[Android]Can we find an element by text in appium

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Hi I’m new in Appium automation tests and try to write my first Test Program. I want to select an item in a contact list.

I tried to use
driver.findElement(By.xpath("//*[@text=‘Alex’]")).click();
but I got an error because the element can not be find. if I click on any thing with finger then the program can find the element.

Appium 1.9.1
java version “1.8.0_181”
Android 8.1.0
I have heard that Appium 1.9.1 is not able to find the UIbuttos !!! so I stuck here. Is there any other tricks to activate the page