How to use driver.findElementsFromElement method in Appium Android Driver
Best JavaScript code snippet using appium-android-driver
find-specs.js
Source:find-specs.js 
...41 it('should find some elements within itself', async function () {42 let elLength = (env.IOS8 || env.IOS9) ? 2 : 1;43 let el1 = await driver.findElement('xpath', "//UIATableCell[contains(@name, 'Buttons')]");44 el1.should.exist;45 let els = await driver.findElementsFromElement('class name', 'UIAStaticText', el1);46 els.should.have.length(elLength);47 });48 it('should not find elements not within itself', async function () {49 let el1 = await driver.findElement('xpath', "//UIATableCell[contains(@name, 'Buttons')]");50 el1.should.exist;51 let els = await driver.findElementsFromElement('class name', 'UIANavigationBar', el1);52 els.should.have.length(0);53 });54 describe('no mix up', function () {55 after(async function () {56 if (!env.IOS81 && !env.IOS82 && !env.IOS83 && !env.IOS84 && !env.IOS9) {57 await clickButton(driver, 'UICatalog');58 }59 });60 it('should not allow found elements to be mixed up', async function () {61 let el1 = await driver.findElement('class name', 'UIATableCell');62 let el1Name = await driver.getAttribute('name', el1);63 await driver.click(el1);64 await B.delay(1000);65 let el2 = await driver.findElement('class name', 'UIATableCell');66 let el2Name = await driver.getAttribute('name', el2);67 el1.ELEMENT.should.not.equal(el2.ELEMENT);68 el1Name.should.not.equal(el2Name);69 // el1 is gone, so it doesn't have a name anymore70 (await driver.getAttribute('name', el1)).should.equal('');71 });72 });73 it('should return all image elements with internally generated ids', async function () {74 let els = await driver.findElements('class name', 'UIAImage');75 els.length.should.be.above(0);76 for (let el of els) {77 el.should.exist;78 }79 });80 describe('findElementsByClassName textfield case', function () {81 after(async function () {82 if (!env.IOS81 && !env.IOS82 && !env.IOS83 && !env.IOS84 && !env.IOS9) {83 await clickButton(driver, 'UICatalog');84 }85 });86 let axIdExt = (env.IOS8 || env.IOS9) ? '' : ', AAPLActionSheetViewController';87 it('should find only one textfield', async function () {88 let el1 = await driver.findElement('accessibility id', `Action Sheets${axIdExt}`);89 await driver.click(el1);90 let el2 = await driver.findElement('accessibility id', 'Okay / Cancel');91 let els = await driver.findElementsFromElement('class name', 'UIAStaticText', el2);92 els.should.have.length(1);93 });94 });95 describe('findElement(s) containing accessibility id', function () {96 afterEach(async function () {97 await clickButton(driver, 'UICatalog');98 await B.delay(1000);99 });100 let axIdExt = (env.IOS8 || env.IOS9) ? '' : ', AAPLActionSheetViewController';101 it('should find one element', async function () {102 let el1 = await driver.findElement('accessibility id', `Action Sheets${axIdExt}`);103 await driver.click(el1);104 let el2 = await driver.findElement('accessibility id', 'Okay / Cancel');105 (await driver.getAttribute('name', el2)).should.equal('Okay / Cancel');106 });107 it('should find several elements', async function () {108 let el1 = await driver.findElement('accessibility id', `Action Sheets${axIdExt}`);109 await driver.click(el1);110 let el2 = await driver.findElements('accessibility id', 'Okay / Cancel');111 el2.should.have.length(2);112 });113 });114 describe('duplicate text field', function () {115 beforeEach(async function () {116 try {117 await driver.execute('mobile: scroll', {direction: 'down'});118 } catch (ign) {}119 });120 afterEach(async function () {121 await clickButton(driver, 'UICatalog');122 await B.delay(1000);123 });124 let axIdExt = (env.IOS8 || env.IOS9) ? '' : ', AAPLTextFieldViewController';125 it('should find only one element per text field', async function () {126 let el1 = await driver.findElement('accessibility id', `Text Fields${axIdExt}`);127 await driver.click(el1);128 B.delay(2000);129 let els = await driver.findElements('class name', 'UIATextField');130 els.should.have.length(4);131 });132 it('should find only one element per secure text field', async function () {133 let el1 = await driver.findElement('accessibility id', `Text Fields${axIdExt}`);134 await driver.click(el1);135 B.delay(2000);136 let els = await driver.findElements('class name', 'UIASecureTextField');137 els.should.have.length(1);138 });139 });140 });141 describe('by accessibility id', function () {142 afterEach(async function () {143 await clickButton(driver, 'UICatalog');144 });145 it('should find an element by name beneath another element', async function () {146 let axIdExt = env.IOS8 || env.IOS9 ? '' : ', AAPLActionSheetViewController';147 let el = await driver.findElement('accessibility id', 'UICatalog');148 await driver.click(el);149 let el2 = await driver.findElement('accessibility id', `Action Sheets${axIdExt}`);150 el2.should.exist;151 });152 });153 describe('by ui automation', function () {154 before(async function () {155 let el = await driver.findElement(byUIA, '.navigationBars()[0]');156 if ((await driver.getAttribute('name', el)) !== 'UICatalog') {157 await clickButton(driver, 'UICatalog');158 }159 await B.delay(500);160 });161 it('should process most basic UIAutomation query', async function () {162 let els = await driver.findElements(byUIA, '.elements()');163 let displayedEls = await filterDisplayed(driver, els);164 displayedEls.should.have.length(2);165 });166 it('should use raw selector code if selector does not start with a dot', async function () {167 let els = await driver.findElements(byUIA, '$.mainWindow().elements()');168 let displayedEls = await filterDisplayed(driver, els);169 displayedEls.should.have.length(2);170 });171 it('should get a single element', async function () {172 let el = await driver.findElement(byUIA, '.elements()[0]');173 (await driver.getAttribute('name', el)).should.equal('UICatalog');174 });175 it('should get a single element with non-zero index', async function () {176 let name = env.IOS8 || env.IOS9 ? '' : 'Empty list';177 let el = await driver.findElement(byUIA, '.elements()[1]');178 (await driver.getAttribute('name', el)).should.equal(name);179 });180 it('should get single element as array', async function () {181 let els = await driver.findElements(byUIA, '.tableViews()[0]');182 els.should.have.length(1);183 });184 it('should find elements by index multiple times', async function () {185 let el = await driver.findElement(byUIA, '.elements()[1].cells()[2]');186 (await driver.getAttribute('name', el)).should.include('Alert Views');187 });188 it('should find element by name', async function () {189 let el = await driver.findElement(byUIA, '.elements()["UICatalog"]');190 (await driver.getAttribute('name', el)).should.equal('UICatalog');191 });192 it('should find element by type and index', async function () {193 let el = await driver.findElement(byUIA, '.navigationBar().elements()[1]');194 (await driver.getAttribute('name', el)).should.equal('Back');195 });196 describe('start from a given context instead of root target', function () {197 it('should process a simple query', async function () {198 let el = await driver.findElement(byUIA, '.elements()[1]');199 let els = await driver.findElementsFromElement(byUIA, filterVisibleUiaSelector('.elements();'), el);200 els.should.have.length.at.least(10);201 });202 it('should find element by name', async function () {203 let axIdExt = env.IOS8 || env.IOS9 ? '' : ', AAPLButtonViewController';204 let el1 = await driver.findElement(byUIA, '.elements()[1]');205 let el2 = await driver.findElementFromElement(byUIA, `.elements()["Buttons${axIdExt}"]`, el1);206 el2.should.exist;207 });208 });209 });210 describe('by xpath', function () {211 describe('individual calls', function () {212 before(async function () {213 // before anything, try to go back214 try {215 let el = await driver.findElement(byUIA, '.navigationBar().elements()[1]');216 await driver.click(el);217 } catch (ign) {}218 // and make sure we are at the top of the page219 try {220 await driver.execute('mobile: scroll', {direction: 'up'});221 } catch (ign) {}222 });223 beforeEach(async function () {224 // go into the right page225 let el = await driver.findElement('xpath', "//UIAStaticText[contains(@label,'Buttons')]");226 await