getAttribute("class") returns a NoSuchElementException

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Hi, I am testing an Android app with Appium 1.3.4.1. I’d like to output few attributes. But it is weird that I can get “checked” but not for “class”.

    WebElement element = _wd.findElementById("XXXXXX");
    System.out.println("checked="+element.getAttribute("checked"));  // print out "checked=true"
    System.out.println("class="+element.getAttribute("class"));          // NoSuchElementException

Here is the output, I got NoSuchElement exception.

checked=true

org.openqa.selenium.NoSuchElementException: An element could not be located on the page using the given search parameters. (WARNING: The server did not provide any stacktrace information)
Command duration or timeout: 15 milliseconds
For documentation on this error, please visit: http://seleniumhq.org/exceptions/no_such_element.html
Build info: version: ‘2.43.1’, revision: ‘5163bceef1bc36d43f3dc0b83c88998168a363a0’, time: ‘2014-09-10 09:43:55’
System info: host: ‘SEANS-W540-W8’, ip: ‘10.220.2.220’, os.name: ‘Windows 8.1’, os.arch: ‘amd64’, os.version: ‘6.3’, java.version: ‘1.7.0_60’
Session ID: 3da5e447-fe32-45c7-908c-484c33ebf11b
Driver info: io.appium.java_client.android.AndroidDrive

Is there anybody can explain it?

Any help is appreciated.

Sean

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any solutions to this?

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More than likely the error is accurate and it simply couldn’t locate the element using the data you’ve provided.

  • Your locator is incorrect
  • You’re testing Android and the element is out of the viewable area

Someone can help you craft a correct locator if you paste the page source XML for your AUT.

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getAttribute (“className”) will work.
Even I faced the same issue.

Regards,
Akshaj.