Unable to automate UIPickerWheel

Issues/Bugs
1

I am using appium 1.2.0; Mac OS 10.8.5 and iPhone 5S with iOS 7.1.2.

Now for some reason I am not able to automate UIPickerWheel.

I have tried both means of sendKeys, i.e. sendKeys(“2”) and sendKeys(“2. 2 of 9”) but none of them works.

Here’s the log that I get correspondingly :

info: --> POST /wd/hub/session/6d69d366-845b-4de5-a899-7cc8429bd902/element {"using":"xpath","value":"//UIAApplication[1]/UIAWindow[1]/UIAPicker[1]/UIAPickerWheel[1]"}
debug: Appium request initiated at /wd/hub/session/6d69d366-845b-4de5-a899-7cc8429bd902/element
debug: Request received with params: {"using":"xpath","value":"//UIAApplication[1]/UIAWindow[1]/UIAPicker[1]/UIAPickerWheel[1]"}
debug: Pushing command to appium work queue: "au.mainApp().getTreeForXML()"
debug: Sending command to instruments: au.mainApp().getTreeForXML()
debug: Sending command to instruments: au.mainApp().getTreeForXML()
debug: [INST] 2014-08-31 10:09:52 +0000 Debug: Got new command 24 from instruments: au.mainApp().getTreeForXML()
       
debug: [INST] 2014-08-31 10:09:52 +0000 Debug: evaluating au.mainApp().getTreeForXML()
       
debug: [INST] 2014-08-31 10:09:53 +0000 Debug: evaluation finished
       
debug: [INST] 2014-08-31 10:09:53 +0000 Debug: Result is not protocol compliant, wrapping
       
debug: [INST] 2014-08-31 10:09:53 +0000 Debug: Running system command #25: /usr/local/Cellar/node/0.10.29/bin/node /usr/local/lib/node_modules/appium/node_modules/appium-uiauto/bin/command-proxy-client.js /tmp/instruments_sock 2,{"status":0,"value":{"UIAApplication":{"@":{"name":"xyz","label":"xyz","value":null,"dom":null,"enabled":true,"valid":true,"visible":t...
       
debug: Socket data received (8192 bytes)
debug: Socket data received (6661 bytes)
debug: Socket data being routed.
debug: Got result from instruments: {"status":0,"value":{"UIAApplication":{"@":{"name":"xyz","label":"xyz","value":null,"dom":null,"enabled":true,"valid":true,"visible":true,"hint":null,"path":"/0","x":0,"y":20,"width":320,"height":548},">":[{"UIAWindow":{"@":{"name":null,"label":null,"value":null,"dom":null,"enabled":true
debug: Pushing command to appium work queue: "au.getElementByIndexPath('/0/0/28/0')"
debug: Sending command to instruments: au.getElementByIndexPath('/0/0/28/0')
debug: Sending command to instruments: au.getElementByIndexPath('/0/0/28/0')
debug: [INST] 2014-08-31 10:09:54 +0000 Debug: Got new command 25 from instruments: au.getElementByIndexPath('/0/0/28/0')
       
debug: [INST] 2014-08-31 10:09:54 +0000 Debug: evaluating au.getElementByIndexPath('/0/0/28/0')
       
debug: [INST] 2014-08-31 10:09:54 +0000 Debug: evaluation finished
       
debug: [INST] 2014-08-31 10:09:54 +0000 Debug: Running system command #26: /usr/local/Cellar/node/0.10.29/bin/node /usr/local/lib/node_modules/appium/node_modules/appium-uiauto/bin/command-proxy-client.js /tmp/instruments_sock 2,{"status":0,"value":{"ELEMENT":"6"}}...
       