driver.click(el);227 });228 afterEach(async function () {229 // go back230 let el = await driver.findElement(byUIA, '.navigationBar().elements()[1]');231 await driver.click(el);232 });233 it('should respect implicit wait', async function () {234 await driver.implicitWait(5000);235 let begin = Date.now();236 await driver.findElement('xpath', '//something_not_there')237 .should.eventually.be.rejected;238 let end = Date.now();239 (end - begin).should.be.above(5000);240 });241 it('should return the last button', async function () {242 let el = await driver.findElement('xpath', '//UIAButton[last()]');243 (await driver.getText(el)).should.equal('Button'); // this is the name of the last button244 });245 it('should return a single element', async function () {246 let el = await driver.findElement('xpath', '//UIAButton');247 (await driver.getText(el)).should.equal('UICatalog');248 });249 it('should return multiple elements', async function () {250 let els = await driver.findElements('xpath', '//UIAButton');251 els.should.have.length.above(5);252 });253 it('should filter by name', async function () {254 let el = await driver.findElement('xpath', "//UIAButton[@name='X Button']");255 (await driver.getText(el)).should.equal('X Button');256 });257 it('should know how to restrict root-level elements', async function () {258 await B.resolve(driver.findElement('xpath', '/UIAButton'))259 .catch(throwMatchableError)260 .should.be.rejectedWith(/jsonwpCode: 7/);261 });262 it('should search an extended path by child', async function () {263 let el = await driver.findElement('xpath', '//UIANavigationBar/UIAStaticText');264 (await driver.getText(el)).should.equal('Buttons');265 });266 it('should search an extended path by descendant', async function () {267 const els = await driver.findElements('xpath', '//UIATableCell//UIAButton');268 const texts = await B.all(_.map(els, (el) => driver.getText(el)));269 texts.should.not.include('UICatalog');270 texts.should.include('X Button');271 });272 it('should filter by indices', async function () {273 await driver.implicitWait(10000);274 let el = await driver.findElement('xpath', '//UIATableCell[4]/UIAButton[1]');275 (await driver.getAttribute('name', el)).should.equal('X Button');276 });277 it('should filter by partial text', async function () {278 let el = await driver.findElement('xpath', "//UIATableCell//UIAButton[contains(@name, 'X ')]");279 (await driver.getText(el)).should.equal('X Button');280 });281 it('should find an element within itself', async function () {282 let e1 = await driver.findElement('xpath', "//UIATableCell[@name='X Button']");283 let e2 = await driver.findElementFromElement('xpath', '//UIAButton[1]', e1);284 (await driver.getText(e2)).should.equal('X Button');285 });286 });287 describe('duplicate text field', function () {288 beforeEach(async function () {289 let el = await driver.findElement('accessibility id', 'Text Fields');290 await driver.click(el);291 await B.delay(2000);292 });293 afterEach(async function () {294 let el = await driver.findElement('accessibility id', 'UICatalog');295 await driver.click(el);296 await B.delay(1000);297 });298 it('should find only one text field', async function () {299 let els = await driver.findElements('xpath', '//UIATableView["Empty list"]/UIATableCell[1]/UIATextField');300 els.should.have.length(1);301 });302 it('should find only one text field when doing relative search', async function () {303 let el2 = await driver.findElement('xpath', '//UIATableView["Empty list"]');304 let els = await driver.findElementsFromElement('xpath', '//UIATableCell[1]/UIATextField', el2);305 els.should.have.length(1);306 });307 it('should find only one secure text field', async function () {308 let els = await driver.findElements('xpath', '//UIATableView["Empty list"]/UIATableCell[3]/UIASecureTextField');309 els.should.have.length(1);310 });311 });312 describe('multiple calls', function () {313 let runs = 5;314 let test = function (path, minLength) {315 return function () {316 it('should not crash', async function () {317 let els = await driver.findElements('xpath', path);318 els.should.have.length.above(minLength);...
