Don't know how to get to download folder on Android

[suryak]

HI,

we have a requirement to upload file for our browser based application,
Flow: when user clicks on upload button → it will ask permission to allow → then it will ask to open Media files → it will land on recent folder , but from here I want to navigate to download folder since all my file moved into downloads folder form local using appium+ selenium

1st approach works on desktop version (chrome) but this approach attaching the file to the application and when I click on submit then application throwing error.

Approach1: boolean isEnabled = elementUpload.isEnabled();

 if (isEnabled) {
                if (PlatformUtils.isMobile(driver)) {
                    File file = new File(filePath);
                    String locallPath="/sdcard/download/" + file.getName();
                    ((AndroidDriver) driver).pushFile("/sdcard/download/" + file.getName(), file);
                    elementUpload.sendKeys(locallPath);
                }else{
                    elementUpload.sendKeys(filePath);
                }

Approach2: since approach 1 is not working for mobile I want to implement for mobile but here I am not able to navigate to downloads folder

boolean isEnabled = elementUpload.isEnabled();
            if (isEnabled) {
                if (PlatformUtils.isMobile(driver)) {
                    File file = new File(filePath);
                    ((AndroidDriver) driver).pushFile("/sdcard/download/" + file.getName(), file);

                    click(elementUpload);


                    Set<String> contextNames = ((AndroidDriver) driver).getContextHandles();
                    for (String strContextName : contextNames) {
                        if (strContextName.contains("NATIVE_APP")) {
                            ((AndroidDriver) driver).context("NATIVE_APP");
                            break;
                        }
                    }
while (driver.findElements(By.xpath("//*[@class='android.widget.Button'][2]")).size()>0) {
            driver.findElement(By.xpath("//*[@class='android.widget.Button'][2]")).click();
            break;
        }
WebElement sdcardFolder = driver.findElement(By.xpath("//*[@text='SD card']"));
        sdcardFolder.click();

        WebElement downloadFolder = driver.findElement(By.xpath("//*[@text='Download']"));
        downloadFolder.click();

By eleDoc = By.id("com.android.documentsui:id/thumbnail");
        waitForVisibility(eleDoc);
        driver.findElement(eleDoc).click();

please help me how can I upload a file on mobile android emulator of chrome browser application

[wreed]

Something like this:

https://www.seleniumeasy.com/appium-tutorials/upload-file-using-appium-on-device

[suryak]

Yes, my code also similar to this but there not mentioned how its moved to download folder , in my case when I select Files icon its moving to Recent folder (not downloads folder) from here I want to navigate to ‘Downloads’ folder since my files under download folder

is there any way to move download folder ?

and selecting or click on Media file also some times working ,sometimes not…really pathetic experience

[wreed]

@suryak

is there any way to move download folder ?

How do you do it manually? Appium is not magic, do it the same way.

[suryak]

Manual way: I will move file local to device local and then attach the file to my browser application. It works without any issues.

Automation: uploadElment.sendkeys. is attaching the file to the application and this looks easy , but after hitting submit, it is throwing an error, which means the application is not accepting it on the mobile browser.
so I followed the second way.
i.e., by interacting with all the above elements one by one but facing issues like
Now I can navigate to the download folder, attach the file, and it is working fine.
but in my tests a couple of times I need to attach different files (1st csv file, 2nd xls file, 3rd pdf file). When I run the test, the first file works fine, but the second time onwards I fail to click on the ‘Media’ file.

Yes, Appium is not magic but when we dont everything looks magic

I need helping hands to make it work my tests smoothly without any issue

Thanks