There is no id when I run the app on the device

Issues/Bugs
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I have some automated scenarios in which I use driver.findElement(By.id(“sp_env”)). Those tests work fine on the emulator but when I run them on the device I get this exception
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org.openqa.selenium.NoSuchElementException: An element could not be located
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When I use UI Automator to inspect the app on the device, surprise!! the element does not have an id.
Do you have any idea about this problem.