iOSFindBy & AndroidFindBy annotations are ignored

[justintilson]

I've been trying for a couple of days to get iOSFindBy & AndroidFindBy annotations working with page objects and the PageFactory. I've tried versions 2.2.0 and 3.0.0 of the java-client and tests for Android and iOS, all with the same result - which is the same as not including any annotations.

Here is a truncated version of one of my page objects

public class HomePhonePage extends BaseHomePage {

 public HomePhonePage(AppiumDriver driver) {
 super(driver);

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

 @iOSFindBy(accessibility = "home_landing_my_favorites_count_label")
 private WebElement myFavoritesCountLabel;

 public String getMyFavoritesCountLabel() {
 return myFavoritesCountLabel.getText();
 }
}

My test code:

 @Test
 public void testHomeIsValid() {

 homePhonePage = new HomePhonePage(driver);
 globalNavPage = new GlobalNavigationPage(driver);

 homePhonePage.clickHamburgerMenu(); //FAILS HERE because element was not found
 globalNavPage.clickHome();

 }

When I debug into PageFactory.initElements, I see [unknown locator] for each property that is a WebElement. Then the PageFactory defaults to looking for each page object's property name as the id or name of the WebElement and fails to find anything.

I suspect "I'm doing it wrong" but I can't figure out where. It is behaving as if the annotations are not even there.

[Simon-Kaz]

Hey, could you post your capabilities as well? I've been using page factory extensively and haven't encountered this issue.

[justintilson]

System.out.println(driver.getCapabilities().toString());

outputs for an Android test:

Capabilities [{networkConnectionEnabled=true, desired={}, platformVersion=4.4.4, warnings={}, webStorageEnabled=false, locationContextEnabled=false, browserName=Android, takesScreenshot=true, javascriptEnabled=true, databaseEnabled=false, deviceName=192.168.56.101:5555, platform=LINUX}]

and for an iOS test:

Capabilities [{networkConnectionEnabled=false, desired={}, warnings={}, webStorageEnabled=false, locationContextEnabled=false, browserName=iOS, takesScreenshot=true, javascriptEnabled=true, databaseEnabled=false, platform=MAC}]

I also dug a bit deeper into the debugger for the particular field I've included above as it's being decorated by the PageFactory and it shows no annotations (I'm not sure if it should):

[TikhomirovSergey]

@justintilson Hi!
Is it native app? Maybe hybrid. Maybe you are trying to run test with mobile browser?

[TikhomirovSergey]

Capabilities [{networkConnectionEnabled=true, desired={}, platformVersion=4.4.4, warnings={}, webStorageEnabled=false, locationContextEnabled=false, browserName=Android, takesScreenshot=true, javascriptEnabled=true, databaseEnabled=false, deviceName=192.168.56.101:5555, platform=LINUX}]

Are you tryng to use iOSFindBy for Android

@iOSFindBy(accessibility = "home_landing_my_favorites_count_label")

?

Please improve your page object as follows

@iOSFindBy(accessibility = "home_landing_my_favorites_count_label")
@AndroidFindBy(your locator for android)
 private WebElement myFavoritesCountLabel;

What the result?

[justintilson]

@TikhomirovSergey, I'm testing native apps on Android and iOS.

I have separate tests and page objects for Android and iOS and use the appropriate @findby in each.

[justintilson]

Here are the desired capabilities that are passed into the Android driver:

and for the iOS

[justintilson]

And if it helps:

[TikhomirovSergey]

Ok. If I clearly understand you

Appuim features allow to implement one page object for Android/iOS/browser testing. Please look at this

@iOSFindBy(locator_for_ios) //this locater is used when here is iOS native content
@AndroidFindBy(locator_for_android)//this locator is used when here 
//is Android native content
@FindBy(locator_for_HTML)//this locator is used when here mobile 
//or desktop browser or webview
 private WebElement myFavoritesCountLabel;

Ok. Is this used with Android

public class HomePhonePage extends BaseHomePage {

 public HomePhonePage(AppiumDriver driver) {
 super(driver);

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

 @iOSFindBy(accessibility = "home_landing_my_favorites_count_label")
 private WebElement myFavoritesCountLabel;

 public String getMyFavoritesCountLabel() {
 return myFavoritesCountLabel.getText();
 }
}

?

Capabilities [{networkConnectionEnabled=true, desired={}, platformVersion=4.4.4, warnings={}, webStorageEnabled=false, locationContextEnabled=false, browserName=Android, takesScreenshot=true, javascriptEnabled=true, databaseEnabled=false, deviceName=192.168.56.101:5555, platform=LINUX}]

[TikhomirovSergey]

...I am just trying to understand your problem and usecase :)

[justintilson]

@TikhomirovSergey - I understand that I can use a single page object to test both platforms but I've found in this particular instance it didn't work out well because the implementations are somewhat different and evolving at different rates.

Here is the Android page object (same as iOS in this instance but in a different package):

public class HomePhonePage extends BaseHomePage {

 public HomePhonePage(AppiumDriver driver) {
 super(driver);

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

 @AndroidFindBy(uiAutomator = "new UiSelector().resourceId(\"com.wholefoods.wholefoodsmarket:id/tvFavOrangeBubble\")")
 private MobileElement myFavoritesCountLabel;

 public String getMyFavoritesCountLabel() {
 return myFavoritesCountLabel.getText();
 }
}

[TikhomirovSergey]

ok. Now it is clear. Is your app hybrid? Appium-specific annotations were designed for native contents. What does return .getContext() method before your test is failed?

[justintilson]

System.out.println(driver.getContext());

prints: NATIVE_APP

[TikhomirovSergey]

Ok. Is it possible that your project is still depending on java_client 2.2.0 or lower? Please look at your dependencies hierarchy.

[justintilson]

I thought that might have had something to do with it so I upgraded yesterday. Here is my build.gradle file:

dependencies {
 testCompile 'org.testng:testng:6.8.21'
 testCompile 'org.seleniumhq.selenium:selenium-java:2.46.0'
 testCompile 'io.appium:java-client:3.0.0'
 testCompile 'com.google.code.gson:gson:2.3.1'
 testCompile 'org.json:json:20140107'
 testCompile 'org.apache.httpcomponents:httpclient:4.3.6'
 testCompile 'net.sf.opencsv:opencsv:2.3'
}

and the gradle cache:

[TikhomirovSergey]

And when you are running

System.out.println(driver.getCapabilities().toString());

it is printing

Capabilities [{networkConnectionEnabled=true, desired={}, platformVersion=4.4.4, warnings={}, webStorageEnabled=false, locationContextEnabled=false, browserName=Android, takesScreenshot=true, javascriptEnabled=true, databaseEnabled=false, deviceName=192.168.56.101:5555, platform=LINUX}]

Am I right? It interesting where is platformName = "Android".