How to locate a button with a dynamicID

Question

I am automating an Android app using Appium where we need to click a button with a dynamic ID. Either the button has ID "PROFILEBUTTON" or ID "PROFILEMAILBUTTON". Apart from co-ordinates, what else can be used to automate clicking this button?

Try to locate via the different locator - CSS, Name or etc. – Zhivko.Kostadinov May 01 '18 at 13:51 — Zhivko.Kostadinov, May 01 '18 at 13:51
There is no unique locator for this element. – sandy May 01 '18 at 14:02 — sandy, May 01 '18 at 14:02

Guy · Answer 1 · 2018-05-02T10:17:35.167

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You can use partial id

driver.findElement(By.cssSelector("[id*='PROFIL'][id*='BUTTON']"));

Or with xpath

driver.findElement(By.cssSelector("//*[contains(@id, 'PROFIL') and contains(@id, 'BUTTON')]"));

driver.findElement(By.cssSelector("//*[contains(@id, 'PROFIL')][contains(@id, 'BUTTON')]"));

edited May 02 '18 at 10:17

answered May 01 '18 at 14:26

Guy

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In this case you could (should?) be more specific and use starts with and ends with... `[id^='PROFILE'][id$='BUTTON']` to reduce/eliminate bad matches. – JeffC May 01 '18 at 19:59
Does this same applies for xpath? Because css doesnt work for my app. – sandy May 01 '18 at 20:09
@sandy Edited my answer – Guy May 01 '18 at 20:18
I get an error. Argument was an invalid selector (e.g. XPath/CSS) – sandy May 02 '18 at 08:09
@sandy Edited the `xpath` – Guy May 02 '18 at 10:17

undetected Selenium · Accepted Answer · 2018-05-02T08:50:12.813

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To identify an element with dynamic ID either PROFILEBUTTON or PROFILEMAILBUTTON you can use cssSelector with the following wildcards :

^ : To indicate an attribute value starts with
$ : To indicate an attribute value ends with

So the most granular locator would include the strategy to lookout for the initial letters i.e. PROFILE and the ending letters i.e. BUTTON and should be :

driver.findElement(By.cssSelector("[id^='PROFILE'][id$='BUTTON']"));

Update

As per your comment update, you can use either of the equivalent xpath as follows :

driver.findElement(By.xpath("//*[contains(@resource-id,'profileMail') and contains(@resource-id,'Button')]"));
//or
driver.findElement(By.xpath("//*[contains(@resource-id,'profileMailButton') or contains(@resource-id,'profileMailPremiumButton')]"));

edited May 02 '18 at 08:50

answered May 01 '18 at 20:07

undetected Selenium

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How can this written with xpath please – sandy May 01 '18 at 20:10
@sandy Checkout my answer update and let me know the status – undetected Selenium May 01 '18 at 20:17
I get an error. Argument was an invalid selector (e.g. XPath/CSS) – sandy May 02 '18 at 08:00
@sandy Can you update me the `tag` name which will contain the element with the mentioned IDs – undetected Selenium May 02 '18 at 08:08
resource-id:" net.ilius.android.meetic:id/profileMailButton" or this "net.ilius.android.meetic:id/profileMaiPremiumlButton" I used : driver.findElement(By.xpath("//*[contains(@resource-id,'net.ilius.android.meetic:id/profileMail')]")); – sandy May 02 '18 at 08:17
Checkout my updated answer and let me know the status – undetected Selenium May 02 '18 at 08:50

score 0 · Answer 3 · answered May 02 '18 at 11:35

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driver.findElement(By.xpath("//*[contains(@resource-id,'profileMailButton') or contains(@resource-id,'profileMailPremiumButton')]"));

This worked for me.

answered May 02 '18 at 11:35

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