Hi,
In our mobile application, we have a window which appears on left menu. We have a current time field on same.
We are not able to identify objects in those screens using UIAutomatorView.
Please suggest a solution for same, as this is showstopper for our mobile automation.
Below is the screenshots of error faced :
Error obtaining UI hierarchy
Reason :
Error while obtaining UI hierarchy XML file : com.android.ddmlib.SyncException: Remote object doesn’t exist!
What worked for me:
stop appium
open an emulator device
go into settings > developer options > Enable view attribute inspection
open a shell on the computer, cmd or terminal depending on your OS
enter the following commands:
adb shell
su
cd /data
cd /local
chmod 777 tmp
start uiautomatorviewer
take an xml screenshot
“su chmod 777 /data/local/tmp” didnt work for me so I drilled down and it worked. I assume that you have to do this in an emulator and not a physical device unless the device is rooted. ¯_(ツ)_/¯
Lotsa Luck!