debug: Socket data received (38 bytes)
debug: Socket data being routed.
debug: Got result from instruments: {"status":0,"value":{"ELEMENT":"6"}}
debug: Responding to client with success: {"status":0,"value":{"ELEMENT":"6"},"sessionId":"6d69d366-845b-4de5-a899-7cc8429bd902"}
info: <-- POST /wd/hub/session/6d69d366-845b-4de5-a899-7cc8429bd902/element 200 2717.696 ms - 87 {"status":0,"value":{"ELEMENT":"6"},"sessionId":"6d69d366-845b-4de5-a899-7cc8429bd902"}
info: --> POST /wd/hub/session/6d69d366-845b-4de5-a899-7cc8429bd902/element/6/value {"id":"6","value":["2. 2 of 9"]}
debug: Appium request initiated at /wd/hub/session/6d69d366-845b-4de5-a899-7cc8429bd902/element/6/value
debug: Request received with params: {"id":"6","value":["2. 2 of 9"]}
debug: Pushing command to appium work queue: "au.getElement('6').setValueByType('2. 2 of 9')"
debug: Sending command to instruments: au.getElement('6').setValueByType('2. 2 of 9')
debug: Sending command to instruments: au.getElement('6').setValueByType('2. 2 of 9')
debug: [INST] 2014-08-31 10:09:55 +0000 Debug: Got new command 26 from instruments: au.getElement('6').setValueByType('2. 2 of 9')
       
debug: [INST] 2014-08-31 10:09:55 +0000 Debug: evaluating au.getElement('6').setValueByType('2. 2 of 9')
       
debug: [INST] 2014-08-31 10:09:55 +0000 Debug: - selectValue requires a valid value

debug: Socket data received (62 bytes)
debug: Socket data being routed.
debug: Got result from instruments: {"status":17,"value":"- selectValue requires a valid value"}
debug: Responding to client with error: {"status":17,"value":{"message":"An error occurred while executing user supplied JavaScript.","origValue":"- selectValue requires a valid value"},"sessionId":"6d69d366-845b-4de5-a899-7cc8429bd902"}
info: <-- POST /wd/hub/session/6d69d366-845b-4de5-a899-7cc8429bd902/element/6/value 500 1126.228 ms - 197

I get the same error when trying with sendKeys(“2”).

Any help? Stuck on this problem for past 48 hours!

2

I use from 1.2.1 to 1.2.2. No luck on get “values” from pickerwheel.
when execute “au.getElement(2).value()”, I get the correct value of the picker wheel, but not for “au.getElement(2).values()”.

3

Exactly. Even I updated to appium 1.2.2. However, I am getting the same error on doing a sendKeys() to automate the UIPickerWheel.

4

Did you try selectValue?
My problem here is:
1.2.1/1.2.2: Cannot get value and values from pickerwheel.
1.2.0: Cannot selectValue/sendKeys text values(like month of a date picker). but numbers are OK like day and year.

5

This might sound a bit naive, but how do you do a ‘selectValue’? I don’t think it’s a native AppiumDriver function.

Regarding your problem, I am able to get value for pickerwheel for 1.2.1 and 1.2.2 as well.

6

SendKeys will run selectValue according to Jonathon from a thread. (sorry I don;t remember the link) So I try to execute selectValue using Inspector->Text->Execute Script. like: au.getElement(2).selectValue(‘1234’). You can get the element ID by tap it and read from log. Because I didn’t try a lot of versions, I think it worth a try to see if it is new version appium issue. In my case, 1.2.0, selectValue(‘2008’) and SendKeys(“2008”) both works (only for number values).

About get values: GetAttribute of C# lib returns string, that’s the problem. If any of appium person see my comment, I hope they can push selenium WebDriver to have a way to fix this. I temporary add another function GetAttributeRaw to return object type for getting values in 1.2.0. I haven’t got time to look at newer version and why appium failed to get values yet.

7

Thank you @Alex_Chen. I will give it a try and let you know the result.

8

I’m facing the same issue. I have an picker wheel which contains the list of countries. Tried both sendKeys() and setValue() but its not working. All the threads i followed indicates that it might be broken so i tried with all the Appium versions till 1.0.0 but no luck so far.

9

Did you guys find any Solution. I’m also facing the same issue. Any Help much appreciated.

10

Not yet. I tried SendKeys as well as SelectValue through script executor and yet no success. Right now, I am doing a precise tap on the wheel and scrolling over one element at a time. I will try few more things and let you guys know if anything worked.

11

Do send_keys on the uiapickerwheel you’re interested in setting. Related question

12

@JessicaSachs I already tried sendKeys() (I am using Java). It did not work. That’s why the post. :expressionless:

1 Like
13

Ok so I came across a new situation today.

