APPIUM IOS - How to find an element by name contains text

gilb · September 5, 2018, 7:50am

Hi, In APPIUM IOS - I’m using this line to find element by name (on screen)

driver.findElement(By.name(message));

How do i change this to find Element by name that contains text ?

Thanks !

mykola-mokhnach · September 5, 2018, 1:09pm

appium/appium/blob/master/docs/en/writing-running-appium/ios/ios-predicate.md

## iOS Predicate

*NOTE*: iOS predicates are usable in iOS 9.3 and below using the `-ios uiautomation` locator strategy and they are usable in iOS 10 and above using the `-ios predicate string` locator strategy

It is worth looking at *'-ios uiautomation'* search strategy with **Predicates**.
[UIAutomation JavaScript API](https://web.archive.org/web/20160904214108/https://developer.apple.com/library/ios/documentation/DeveloperTools/Reference/UIAutomationRef/) has following methods which can are very useful.

```center
(UIAElement) UIAElementArray.firstWithPredicate(PredicateString predicateString)
(UIAElementArray) UIAElementArray.withPredicate(PredicateString predicateString)
```

Native JS search strategy (powered by Apple) provides much more flexibility and is like Xpath.
**[Predicates](https://developer.apple.com/library/content/documentation/Cocoa/Conceptual/Predicates/AdditionalChapters/Introduction.html)** can be used to restrict an elements set to select only those ones for which some condition is true.

'-ios uiautomation' example:

```java
// java
appiumDriver.findElementsByIosUIAutomation("collectionViews()[0].cells().withPredicate(\"ANY staticTexts.isVisible == TRUE\")");

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gilb · September 6, 2018, 6:33am

Thanks !!! i will try it

Amrkamel1 · June 11, 2020, 8:22pm

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