Package io.appium.java_client

Class AppiumBy

java.lang.Object

org.openqa.selenium.By

io.appium.java_client.AppiumBy

All Implemented Interfaces:

org.openqa.selenium.By.Remotable

Direct Known Subclasses:

AppiumBy.ByAccessibilityId, AppiumBy.ByAndroidDataMatcher, AppiumBy.ByAndroidUIAutomator, AppiumBy.ByAndroidViewMatcher, AppiumBy.ByAndroidViewTag, AppiumBy.ByClassName, AppiumBy.ByCustom, AppiumBy.ById, AppiumBy.ByImage, AppiumBy.ByIosClassChain, AppiumBy.ByIosNsPredicate, AppiumBy.ByName, MobileBy

public abstract class AppiumBy
extends org.openqa.selenium.By
implements org.openqa.selenium.By.Remotable

Nested Class Summary

Nested Classes

Modifier and Type	Class	Description
static class	AppiumBy.ByAccessibilityId
static class	AppiumBy.ByAndroidDataMatcher
static class	AppiumBy.ByAndroidUIAutomator
static class	AppiumBy.ByAndroidViewMatcher
static class	AppiumBy.ByAndroidViewTag
static class	AppiumBy.ByClassName
static class	AppiumBy.ByCustom
static class	AppiumBy.ById
static class	AppiumBy.ByImage
static class	AppiumBy.ByIosClassChain
static class	AppiumBy.ByIosNsPredicate
static class	AppiumBy.ByName

Nested classes/interfaces inherited from class org.openqa.selenium.By

org.openqa.selenium.By.ByCssSelector, org.openqa.selenium.By.ByLinkText, org.openqa.selenium.By.ByPartialLinkText, org.openqa.selenium.By.ByTagName, org.openqa.selenium.By.ByXPath, org.openqa.selenium.By.Remotable

Nested classes/interfaces inherited from interface org.openqa.selenium.By.Remotable

org.openqa.selenium.By.Remotable.Parameters

Constructor Summary

Constructors

Modifier	Constructor	Description
protected	AppiumBy(java.lang.String selector, java.lang.String locatorString, java.lang.String locatorName)

Method Summary

Modifier and Type	Method	Description
static org.openqa.selenium.By	accessibilityId(java.lang.String accessibilityId)	About Android accessibility https://developer.android.com/intl/ru/training/accessibility/accessible-app.html About iOS accessibility https://developer.apple.com/library/ios/documentation/UIKit/Reference/ UIAccessibilityIdentification_Protocol/index.html
static org.openqa.selenium.By	androidDataMatcher(java.lang.String dataMatcherString)	This locator strategy is only available in Espresso Driver mode.
static org.openqa.selenium.By	androidUIAutomator(java.lang.String uiautomatorText)	Refer to https://developer.android.com/training/testing/ui-automator
static org.openqa.selenium.By	androidViewMatcher(java.lang.String viewMatcherString)	This locator strategy is only available in Espresso Driver mode.
static org.openqa.selenium.By	androidViewTag(java.lang.String tag)	This locator strategy is available in Espresso Driver mode.
static org.openqa.selenium.By	className(java.lang.String selector)	For IOS it is the full name of the XCUI element and begins with XCUIElementType.
static org.openqa.selenium.By	custom(java.lang.String selector)	This type of locator requires the use of the 'customFindModules' capability and a separately-installed element finding plugin.
org.openqa.selenium.WebElement	findElement(org.openqa.selenium.SearchContext context)
java.util.List<org.openqa.selenium.WebElement>	findElements(org.openqa.selenium.SearchContext context)
static org.openqa.selenium.By	id(java.lang.String selector)	For IOS the element name.
static org.openqa.selenium.By	image(java.lang.String b64Template)	This locator strategy is available only if OpenCV libraries and NodeJS bindings are installed on the server machine.
static org.openqa.selenium.By	iOSClassChain(java.lang.String iOSClassChainString)	This locator strategy is available in XCUITest Driver mode.
static org.openqa.selenium.By	iOSNsPredicateString(java.lang.String iOSNsPredicateString)	This locator strategy is available in XCUITest Driver mode.
static org.openqa.selenium.By	name(java.lang.String selector)	For IOS the element name.
java.lang.String	toString()

Methods inherited from class org.openqa.selenium.By

cssSelector, equals, getJavascriptExecutor, getWebDriver, hashCode, linkText, partialLinkText, tagName, xpath

