info: host: 'Devas-MacBook-Pro.local', ip: '2607:fea8:1c80:d95:0:0:0:16%en0', os.name: 'Mac OS X', os.arch: 'x86_64', os.version: '10.14.6', java.version: '12.0.2'
Driver info: driver.version: AppiumDriver
No arrival
F---FOn Test Failure

Failed scenarios:
src/test/java/features/Auto.feature:12 # MA-1011_Auto-ON-View Auto Policy Disclaimer

1 Scenarios (1 failed)
4 Steps (1 failed, 3 skipped)
0m25.798s

java.lang.AssertionError: Failed :java.lang.AssertionError: expected [true] but found [false]
at org.testng.Assert.fail(Assert.java:96)
at stepDefinitions.LoginStepDefinition.user_logs_in_to_the_application(LoginStepDefinition.java:200)
at ✽.User logs in to the applicationMA-1011(file:src/test/java/features/Auto.feature:5)

org.openqa.selenium.WebDriverException: org.openqa.selenium.WebDriverException: Returned value cannot be converted to WebElement: {message=no such element: Unable to locate element: {"method":"id","selector":"homeTab"}
(Session info: chrome=77.0.3865.92)
(Driver info: chromedriver=77.0.3865.40 (f484704e052e0b556f8030b65b953dce96503217-refs/branch-heads/3865@{#442}),platform=Mac OS X 10.14.6 x86_64)}
Build info: version: '3.141.59', revision: 'e82be7d358', time: '2018-11-14T08:17:03'
System info: host: 'Devas-MacBook-Pro.local', ip: '2607:fea8:1c80:d95:0:0:0:16%en0', os.name: 'Mac OS X', os.arch: 'x86_64', os.version: '10.14.6', java.version: '12.0.2'
Driver info: driver.version: AppiumDriver
at io.appium.java_client.pagefactory.AppiumElementLocator$WaitingFunction.apply(AppiumElementLocator.java:192)
at io.appium.java_client.pagefactory.AppiumElementLocator$WaitingFunction.apply(AppiumElementLocator.java:1)
at org.openqa.selenium.support.ui.FluentWait.until(FluentWait.java:249)
at io.appium.java_client.pagefactory.AppiumElementLocator.waitFor(AppiumElementLocator.java:99)
at io.appium.java_client.pagefactory.AppiumElementLocator.findElement(AppiumElementLocator.java:119)
at io.appium.java_client.pagefactory.interceptors.InterceptorOfASingleElement.intercept(InterceptorOfASingleElement.java:59)
at io.appium.java_client.android.AndroidElement$$EnhancerByCGLIB$$b598166c.click()
at stepDefinitions.Hooks.afterMethod(Hooks.java:94)
at java.base/jdk.internal.reflect.NativeMethodAccessorImpl.invoke0(Native Method)
at java.base/jdk.internal.reflect.NativeMethodAccessorImpl.invoke(NativeMethodAccessorImpl.java:62)
at java.base/jdk.internal.reflect.DelegatingMethodAccessorImpl.invoke(DelegatingMethodAccessorImpl.java:43)
at java.base/java.lang.reflect.Method.invoke(Method.java:567)
at cucumber.runtime.Utils$1.call(Utils.java:26)
at cucumber.runtime.Timeout.timeout(Timeout.java:16)
at cucumber.runtime.Utils.invoke(Utils.java:20)
at cucumber.runtime.java.JavaHookDefinition.execute(JavaHookDefinition.java:60)
at cucumber.runner.HookDefinitionMatch.runStep(HookDefinitionMatch.java:16)
at cucumber.runner.TestStep.executeStep(TestStep.java:65)
at cucumber.runner.TestStep.run(TestStep.java:50)
at cucumber.runner.TestCase.run(TestCase.java:50)
at cucumber.runner.Runner.runPickle(Runner.java:49)
at cucumber.api.testng.TestNGCucumberRunner.runScenario(TestNGCucumberRunner.java:57)
at cucumber.api.testng.AbstractTestNGCucumberTests.runScenario(AbstractTestNGCucumberTests.java:22)
at java.base/jdk.internal.reflect.NativeMethodAccessorImpl.invoke0(Native Method)
at java.base/jdk.internal.reflect.NativeMethodAccessorImpl.invoke(NativeMethodAccessorImpl.java:62)
at java.base/jdk.internal.reflect.DelegatingMethodAccessorImpl.invoke(DelegatingMethodAccessorImpl.java:43)
at java.base/java.lang.reflect.Method.invoke(Method.java:567)
at org.testng.internal.MethodInvocationHelper.invokeMethod(MethodInvocationHelper.java:124)
at org.testng.internal.Invoker.invokeMethod(Invoker.java:583)
at org.testng.internal.Invoker.invokeTestMethod(Invoker.java:719)
at org.testng.internal.Invoker.invokeTestMethods(Invoker.java:989)
at org.testng.internal.TestMethodWorker.invokeTestMethods(TestMethodWorker.java:125)
