InvalidSelectorException when using AndroidfindBy(accessibility)
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Description
Similar to this issue but for android instead of ios.
AndroidFindBy(accessibility = "Open navigation drawer") causes an error:
org.openqa.selenium.InvalidSelectorException:
Locator Strategy 'name' is not supported for this session
I trie using an xpath that would look for the content-desc attribute, but got the same error.
//android.widget.ImageButton[@content-desc=\"Open navigation drawer\"
Java: 1.8
Selenium: 3.141.59
Node: 12.11.0
Appium: 1.11.0
Appium Java Client: 7.2.0
OS: Mac OS X Mojave 10.14.6
Emulator: Android 10
Maven: 3.6.2
JUnit: 4.12
I'm using these versions specifically because I need the automation tests to run with App Center.
Code To Reproduce Issue [ Good To Have ]
Honestly just used AndroidFindBy and when I accessed the WebElement in a later method, it throws the exception
Ecxeption stacktraces
Link to Appium logs
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Research direction
Start by comparing this AndroidFindBy(accessibility) report with the linked issue 184, then reproduce it using the listed Appium, Java client, Selenium, and Android versions. Inspect the linked Java and Appium logs to identify why the accessibility locator is sent as an unsupported strategy; done means the locator resolves without InvalidSelectorException.
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Assessment
- Tech stack
- android, java
- Domain
- mobile-dev, testing-qa
- Issue type
- Bug
- Difficulty
- 4/5
- Estimated time
- 3-5 days
- Activity status
- Stale
- Clarity
- Needs clarification
- Newbie friendliness
- 25/100