calc-app-1-specs.js
Source:calc-app-1-specs.js
...80 try {81 let button = (await driver.findElements('class name', 'UIAButton'))[1];82 await driver.click(button);83 let alert = await driver.findElement('class name', 'UIAAlert');84 let els = await driver.findElementsFromElement('class name', 'UIAStaticText', alert);85 let texts = [];86 for (let el of els) {87 texts.push(await driver.getText(el));88 }89 texts.should.include('Cool title');90 texts.should.include('this alert is so cool.');91 } finally {92 await driver.postDismissAlert();93 }94 });95 it('should get tag names of elements', async function () {96 let el = await driver.findElement('class name', 'UIAButton');97 (await driver.getName(el)).should.equal('UIAButton');98 el = await driver.findElement('class name', 'UIAStaticText');...
utils.js
Source:utils.js
...49 return null50}51export const finds_child_by_id = async (driver, eParent, id) => {52 let result = []53 let elementsChild = await driver.findElementsFromElement(eParent, 'id', `com.instagram.android:id/${id}`)54 if (elementsChild.length > 0) {55 elementsChild.forEach(e => {56 result.push(e['ELEMENT'])57 });58 }59 return result60}61export const find_child_by_class = async (driver, eParent, className) => {62 let elementChild = await driver.findElementFromElement(eParent, 'class name', className)63 if (elementChild != null) return elementChild['ELEMENT']64 return null65}66export const finds_child_by_class = async (driver, eParent, className) => {67 let result = []68 let elementsChild = await driver.findElementsFromElement(eParent, 'class name', className)69 if (elementsChild.length > 0) {70 elementsChild.forEach(e => {71 result.push(e['ELEMENT'])72 });73 }74 return result75}76export const find_child_by_accessibility_id = async (driver, eParent, accessibilityId) => {77 let elementChild = await driver.findElementFromElement(eParent, 'accessibility id', accessibilityId)78 if (elementChild != null) return elementChild['ELEMENT']79 return null80}81export const finds_child_by_accessibility_id = async (driver, eParent, accessibilityId) => {82 let result = []83 let elementsChild = await driver.findElementsFromElement(eParent, 'accessibility id', accessibilityId)84 if (elementsChild.length > 0) {85 elementsChild.forEach(e => {86 result.push(e['ELEMENT'])87 });88 }89 return result...
find-e2e-specs.js
Source:find-e2e-specs.js
...65 });66 it('should find subelements', async function () {67 const el = await driver.findElement('xpath', '//document-web');68 el.should.exist;69 const subEls = await driver.findElementsFromElement(el.ELEMENT, 'xpath', '//image[@name="Ubuntu Logo"]');70 subEls.length.should.eql(1);71 await driver.getElementAttribute(subEls[0].ELEMENT, 'tag').should.eventually.eql('img');72 });...
from-el-e2e-specs.js
Source:from-el-e2e-specs.js
...23 let innerEl = await driver.findElementFromElement('class name', atv, parentEl);24 await driver.getText(innerEl.ELEMENT).should.eventually.equal("Access'ibility");25 });26 it('should find multiple elements by tag name', async function () {27 let innerEl = await driver.findElementsFromElement('class name', atv, parentEl);28 await driver.getText(innerEl[0].ELEMENT).should.eventually.have.length.above(10);29 });30 it('should not find an element that does not exist', async function () {31 await driver.findElementFromElement('class name', 'blargimarg', parentEl)32 .should.be.rejectedWith(/could not be located/);33 });34 it('should not find multiple elements that do not exist', async function () {35 await driver.findElementFromElement('class name', 'blargimarg', parentEl)36 .should.be.rejectedWith(/could not be located/);37 });...