at org.testng.internal.TestMethodWorker.run(TestMethodWorker.java:109)
at org.testng.TestRunner.privateRun(TestRunner.java:648)
at org.testng.TestRunner.run(TestRunner.java:505)
at org.testng.SuiteRunner.runTest(SuiteRunner.java:455)
at org.testng.SuiteRunner.runSequentially(SuiteRunner.java:450)
at org.testng.SuiteRunner.privateRun(SuiteRunner.java:415)
at org.testng.SuiteRunner.run(SuiteRunner.java:364)
at org.testng.SuiteRunnerWorker.runSuite(SuiteRunnerWorker.java:52)
at org.testng.SuiteRunnerWorker.run(SuiteRunnerWorker.java:84)
at org.testng.TestNG.runSuitesSequentially(TestNG.java:1208)
at org.testng.TestNG.runSuitesLocally(TestNG.java:1137)
at org.testng.TestNG.runSuites(TestNG.java:1049)
at org.testng.TestNG.run(TestNG.java:1017)
at org.testng.remote.AbstractRemoteTestNG.run(AbstractRemoteTestNG.java:115)
at org.testng.remote.RemoteTestNG.initAndRun(RemoteTestNG.java:251)
at org.testng.remote.RemoteTestNG.main(RemoteTestNG.java:77)
Caused by: org.openqa.selenium.WebDriverException: Returned value cannot be converted to WebElement: {message=no such element: Unable to locate element: {"method":"id","selector":"homeTab"}
(Session info: chrome=77.0.3865.92)
(Driver info: chromedriver=77.0.3865.40 (f484704e052e0b556f8030b65b953dce96503217-refs/branch-heads/3865@{#442}),platform=Mac OS X 10.14.6 x86_64)}
Build info: version: '3.141.59', revision: 'e82be7d358', time: '2018-11-14T08:17:03'
System info: host: 'Devas-MacBook-Pro.local', ip: '2607:fea8:1c80:d95:0:0:0:16%en0', os.name: 'Mac OS X', os.arch: 'x86_64', os.version: '10.14.6', java.version: '12.0.2'
Driver info: driver.version: AppiumDriver
at org.openqa.selenium.remote.RemoteWebDriver.findElement(RemoteWebDriver.java:333)
at io.appium.java_client.DefaultGenericMobileDriver.findElement(DefaultGenericMobileDriver.java:61)
at io.appium.java_client.AppiumDriver.findElement(AppiumDriver.java:1)
at org.openqa.selenium.remote.RemoteWebDriver.findElementById(RemoteWebDriver.java:372)
at io.appium.java_client.DefaultGenericMobileDriver.findElementById(DefaultGenericMobileDriver.java:69)
at io.appium.java_client.AppiumDriver.findElementById(AppiumDriver.java:1)
at org.openqa.selenium.By$ById.findElement(By.java:188)
at org.openqa.selenium.support.ByIdOrName.findElement(ByIdOrName.java:47)
at org.openqa.selenium.remote.RemoteWebDriver.findElement(RemoteWebDriver.java:315)
at io.appium.java_client.DefaultGenericMobileDriver.findElement(DefaultGenericMobileDriver.java:57)
at io.appium.java_client.AppiumDriver.findElement(AppiumDriver.java:1)
at io.appium.java_client.pagefactory.bys.ContentMappedBy.findElement(ContentMappedBy.java:50)
at org.openqa.selenium.remote.RemoteWebDriver.findElement(RemoteWebDriver.java:315)
at io.appium.java_client.DefaultGenericMobileDriver.findElement(DefaultGenericMobileDriver.java:57)
at io.appium.java_client.AppiumDriver.findElement(AppiumDriver.java:1)
at io.appium.java_client.pagefactory.AppiumElementLocator.lambda$0(AppiumElementLocator.java:120)
at io.appium.java_client.pagefactory.AppiumElementLocator$WaitingFunction.apply(AppiumElementLocator.java:172)
... 47 more
Caused by: java.lang.ClassCastException: class com.google.common.collect.Maps$TransformedEntriesMap cannot be cast to class org.openqa.selenium.WebElement (com.google.common.collect.Maps$TransformedEntriesMap and org.openqa.selenium.WebElement are in unnamed module of loader 'app')
at org.openqa.selenium.remote.RemoteWebDriver.findElement(RemoteWebDriver.java:331)
... 63 more

On Finish
Report Generated

Link to Appium logs

https://gist.github.com/reddyVara/0413b93179d07791cee047e4b4f7b511

Start by reviewing the linked reproduction and Appium logs, then trace the failure through AppiumElementLocator and RemoteWebDriver.findElement. Reproduce it with the listed Appium, Java client, ChromeDriver, Android, and device versions, and compare successful and failing WebView lookups. Done means the cause of the conversion failure is identified and a focused regression test or verified reproduction is available.