Unable to execute isDisplayed() method

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Hi , I am very new to Appium and I am stuck at a very basic thing which i am unable to resolve.

Actually i wanted to launch an other application when one of my code block was executed , but it was not possible.
So I tried this :
public void LaunchYT() {

dr.sendKeyEvent(3);
dr.findElementByAccessibilityId(“Apps”).click();

if(dr.findElementByName(“YouTube”).isDisplayed()){

dr.swipe(664, 690, 54, 690, 0);

}else dr.findElementByName(“YouTube”).click() ;

The problem is that ,once it enters if condition , it starts searching for the element and the time out occurs and it doesn’t go to next step at all.

Please suggest

2

You can launch another app at any time in appium using

driver.startActivity(“appPacakge”,“appActivity”); // pass package and activity of another app make sure app should be installed

It might be that statement “dr.findElementByName(“YouTube”)” returns 0 elements. Try below statement

dr.findElementByName(“YouTube”).size()>0

3

Thanks a Lot friend.It worked.