Exception in thread "main" org.openqa.selenium.WebDriverException: Returned value cannot be converted to WebElement: {ELEMENT=1}

My code is :-
public class Selendroid {
private static AndroidDriver driver;
public static void main(String[] args) throws MalformedURLException, InterruptedException {
// TODO Auto-generated method stub
// Create object of DesiredCapabilities class
DesiredCapabilities capabilities = new DesiredCapabilities();
// Optional
capabilities.setCapability(CapabilityType.BROWSER_NAME, “”);
// Specify the device name (any name)
capabilities.setCapability(“deviceName”, “My New Phone”);
// Platform version
capabilities.setCapability(“platformVersion”, “5.1”);
// platform name
capabilities.setCapability(“platformName”, “Android”);
// specify the application package that we copied from appium
capabilities.setCapability(“appPackage”, “io.selendroid.testapp”);
// specify the application activity that we copied from appium
capabilities.setCapability(“appActivity”, “.HomeScreenActivity”);
// Start android driver I used 4727 port by default it will be 4723
driver = new AndroidDriver(new URL(“http://127.0.0.1:4727/wd/hub”), capabilities);
// Specify the implicit wait of 5 second
driver.manage().timeouts().implicitlyWait(5, TimeUnit.SECONDS);
// Enter the text in textbox
driver.findElement(By.xpath("//android.widget.EditText[@content-desc=‘my_text_fieldCD’]")).sendKeys(“Mukesh Selenium Appium”);
// click on registration button
driver.findElement(By.id(“io.selendroid.testapp:id/startUserRegistration”)).click();

	// Wait for 10 second

Thread.sleep(5000L);

}}

Error is :-

Sep 14, 2017 4:49:32 PM org.openqa.selenium.remote.ProtocolHandshake createSession
INFO: Detected dialect: OSS
Exception in thread “main” org.openqa.selenium.WebDriverException: Returned value cannot be converted to WebElement: {ELEMENT=1}
Build info: version: ‘unknown’, revision: ‘5234b32’, time: ‘2017-03-10 09:00:17 -0800’
System info: host: ‘DESKTOP-92C398N’, ip: ‘192.168.1.14’, os.name: ‘Windows 10’, os.arch: ‘amd64’, os.version: ‘10.0’, java.version: ‘1.8.0_121’


Driver info: driver.version: AndroidDriver
at org.openqa.selenium.remote.RemoteWebDriver.findElement(RemoteWebDriver.java:378)
at io.appium.java_client.DefaultGenericMobileDriver.findElement(DefaultGenericMobileDriver.java:62)
at io.appium.java_client.AppiumDriver.findElement(AppiumDriver.java:1)
at io.appium.java_client.android.AndroidDriver.findElement(AndroidDriver.java:1)
at org.openqa.selenium.remote.RemoteWebDriver.findElementByXPath(RemoteWebDriver.java:476)
at io.appium.java_client.DefaultGenericMobileDriver.findElementByXPath(DefaultGenericMobileDriver.java:140)
at io.appium.java_client.AppiumDriver.findElementByXPath(AppiumDriver.java:1)
at io.appium.java_client.android.AndroidDriver.findElementByXPath(AndroidDriver.java:1)
at org.openqa.selenium.By$ByXPath.findElement(By.java:361)
at org.openqa.selenium.remote.RemoteWebDriver.findElement(RemoteWebDriver.java:363)
at io.appium.java_client.DefaultGenericMobileDriver.findElement(DefaultGenericMobileDriver.java:58)
at io.appium.java_client.AppiumDriver.findElement(AppiumDriver.java:1)
at io.appium.java_client.android.AndroidDriver.findElement(AndroidDriver.java:1)
at a1.Selendroid.main(Selendroid.java:34)
Caused by: java.lang.ClassCastException: java.util.HashMap cannot be cast to org.openqa.selenium.WebElement
at org.openqa.selenium.remote.RemoteWebDriver.findElement(RemoteWebDriver.java:376)
… 13 more

Any updates I am also gettinng same error .

Pls update a solution. I need it asap
@inderpreet_kaur
Thanks in advance!!!

use this java client
java-client-5.0.0-BETA6
and let me know if it work

I got it worked
Thanks!! :slight_smile:

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