How to handle XCUITest 'visible' attribute?

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1

Hello there,

I’m using Appium’s inspector (precompiled binary 1.5.3 for mac os) properly linked with an updated appium installation through npm (1.6).

So, since I’ve using XCUITest there are a new boolean property or attribute called ‘visible’ at Appium inspector.

This could be an inspected XCUITest element:

name: mytext
type: XCUIElementTypeStaticText
value: mytext
label: mytext
enabled: true
visible: false
valid: true
  • The visible attribute cannot be used as a condition in xpath expressions:
    //*[@visible='true' or @visible='false'] will never locate any element using inspector or java client code.
  • Appium inspector locator is able to locate non visible elements while programatically (java client in my case) you cannot locate non-visible elements with a findElements instruction. The following xpath would locate the element described above using Appium’s inspector but java-client findElement function throws a timeout exception: //*[@label='mytext']

How is the correct way to handle visible=false elements?

Thank you.

2

Hi Hamena,

I am also facing same issue , please provide the code if you resolve this issue.

Thanks in advance

3

Hi,

Any one have solution for this issue. Please tell me approach. It is blocker for me.

Thanks in advance.

4

Still not able to handle visible attribute.

@prasad or Appium community, did you found any solution?

5

hi.

if you want to see attribute value you need somehow find your element by any strategy and use getAttribute e.g.:

driver.findElement(MobileBy.id(“accesibility_ID”)).getAttribute(“visible”);
//or
driver.findElement(MobileBy.id(“accesibility_ID”)).getAttribute(“value”);

6

Hello hamena,

I am able to perform action on invisible elements using Appium 1.6.3

7

Thank you all, I’ll try Appium 1.6.3.

8

Hello @prasad,

I tried on Appium 1.6.3 and invisible elements still unreachables for me.

Any suggestions? Nobody needs to interact ‘invisible’ elements?

9

Hi @hamena, did you resolve this issue?
For some ‘invisible’ elements, I can find them and click on the elements, but still cannot find and click on some ‘invisible’ elements. I do not know the reason
Hope you can give me some advice

10

I have the similar problem, dose any one has the solution?

11

the same isue on appium 1.6.5 and ios11. how to solve it?