client.findElement is not a function

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I am trying to write test cases using mocha and Appium to test my react-native built app.

I am able to connect to emulator, but then hitting a dead end and getting the erro -
“client.findElement is not a function” when trying to run the following test case -

var webdriverio = require('webdriverio');
var expect = require('chai').expect;
var config = require('./helpers/desiredCapabilities').options;
const client = webdriverio.remote(config);

describe('Original testin',function(){
it('login successfully', function(){
  return  client.findElement("~LOGIN").click().then((val)=>{
2

Anyone got this resolved? I have the same issue.

The Appium tutorial is really terrible. Getting the code working seems never possible.

3

Got it resolved by myself. You should await the invocation to remote() (and almost everything else) so that you get back a full object. Try code as below:

const wdio = require("webdriverio");

const opts = {
    port: 4723,
    capabilities: {
        platformName: "Android",
        platformVersion: "9",
        deviceName: "Pixel 2 API 28 Pie",
        //app: "ApiDemos-debug.apk",
        app: "https://github.com/appium/appium/raw/master/sample-code/apps/ApiDemos-debug.apk",
        automationName: "UiAutomator2"
    }
};

(async () => {
    const client = await wdio.remote(opts);

    console.log(client.findElement);

    const field =   await client.$("~Text");
    field.click();
})();