testID, accessibilityLabel information not visible in Appium (Android only) #30226
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Description
Description
When inspecting a react-native app on Android via Appium, testing identifiers like testID or accessibilityLabel sometimes appear and sometimes don't. There is no major difference in how nested the elements are for when they appear and when they don't - they just sometimes don't. This is not an issue on iOS, everything works fine there.
Whether, as has been mentioned in various places, I put testID, testID & accessibilityLabel or just accessibilityLabel the issue is there. Whether or not I add the prop of accessible={true} or not, the issue is there.
React Native version:
OS: macOS 10.15.7
CPU: (8) x64 Intel(R) Core(TM) i5-8257U CPU @ 1.40GHz
Memory: 59.60 MB / 16.00 GB
Shell: 5.7.1 - /bin/zsh
Binaries:
Node: 13.12.0 - /usr/local/bin/node
Yarn: 1.22.4 - /usr/local/bin/yarn
npm: 6.14.4 - /usr/local/bin/npm
Watchman: 4.9.0 - /usr/local/bin/watchman
Managers:
CocoaPods: 1.9.3 - /usr/local/bin/pod
SDKs:
iOS SDK:
Platforms: iOS 14.0, DriverKit 19.0, macOS 10.15, tvOS 14.0, watchOS 7.0
Android SDK:
API Levels: 26, 28, 29
Build Tools: 28.0.3, 29.0.2, 29.0.3
System Images: android-23 | Google APIs Intel x86 Atom, android-25 | Google Play Intel x86 Atom, android-29 | Google APIs Intel x86 Atom
Android NDK: Not Found
IDEs:
Android Studio: 4.0 AI-193.6911.18.40.6626763
Xcode: 12.0.1/12A7300 - /usr/bin/xcodebuild
Languages:
Java: 1.8.0_265 - /usr/bin/javac
Python: 2.7.16 - /usr/bin/python
npmPackages:
@react-native-community/cli: Not Found
react: 16.13.1 => 16.13.1
react-native: 0.63.2 => 0.63.2
react-native-macos: Not Found
npmGlobalPackages:
*react-native*: Not Found```
## Steps To Reproduce
Create a react native app, set up tests via `jest` and `appium` (as can be seen in countless different places online) and simply provide the testing props on a view `testID`, `accessibilityLabel` and for the test use `driver.hasElementByAccessibilityId()` function.
## Expected Results
The element is found based on the accessibility information I provide. Tests may fail due to various other appium issues (namely the driver limitations on the Android side) but the elements should be found.
## Snack, code example, screenshot, or link to a repository:
Sample React-Native View:
```return (
<>
<View
testID="container"
>
<Text testID="testText">Test</Text>
</View>
</>
);```
Sample Test code:
expect(await driver.hasElementByAccessibilityId('container')).toBe(true);
expect(await driver.hasElementByAccessibilityId('testText')).toBe(true);