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

clone, finalize, getClass, notify, notifyAll, wait, wait, wait

Methods inherited from interface org.openqa.selenium.By.Remotable

getRemoteParameters

Constructor Detail

AppiumBy

protected AppiumBy(java.lang.String selector,
                   java.lang.String locatorString,
                   java.lang.String locatorName)

Method Detail

findElements

public java.util.List<org.openqa.selenium.WebElement> findElements(org.openqa.selenium.SearchContext context)

Specified by:

findElements in class org.openqa.selenium.By

findElement

public org.openqa.selenium.WebElement findElement(org.openqa.selenium.SearchContext context)

Overrides:

findElement in class org.openqa.selenium.By

toString

public java.lang.String toString()

Overrides:

toString in class org.openqa.selenium.By

accessibilityId

public static org.openqa.selenium.By accessibilityId(java.lang.String accessibilityId)

About Android accessibility https://developer.android.com/intl/ru/training/accessibility/accessible-app.html About iOS accessibility https://developer.apple.com/library/ios/documentation/UIKit/Reference/ UIAccessibilityIdentification_Protocol/index.html

Parameters:

accessibilityId - id is a convenient UI automation accessibility Id.

Returns:

an instance of AppiumBy.ByAndroidUIAutomator

androidDataMatcher

public static org.openqa.selenium.By androidDataMatcher(java.lang.String dataMatcherString)

This locator strategy is only available in Espresso Driver mode.

Parameters:

dataMatcherString - is a valid json string detailing hamcrest matcher for Espresso onData(). See the documentation for more details

Returns:

an instance of AppiumBy.ByAndroidDataMatcher

androidUIAutomator

public static org.openqa.selenium.By androidUIAutomator(java.lang.String uiautomatorText)

Refer to https://developer.android.com/training/testing/ui-automator

Parameters:

uiautomatorText - is Android UIAutomator string

Returns:

an instance of AppiumBy.ByAndroidUIAutomator

androidViewMatcher

public static org.openqa.selenium.By androidViewMatcher(java.lang.String viewMatcherString)

This locator strategy is only available in Espresso Driver mode.

Parameters:

viewMatcherString - is a valid json string detailing hamcrest matcher for Espresso onView(). See the documentation for more details

Returns:

an instance of AppiumBy.ByAndroidViewMatcher

androidViewTag

public static org.openqa.selenium.By androidViewTag(java.lang.String tag)

This locator strategy is available in Espresso Driver mode.

Parameters:

tag - is a view tag string

Returns:

an instance of AppiumBy.ByAndroidViewTag

Since:

Appium 1.8.2 beta

className

public static org.openqa.selenium.By className(java.lang.String selector)

For IOS it is the full name of the XCUI element and begins with XCUIElementType. For Android it is the full name of the UIAutomator2 class (e.g.: android.widget.TextView)

Parameters:

selector - the class name of the element

Returns:

an instance of AppiumBy.ByClassName

id

public static org.openqa.selenium.By id(java.lang.String selector)

For IOS the element name. For Android it is the resource identifier.

Parameters:

selector - element id

Returns:

an instance of AppiumBy.ById

name

public static org.openqa.selenium.By name(java.lang.String selector)

For IOS the element name. For Android it is the resource identifier.

Parameters:

selector - element id

Returns:

an instance of AppiumBy.ByName

custom

public static org.openqa.selenium.By custom(java.lang.String selector)

This type of locator requires the use of the 'customFindModules' capability and a separately-installed element finding plugin.

Parameters:

selector - selector to pass to the custom element finding plugin

Returns:

an instance of AppiumBy.ByCustom

Since:

Appium 1.9.2

image

public static org.openqa.selenium.By image(java.lang.String b64Template)

This locator strategy is available only if OpenCV libraries and NodeJS bindings are installed on the server machine.

Parameters:

b64Template - base64-encoded template image string. Supported image formats are the same as for OpenCV library.

Returns:

an instance of AppiumBy.ByImage

Since:

Appium 1.8.2

See Also:

The documentation on Image Comparison Features, The settings available for lookup fine-tuning

iOSClassChain

public static org.openqa.selenium.By iOSClassChain(java.lang.String iOSClassChainString)

This locator strategy is available in XCUITest Driver mode.

Parameters:

iOSClassChainString - is a valid class chain locator string. See the documentation for more details

Returns:

an instance of AppiumBy.ByIosClassChain

iOSNsPredicateString

public static org.openqa.selenium.By iOSNsPredicateString(java.lang.String iOSNsPredicateString)

This locator strategy is available in XCUITest Driver mode.

Parameters:

iOSNsPredicateString - is an iOS NsPredicate String

Returns:

an instance of AppiumBy.ByIosNsPredicate