Hi, I am testing an app on iOS and Android and sometimes I need to interact with objects via xpath. On Android it works fine, on iOS it never works. Did somebody faced the same issue? Thank you.

Hi @chen.lee , for example, I detected this object and the xpath is something like this: //AppiumAUT/XCUIElementTypeApplication[1]/XCUIElementTypeWindow[1]/XCUIElementTypeOther[1]/XCUIElementTypeOther[1]/XCUIElementTypeOther[1]/XCUIElementTypeOther[1]/XCUIElementTypeOther[2]/XCUIElementTypeOther[1…

@monica.canziani , can you show the error log so we can see what the problem is?

@chen.lee for example I tried to tap on this element: //AppiumAUT/XCUIElementTypeApplication[1]/XCUIElementTypeWindow[1]/XCUIElementTypeOther[1]/XCUIElementTypeOther[1]/XCUIElementTypeOther[1]/XCUIElementTypeOther[1]/XCUIElementTypeOther[2]/XCUIElementTypeOther[1]/XCUIElementTypeOther[1]/XCUIEleme…

@monica.canziani , did you use KS mobile spy to get your XPath, or is it a custom XPath that you create? If it’s a custom XPath, can you try using KS mobile spy for Katalon to capture the exact XPath?

@chen.lee this was the exact xpath extracted by Katalon Studio. I didn’t even know that a custom xpath was possible to set.

@monica.canziani , in the Object Properties, can you uncheck xpath and check type, label, and name under Detect object by? to see whether KS could detect the object? [Screenshot 2022-07-22 171632]

Yes, I can. But in certain contexts I need to use the xpath. I could manipulate the xpath inside, but I have no clue about how to write a correct xpath for my context, so I rely on the default provided by Katalon.

In that case, you would need to provide the device model and the list of processes for us to reconstruct the process on our side to figure out your problem.

@chen.lee this happens with every model of iPhone I have set. I’m using a physical local device (which is an iPhone 13) and both remote physical devices (via Browserstack).

Katalon cannot interact with iOS objects via xpath

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chen.lee July 19, 2022, 6:35am 2

Hey Monica @monica.canziani, can you provide screenshots and list the steps you are trying to configure with the iOS? Follow this post to see how you can structure your inquiry for us to understand your problem better.

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