React Native android apps - driver.findElementByTagName("tagName") did not work with latest appium server and java client

[appiumautouser]

I am trying to find a text view element on React Native android app using driver.findElementByTagName("") method but having a problem. Referred to the below issue to resolve the problem. #6025

Environment:

• Appium version: 1.9.0-beta.1
• Desktop OS/version used to run Appium: Mac OS X 10.12.6
• Node.js version (unless using Appium.app|exe): 10.9.0
• Mobile platform/version under test: Android 5.1.1
• Real device or emulator/simulator: Real device
• Appium CLI or Appium.app|exe: Appium CLI

I am using Espresso driver capability as below and have provided all the app capabilities.
capabilities.setCapability("automationName", "Espresso");
When I call this method driver.findElementByTagName("") method, getting the below exception.

org.openqa.selenium.InvalidSelectorException: Locator strategy cannot be empty (WARNING: The server did not provide any stacktrace information)
Command duration or timeout: 93 milliseconds
For documentation on this error, please visit: http://seleniumhq.org/exceptions/invalid_selector_exception.html

[mykola-mokhnach]

Please provide proper issue description

[mykola-mokhnach]

Please provide the full server log.

You need to use the special locator type, which is available for espresso only if you are in native context and performing lookup by view tag. The corresponding PR has been merged recently, but it is not published yet: appium/java-client#996

You can use java client built from master branch for now or perform the lookup by xpath (the corresponding attribute name should be view-tag).

Also, it is not recommended to test web apps in native context.

[appiumautouser]

While I wait for the latest java client to be published, I tried using the xpath as you suggested and got an error. Details given below.

Code:
driver.findElementByXPath("//android.widget.TextView[@view-tag='titleTestID']");
OR
driver.findElement(By.xpath("//android.widget.TextView[@view-tag='titleTestID']"));

Error:
[W3C] Encountered internal error running command: Error: Could not proxy. Proxy error: Could not proxy command to remote server. Original error: 500 - {"message":"Internal error has occurred","reason":"Error performing 'getting view in application' on view 'Animations or transitions are enabled on the target device.\nFor more info check: http://goo.gl/qVu1yV\n\nis a root view.'."}

Server log link:
https://gist.github.com/appiumautouser/41cb0fa3c078b885313ccbb7a6246a96

Please help.

[appiumautouser]

After turning the Animation Scales off on the device Settings->Developer options, I am getting the below error which is similar to appium/appium-espresso-driver#82

org.openqa.selenium.WebDriverException: An unknown server-side error occurred while processing the command. Original error: Could not proxy. Proxy error: Could not proxy command to remote server. Original error: 500 - {"message":"Internal error has occurred","reason":"Error performing 'getting view in application' on view 'is a root view.'."}

Logs:
https://gist.github.com/appiumautouser/5d8f3ad3e4094879d49832ddeb75579a

[mykola-mokhnach]

The last one is different issue. Please report it to https://github.com/appium/appium-espresso-driver, so it will be resolved faster

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