Using AI Code Generation
1var webdriver = require('selenium-webdriver');2var By = webdriver.By;3var until = webdriver.until;4var driver = new webdriver.Builder()5 .forBrowser('chrome')6 .build();7driver.findElement(By.name('q')).sendKeys('webdriver');8driver.findElement(By.name('btnK')).click();9driver.wait(until.titleIs('webdriver - Google Search'), 1000);10driver.quit();11driver.findElement(By.name('q')).sendKeys('webdriver');12driver.findElement(By.name('btnK')).click();13driver.wait(until.titleIs('webdriver - Google Search'), 1000);14driver.quit();15capabilities.setCapability("app", "com.myapp.android");16capabilities.setCapability("appPackage", "com.myapp.android");17capabilities.setCapability("appActivity", "com.myapp.android.MainActivity");18capabilities.setCapability("platformName", "Android");19capabilities.setCapability("platformVersion", "8.0.0");20capabilities.setCapability("deviceName", "Android");21capabilities.setCapability("udid", "emulator-5554");22capabilities.setCapability("autoGrantPermissions", true);23capabilities.setCapability("noReset", true);24capabilities.setCapability("fullReset", false);25capabilities.setCapability("automationName", "UiAutomator2");26capabilities.setCapability("app", "C:/Users/Administrator/Desktop/Android/myapp.apk");27capabilities.setCapability("appPackage", "com.myapp.android");28capabilities.setCapability("appActivity", "com.myapp.android.MainActivity");29capabilities.setCapability("platformName", "Android");30capabilities.setCapability("platformVersion", "8.0.0");31capabilities.setCapability("deviceName", "Android");32capabilities.setCapability("udid", "emulator-5554");33capabilities.setCapability("autoGrantPermissions", true);34capabilities.setCapability("noReset", true);35capabilities.setCapability("fullReset", false);36capabilities.setCapability("automationName", "UiAutomator2");
Using AI Code Generation
1var webdriver = require('selenium-webdriver');2var By = webdriver.By;3var until = webdriver.until;4var driver = new webdriver.Builder()5 .forBrowser('chrome')6 .build();7driver.findElement(By.name('q')).sendKeys('webdriver');8driver.findElement(By.name('btnG')).click();9driver.wait(until.titleIs('webdriver - Google Search'), 1000);10driver.quit();11var webdriver = require('selenium-webdriver');12var By = webdriver.By;13var until = webdriver.until;14var driver = new webdriver.Builder()15 .forBrowser('chrome')16 .build();17driver.findElement(By.name('q')).sendKeys('webdriver');18driver.findElement(By.name('btnG')).click();19driver.wait(until.titleIs('webdriver - Google Search'), 1000);20driver.quit();21var webdriver = require('selenium-webdriver');22var By = webdriver.By;23var until = webdriver.until;24var driver = new webdriver.Builder()25 .forBrowser('chrome')26 .build();27driver.findElement(By.name('q')).sendKeys('webdriver');28driver.findElement(By.name('btnG')).click();29driver.wait(until.titleIs('webdriver - Google Search'), 1000);30driver.quit();31var webdriver = require('selenium-webdriver');32var By = webdriver.By;33var until = webdriver.until;34var driver = new webdriver.Builder()35 .forBrowser('chrome')36 .build();37driver.findElement(By.name('q')).sendKeys('webdriver');38driver.findElement(By.name('btnG')).click();39driver.wait(until.titleIs('webdriver - Google Search'), 1000);40driver.quit();41var webdriver = require('selenium-webdriver');42var By = webdriver.By;43var until = webdriver.until;44var driver = new webdriver.Builder()45 .forBrowser('chrome')46 .build();47driver.findElement(By.name('q')).sendKeys('webdriver');
Using AI Code Generation
