Get text displayed on label

[codermannn]

I am using NativeScript-Dev-Appium@5.0.0 and wish to check for the text displayed on a label. I have automationText property assigned to the and use Driver.findElementByAccessibilityId(automationTextValue) to get the element. The element is found, but when I try to use the UIElement.text() / UIElement.getAttribute("value") on it, it returns the value of the automationText attribute instead of the actual displayed text. Is there any other method to do it because I can't find any.

Here's the stackoverflow link to the issue

https://stackoverflow.com/questions/54797434/nativescript-dev-appium-uielement-text-uielement-getattributevalue-ret

[SvetoslavTsenov]

unfortunately, this is a limitation of NativeScript itself since when the automationText property is used, it will set all properties of the element like value, name, label etc. I would suggest you set the same text to automationText property and then you can access or test the element using something like this:

Using XPath:

const el = await driver.findElementByXPath("//*[@name=\"My automation text\"]");

For Android only

const el = await driver.findElementByText("My automation text"); const text = await el.getAttribute("text");

Use imageVerification types like:

await driver.compareRectangle

await driver.compareElement

await driver.compareScreen

Which is very convenient but the cons here is that this will require higher maintenance at some point.

[jakevossen5]

Just to be clear, there is no way to do something like await el.getAttribute("text"); on iOS? Or for that matter, await el.getAttribute("myCustomAttribute?");