# Getting "An element could not be located on the page using the given search parameters."

**URL:** <https://discuss.appium.io/t/getting-an-element-could-not-be-located-on-the-page-using-the-given-search-parameters/35764>\
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**Created:** [February 27, 2022, 10:59am UTC](https://discuss.appium.io/t/getting-an-element-could-not-be-located-on-the-page-using-the-given-search-parameters/35764 "2022-02-27T10:59:44Z")\
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**Post date:** [February 27, 2022, 10:59am UTC](https://discuss.appium.io/t/getting-an-element-could-not-be-located-on-the-page-using-the-given-search-parameters/35764/1 "2022-02-27T10:59:44Z")

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this is run on android :  
used UiAutomator2

wrote this code:  
By by = By.id(“com.wave.ridemicro:id/image”);  
AndroidElement el= (AndroidElement) driver.findElement(by);  
waitForElementVisibility(el);

got this error  
org.openqa.selenium.NoSuchElementException: An element could not be located on the page using the given search parameters.

but if I use page factory its ok  
@AndroidFindBy(id = “com.wave.ridemicro:id/image”)  
protected AndroidElement image;