Unable to locate an element with latest appium python client version

lavanya · October 19, 2022, 2:28pm

Hi Team,
I am working on automating the IOS and Android mobile apps using Appium, and Robot Framework.
Recently I have upgraded the Robotframework version 5, Appium Python Client version 2.7.0, and selenium version 4.2.0.
After upgrading the version to the latest ones observing this issue when I trigger any script: AttributeError: ‘WebDriver’ object has no attribute ‘find_elements_by_accessibility_id’

Here is the locator I am using:
${sign_in} accessibility_id=Sign In Button

Note: Working fine with old versions I mean Robotframework version 5, Appium Python Client version 2.4.0, and selenium version 4.2.0.

Could someone help me on resolving this issue? like how to write locator in robotframework.

wreed · October 19, 2022, 3:47pm

Looks like this was depreciated in 2.1.0:
https://appium.github.io/python-client-sphinx/webdriver.common.html#module-webdriver.common.mobileby
And removed in 2.7.0:

Replaced by:
https://appium.github.io/python-client-sphinx/webdriver.common.html#webdriver.common.appiumby.AppiumBy

(Bonus) Example test using AppiumBy:

github.com

appium/python-client/blob/7dbf4f2f7ce43f60eded19fa247bb2177b65bafd/test/functional/android/search_context/find_by_accessibility_id_tests.py

#!/usr/bin/env python

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import pytest

from appium.webdriver.common.appiumby import AppiumBy
from appium.webdriver.webelement import WebElement
from test.functional.android.helper.test_helper import BaseTestCase, is_ci
from test.functional.test_helper import wait_for_element

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lavanya · October 20, 2022, 6:58am

Yeah, it is deprecated and unable to frame the locator. Could you help me how to write locator (locator syntax) in the new Appium python client version.

Previously i use to write: ${sign_in} accessibility_id=Sign In Button

But by using that i am observing “AttributeError: ‘WebDriver’ object has no attribute ‘find_elements_by_accessibility_id’” error message.

I also tried writing the locator in the below formats but didn’t work.
${sign_in} AppiumBy.accessibility_id=Sign In Button
${sign_in} By.accessibility_id=Sign In Button
At present, I am calling AppiumLibrary in my code. below are the libraries i am using:
Library OperatingSystem
Library RequestsLibrary
Library JSONLibrary
Library Collections
Library AppiumLibrary
Library DateTime
Library String
If I need to install any other libraries let me know.
Could you help me in writing the locator exactly in Robot Framework?

wreed · October 20, 2022, 4:00pm

Unfortunately I’m not much of a Python programmer. However, did the example tests not give some info on how to do this? Specifically, this looks like it could do what you want:

el = wait_for_element(self.driver, AppiumBy.CLASS_NAME, ‘android.widget.ListView’)

sub_el = el.find_element(by=AppiumBy.ACCESSIBILITY_ID, value=‘Task Take out Trash’) # type: WebElement

Additionally, if you go up one level there are multiple search_context tests. Do none of these meet your needs?

lavanya · October 21, 2022, 1:15pm

I used AppiumBy. Accessibility_ID=xxxxxx but didn’t worked. Observing below error
ValueError: Element locator with prefix ‘AppiumBy. Accessibility_ID’ is not supported

wreed · October 21, 2022, 4:08pm

Right. That’s not really the syntax. Here is the official documentation:

https://appium.io/docs/en/commands/element/find-element/

Which is very similar to what I posted above. Maybe a second example helps?