Accessing Elements that are off screen

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Hi,

I’m new to Appium and Android automation, generally experienced in Web Automations using Selenium.

Recently we have been looking to automate our Android application, one thing I’ve noticed is that I can not find items unless they are visible on the screen, i.e. I need to scroll the page

Is this always the case? as I would find it difficult to automate when the screen resolutions are different, meaning less/more scrolling required.

Or am I missing some feature here?

Thanks in advance!

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it is all true for Android - elements outside screen not visible. with iOS it is visible but need to be scrolled first if you want to tap on them.

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So what is the best way to deal with different screen resolutions? Or is it best to design the tests best on one fixed set of devices?

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not clear what the problem is?

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Basically I have a Form that has many elements, you have to scroll vertically to see all of these. On different devices you have more or less scrolling to perform.

For instance a 480x800 resolution vs 1440x2560 resolution , the Form needs different amount of scrolling to get to elements. I see you can use ScrollTo() but the elements do not have a Name so would need to use Swipe() , defining the amount of scrolling required.

I am new at this and learning exch day what is possible, this may not be an issue just something I have to learn to overcome.

Thanks!

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all correct. you need to scroll. As idea of end scroll you can choose any strategy:

  • either you know in advance the last element
  • or you should remember last element scroll and see if last element changed
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PaulB,

Its easy to handle different devices, you need to first check if element is displayed or not, if displayed then click else scroll a bit and again check. Keep this loop till you find element.

Hope you got an idea

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Yeah that makes sense!

Guess I’ll write a custom function to do so :wink:

Thanks!

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Hi, I am facing issue where I am trying to capture contents in a scroll view. Problem is that when I do findElements I am only getting data of what is visible. I need the entire data . I understand that I need to scroll to each data to do it. How can I scroll to a textnode and then get its parent to get all textnodes for that parent. Basically in the screenshot , I need to scroll to each match detail, I am thinking using first player name and get its parent viewgroup and then from that get all textnodes . How can I achieve this in appium java code.

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Hi, how can i scroll to element on ios if appuim see them as visible? i need to scroll to the exact place… how can i defined it?

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-> http://appium.io/docs/en/writing-running-appium/tutorial/swipe-tutorial/