If the values are integers, like dates (1,2,3 …), then doing a sendKeys doesn’t work but when I did the same thing for a String, like Month (Jan, Feb, Mar … ), it worked. Any thoughts as to why it’s working this way?

14

Can you give me the snippet for that. I have countries in my picker wheel and your method should work for me.which version of java client you are using?

15

I do a normal sendKeys() for that.

driver.findElementByAccessibilityId("month").sendKeys("November")

But when I do the same for date, it does not work :

 driver.findElementByAccessibilityId("date").sendKeys("1")

Is it because of int/String issue? As in the numbers in the application is an integer and I am trying to send a String? Any thoughts @jonahss

16

Are you sure those ID’s are pointing to the right element in the pickerWheel?

I prefer to use the xpath than IDs or names, just to make sure I’m on the right element.

Could you try this>
(x and y will be the number of the element on the path to the specific wheel you want to set the value on)

WebElement _pwDate = driver.findElement(By.xpath(“yourpath/UIAPicker[x]/UIAPickerWheel[y]”));
_pwDate.sendKeys(“1”);

17

I am also facing the same problem… if u find the solution then post it here

18

sendKeys is working fine for me.

19

Neto18, which version of Appium are you using? I currently use Appium 1.3.1, and I also got this error, “debug: Got result from instruments: {“status”:17,“value”:”- selectValue requires a valid value"}". As you see in the log below, Appium was able to find UIAPickerwheel, but when it comes to set the value, it returned an error. Does anyone have a solution to this or has a bug/issue been submitted?

Here is a snippet of my Appium.log.

