Is it possible that MobileElement/AndroidElement/IOSElement support element description?

[ansonliao]

Description

Hi,
For more details to track the test operation/flow in test report (for example, ReportNG, ExtentsReport), is it possible that add a public String field to MobileElement/AndroidElement/IOSElement for storing the element's description?

for example:

public class HomePageObjects {

    @iOSFindBy(id = "submit", description = "Home page - [Submit] button")
    public IOSElement submitButton;

    ...
}

public class ProfilePageObjects {

    @iOSFindBy(id = "submit", description = "Profile page - [Submit] button")
    public MobileElement submitButton;
}

so that in calling reporter's log method in personal Appium test project:

public void click(MobileElement e) {
    e.click();
    // reportNG
    reporter.log("Click: " + e.getDescription());
}

public void clearText(MobileElement e) {
    e.clear();
    //reportNG
    reporter.log("Clear Text: " + e.getDescription());
}

public void enterText(MobileElement e, String s) {
    e.sendKeys(s);
    //reportNG
    reporter.log("Type Text: " + e.getDescription());
}

public void swipDown(MobileElement e) {
    //add code here
}

so that the test report will be more detail as mobile description supported:

Snipshot of ReportNG:

Type: ......
Swipe Down: ....
Clear Text: ...
...
Click: Home page - [Submit] button
...
Click: Profile page - [Submit] button
Test fail

Error: MobileElemet: by.id = "submit" still displayed.

tracking test report test operation flow, it is more easier to locate the it was fail after click profile page submit button, not home page submit button.

please advise.

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[rromanik]

Hi all,

I like the idea to have some additional info returned about an element when its 'toString()' method is invoked.

Maybe, to inject such description into @findby annotation is not reasonable, but to add, e.g., @name annotation (in a manner similar to Yandex HtmlElements framework, see here and here ) would be great!

And this enhancement may well be in accord with 'Widget' feature of Appium framework, see here.

The example code:

public class APage {
    @Name("'Login' Button")
    @FindBy(id = "loginButton")
    private Button loginButton;

    public void clickLoginButton() {
        System.out.println("Clicks " + loginButton);
        loginButton.click();
    }
}

and invoking 'clickLoginButton()' method from APage would print
"Clicks 'Login' Button"

And last comment: It does not sound like an issue, but rather as a Feature Request. Where should I put it then?

Thanks,
Roman Romanik

[ansonliao]

@rromanik

Good to know Yandex HtmlElements framework, and look good that anntation @Name, dont know how to implement it in MobileElement.

any idea?

[HlebHalkouski]

@TikhomirovSergey how you look at idea add Name annotation like Yandex HtmlElements framework?

We need to change AppiumField decorator: update defaultElementFieldDecorator and decorateWidget method.
Add to interceptors constructors parameter String name and in intercept toString replace locator.toString to name:
And add ElementUtil class with logic around Name annotation.

I can try to implement this.

[aldonin]

@HlebHalkouski hi, any progress? If you need, I have working example, but for 1.4 fork. We use it for our project

[ansonliao]

thanks all, I also use Yandex HtmlElements framework in my Selenium test, for Appium, I tried to extend MobileElement and finally found that many classes are private in Java-Client, it is hard to extend from Java-Client.

@HlebHalkouski @aldonin hope can hear the good news from you soon.

[HlebHalkouski]

@ansonliao @aldonin I found good solution. This merge make locator factory classes public and I use annotation from java-client with my custom decorator. My decorator is hybrid of Yandex HtmlElements decorator with locator factory from java-client.

elementLocatorFactory = new AppiumElementLocatorFactory(context, timeOutDuration, originalDriver, new DefaultElementByBuilder(platform, automation));' ' blockLocatorFactory = new AppiumElementLocatorFactory(context, timeOutDuration, originalDriver, new WidgetByBuilder(platform, automation));

I add Named interface for my mobile elements and set name in interceptor.

[aldonin]

@HlebHalkouski Do you plan any pull request to java-client? It would be great. Thanks in advance

[HlebHalkouski]

@aldonin no, no pull request. Because I created issue and Mykola explained me why appium java-client don't need updates.
You can contact me by Skype and I will show you me inmplementation.

[saikrishna321]

Closing w.r.t #625

[ansonliao]

@HlebHalkouski
could you share your code that those classes implemetation?
Contact you via Skyep but no response.

elementLocatorFactory = new AppiumElementLocatorFactory(context, timeOutDuration, originalDriver, new DefaultElementByBuilder(platform, automation));' ' blockLocatorFactory = new AppiumElementLocatorFactory(context, timeOutDuration, originalDriver, new WidgetByBuilder(platform, automation));

[UltroEdward]

Any custom Decorator & extended mobile elements implementation?