1const webdriverio = require('webdriverio');2const options = {3 capabilities: {4 },5};6const client = webdriverio.remote(options);7 .init()8 .then(() => {9 .elementByAccessibilityId('edittext')10 .then((element) => {11 .findElementsFromElement(element, 'class name', 'android.widget.EditText')12 .then((elements) => {13 console.log('Number of elements found: ' + elements.length);14 });15 });16 })17 .catch((error) => {18 console.log(error);19 });20from appium import webdriver21caps = {22}23element = driver.find_element_by_accessibility_id('edittext')24elements = driver.find_elements_from_element(element, 'class name', 'android.widget.EditText')25print('Number of elements found: ' + len(elements))26driver.quit()27caps = {28}29driver = Appium::Driver.new({
Using AI Code Generation
1const wdio = require("webdriverio");2const opts = {3 capabilities: {4 }5};6async function main() {7 const client = await wdio.remote(opts);8 const elements = await client.findElementsFromElement("android.widget.LinearLayout", "android.widget.TextView");9 console.log(elements);10 await client.deleteSession();11}12main();13const wdio = require("webdriverio");14const opts = {15 capabilities: {16 }17};18async function main() {19 const client = await wdio.remote(opts);20 const elements = await client.findElementsFromElement("XCUIElementTypeCell", "XCUIElementTypeStaticText");21 console.log(elements);22 await client.deleteSession();23}24main();25const wdio = require("webdriverio");26const opts = {27 capabilities: {28 }29};30async function main() {31 const client = await wdio.remote(opts);32 const parentElement = await client.findElement("android.widget.LinearLayout");
Using AI Code Generation
1var wd = require('wd');2var assert = require('assert');3var path = require('path');4var desired = {5 app: path.resolve(__dirname, 'selendroid-test-app-0.11.0.apk')6};7var browser = wd.promiseChainRemote("
Using AI Code Generation
1var wd = require('wd');2var assert = require('assert');3var colors = require('colors');4var desiredCaps = {5};6var driver = wd.promiseChainRemote('localhost', 4723);7 .init(desiredCaps)8 .elementById('io.appium.android.apis:id/content')9 .then(function(element) {10 .then(function(elements) {11 console.log('Number of WebView elements: '.blue, elements.length);12 assert.ok(elements.length > 0);13 });14 })15 .fin(function() { return driver.quit(); })16 .done();17var wd = require('wd');18var assert = require('assert');19var colors = require('colors');20var desiredCaps = {21};22var driver = wd.promiseChainRemote('localhost', 4723
Using AI Code Generation
1var wd = require('wd');2var assert = require('assert');3var desired = {4};5var driver = wd.remote("localhost", 4723);6driver.init(desired).then(function() {7 return driver.elementById("android:id/list");8}).then(function(el) {9 return driver.findElementsFromElement(el.ELEMENT, "-android uiautomator", "new UiSelector().clickable(true)");10}).then(function(els) {11 console.log("Number of elements found: " + els.length);12 for(var i = 0; i < els.length; i++) {13 driver.elementIdText(els[i].ELEMENT).then(function(text) {14 console.log("Element " + i + " text: " + text);15 });16 }17}).fin(function() { return driver.quit(); })18 .done();
Using AI Code Generation
1var webdriver = require('selenium-webdriver'),2 until = webdriver.until;3var desiredCaps = {4};5var driver = new webdriver.Builder()6 .withCapabilities(desiredCaps)7 .build();8driver.getSession().then(function(session) {9 console.log('Session ID: ' + session.id_);10 console.log('Caps: ' + JSON.stringify(session.caps_));11});12driver.findElement(By.id('android:id/text1')).click();13driver.findElement(By.className('android.webkit.WebView')).then(function(webview) {14 driver.findElementsFromElement(webview, By.className('android.widget.Button')).then(function(buttons) {15 console.log('There are ' + buttons.length + ' buttons on the page');16 });17});18driver.quit();19var webdriver = require('selenium-webdriver'),20 until = webdriver.until;21var desiredCaps = {22};
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