2014-11-18 22:38:35:509 - info: [debug] Waiting up to 10000ms for condition
2014-11-18 22:38:35:509 - info: [debug] Pushing command to appium work queue: “au.getElementByType(‘UIAPickerWheel’, ‘138’)”
2014-11-18 22:38:35:509 - info: [debug] Sending command to instruments: au.getElementByType(‘UIAPickerWheel’, ‘138’)
2014-11-18 22:38:36:548 - info: [debug] e[32m[INST] 2014-11-18 22:38:39 +0000 Debug: Got new command 39 from instruments: au.getElementByType(‘UIAPickerWheel’, ‘138’)e[39m
2014-11-18 22:38:36:555 - info: [debug] e[32m[INST] 2014-11-18 22:38:39 +0000 Debug: evaluating au.getElementByType(‘UIAPickerWheel’, ‘138’)e[39m
2014-11-18 22:38:36:560 - info: [debug] e[32m[INST] 2014-11-18 22:38:39 +0000 Debug: evaluation finishede[39m
2014-11-18 22:38:36:565 - info: [debug] e[32m[INST] 2014-11-18 22:38:39 +0000 Debug: responding with:e[39m
2014-11-18 22:38:36:570 - info: [debug] e[32m[INST] 2014-11-18 22:38:39 +0000 Debug: Running system command #40: /Applications/Appium.app/Contents/Resources/node/bin/node /Applications/Appium.app/Contents/Resources/node_modules/appium/node_modules/appium-uiauto/bin/command-proxy-client.js /tmp/instruments_sock 2,{“status”:0,“value”:{“ELEMENT”:“141”}}…e[39m
2014-11-18 22:38:36:590 - info: [debug] Socket data received (40 bytes)
2014-11-18 22:38:36:591 - info: [debug] Socket data being routed.
2014-11-18 22:38:36:591 - info: [debug] Got result from instruments: {“status”:0,“value”:{“ELEMENT”:“141”}}
2014-11-18 22:38:36:591 - info: [debug] Responding to client with success: {“status”:0,“value”:{“ELEMENT”:“141”},“sessionId”:“3c7b1d78-05a3-4ebb-b51a-6fbc216e436d”}
2014-11-18 22:38:36:591 - info: e[37m<-- POST /wd/hub/session/3c7b1d78-05a3-4ebb-b51a-6fbc216e436d/element/138/element e[39me[32m200e[39me[90m 1082.489 ms - 89e[39m e[90m{“status”:0,“value”:{“ELEMENT”:“141”},“sessionId”:“3c7b1d78-05a3-4ebb-b51a-6fbc216e436d”}e[39m
2014-11-18 22:38:36:594 - info: e[37m–>e[39m e[37mPOSTe[39m e[37m/wd/hub/session/3c7b1d78-05a3-4ebb-b51a-6fbc216e436d/element/141/valuee[39m e[90m{“id”:“141”,“value”:[“1”]}e[39m
2014-11-18 22:38:36:595 - info: [debug] Pushing command to appium work queue: “au.getElement(‘141’).setValueByType(‘1’)”
2014-11-18 22:38:36:595 - info: [debug] Sending command to instruments: au.getElement(‘141’).setValueByType(‘1’)
2014-11-18 22:38:37:508 - info: [debug] e[32m[INST] 2014-11-18 22:38:40 +0000 Debug: Got new command 40 from instruments: au.getElement(‘141’).setValueByType(‘1’)e[39m
2014-11-18 22:38:37:514 - info: [debug] e[32m[INST] 2014-11-18 22:38:40 +0000 Debug: evaluating au.getElement(‘141’).setValueByType(‘1’)e[39m
2014-11-18 22:38:37:654 - info: [debug] e[32m[INST] 2014-11-18 22:38:40 +0000 Debug: - selectValue requires a valid valuee[39m
2014-11-18 22:38:37:849 - info: [debug] Socket data received (62 bytes)
2014-11-18 22:38:37:850 - info: [debug] Socket data being routed.
2014-11-18 22:38:37:850 - info: [debug] Got result from instruments: {“status”:17,“value”:"- selectValue requires a valid value"}
2014-11-18 22:38:37:850 - info: [debug] Responding to client with error: {“status”:17,“value”:{“message”:“An error occurred while executing user supplied JavaScript.”,“origValue”:"- selectValue requires a valid value"},“sessionId”:“3c7b1d78-05a3-4ebb-b51a-6fbc216e436d”}
2014-11-18 22:38:37:851 - info: e[37m<-- POST /wd/hub/session/3c7b1d78-05a3-4ebb-b51a-6fbc216e436d/element/141/value e[39me[31m500e[39me[90m 1256.796 ms - 197e[39m e[90me[39m
2014-11-18 22:38:37:853 - info: [debug] e[32m[INST] 2014-11-18 22:38:40 +0000 Error: VerboseError: - selectValue requires a valid valuee[39m
2014-11-18 22:38:37:936 - info: [debug] e[32m[INST] 2014-11-18 22:38:40 +0000 Error: Error during eval: selectValue@[native code]
setValueByType@file:///Applications/Appium.app/Contents/Resources/node_modules/appium/7A18F277-8B60-4F9F-9035-0E5DEF054B28/bootstrap-60f23230385b0cfa.js:1969:23
eval code
eval@[native code]
startProcessing@file:///Applications/Appium.app/Contents/Resources/node_modules/appium/7A18F277-8B60-4F9F-9035-0E5DEF054B28/bootstrap-60f23230385b0cfa.js:2660:30
bootstrap@file:///Applications/Appium.app/Contents/Resources/node_modules/appium/7A18F277-8B60-4F9F-9035-0E5DEF054B28/bootstrap-60f23230385b0cfa.js:2726:31
global code@file:///Applications/Appium.app/Contents/Resources/node_modules/appium/7A18F277-8B60-4F9F-9035-0E5DEF054B28/bootstrap-60f23230385b0cfa.js:2735:10e[39m
2014-11-18 22:38:37:947 - info: [debug] e[32m[INST] 2014-11-18 22:38:40 +0000 Debug: responding with:e[39m
2014-11-18 22:38:37:954 - info: [debug] e[32m[INST] 2014-11-18 22:38:40 +0000 Debug: Running system command #41: /Applications/Appium.app/Contents/Resources/node/bin/node /Applications/Appium.app/Contents/Resources/node_modules/appium/node_modules/appium-uiauto/bin/command-proxy-client.js /tmp/instruments_sock 2,{“status”:17,“value”:"- selectValue requires a valid value"}…e[39m
2014-11-18 22:38:38:374 - info: e[37m–>e[39m e[37mGETe[39m e[37m/wd/hub/session/3c7b1d78-05a3-4ebb-b51a-6fbc216e436d/screenshote[39m e[90m{}e[39m

20

Identify elements using the findElementsbyclassname of UIAPickerwheel and then use sendkeys for your particular element lets say for year, month and date individually. i am doing this and its working for me.

1 Like