# How to initliaze Android driver **URL:** \ **Category:** Mobile Testing\ **Tags:** mobile-testing, katalon-studio\ **Created:** [January 24, 2018, 7:06am UTC](https://forum.katalon.com/t/how-to-initliaze-android-driver/9019 "2018-01-24T07:06:46Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 11\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Sudheer\_D\_J](https://dub1.discourse-cdn.com/katalon/user_avatar/forum.katalon.com/sudheer_d_j/32/16104_2.png) [@Sudheer\_D\_J](https://forum.katalon.com/u/Sudheer_D_J)\ **Post date:** [January 24, 2018, 7:06am UTC](https://forum.katalon.com/t/how-to-initliaze-android-driver/9019/1 "2018-01-24T07:06:46Z")
Hi, I am trying to automate mobile native app and i want to use UI selector class in my script. Please can any one tell me how to intilaize it. For web application i am using like this. WebDriver driver = DriverFactory.getWebDriver() In the similar manner i want it for Android driver ---
**Author:** ![Zarashima](https://dub1.discourse-cdn.com/katalon/user_avatar/forum.katalon.com/zarashima/32/928_2.png) [@Zarashima](https://forum.katalon.com/u/Zarashima)\ **Post date:** [January 24, 2018, 8:00am UTC](https://forum.katalon.com/t/how-to-initliaze-android-driver/9019/2 "2018-01-24T08:00:53Z")
For mobile testing, it will be like this: **import** com.kms.katalon.core.mobile.keyword.internal.MobileDriverFactory **import** io.appium.java\_client.AppiumDriver AppiumDriver\ driver = MobileDriverFactory._getDriver_() ---
**Author:** ![Sudheer\_D\_J](https://dub1.discourse-cdn.com/katalon/user_avatar/forum.katalon.com/sudheer_d_j/32/16104_2.png) [@Sudheer\_D\_J](https://forum.katalon.com/u/Sudheer_D_J)\ **Post date:** [January 24, 2018, 8:23am UTC](https://forum.katalon.com/t/how-to-initliaze-android-driver/9019/3 "2018-01-24T08:23:11Z")
Thank you, i am trying to get the text from driver.findElementByAndroidUIAutomator(“new UiSelector().className(\“android.view.View\”).index(11)”) But, i am not getting getText() How to get the text? ---
**Author:** ![Sudheer\_D\_J](https://dub1.discourse-cdn.com/katalon/user_avatar/forum.katalon.com/sudheer_d_j/32/16104_2.png) [@Sudheer\_D\_J](https://forum.katalon.com/u/Sudheer_D_J)\ **Post date:** [January 24, 2018, 4:31pm UTC](https://forum.katalon.com/t/how-to-initliaze-android-driver/9019/4 "2018-01-24T16:31:06Z")
Hi Vinh, Could you please respond to my question. I am stuck on this. Without this i cannot move forward in my application. ---
**Author:** ![Zarashima](https://dub1.discourse-cdn.com/katalon/user_avatar/forum.katalon.com/zarashima/32/928_2.png) [@Zarashima](https://forum.katalon.com/u/Zarashima)\ **Post date:** [January 25, 2018, 2:57am UTC](https://forum.katalon.com/t/how-to-initliaze-android-driver/9019/5 "2018-01-25T02:57:03Z")
The function you are using related to Appium itself, so do you double check if you are using correct className and its function? ---
**Author:** ![Sudheer\_D\_J](https://dub1.discourse-cdn.com/katalon/user_avatar/forum.katalon.com/sudheer_d_j/32/16104_2.png) [@Sudheer\_D\_J](https://forum.katalon.com/u/Sudheer_D_J)\ **Post date:** [January 25, 2018, 3:40am UTC](https://forum.katalon.com/t/how-to-initliaze-android-driver/9019/6 "2018-01-25T03:40:19Z")
Yes, i am using correct function. When i am writting same code in Eclipse i am getting all the appropriate methods like getText(), click()… ![](https://s3.amazonaws.com/katalon-forum/editor/ib/9bw8uaj3sjs7.png "Image: https://s3.amazonaws.com/katalon-forum/editor/ib/9bw8uaj3sjs7.png") ![](https://s3.amazonaws.com/katalon-forum/editor/da/tf5yupohbwhw.png) [Eclipse Image.png](https://s3.amazonaws.com/katalon-forum/editor/ib/9bw8uaj3sjs7.png) [Katalon Image1.png](https://s3.amazonaws.com/katalon-forum/editor/da/tf5yupohbwhw.png) ---
**Author:** ![Sudheer\_D\_J](https://dub1.discourse-cdn.com/katalon/user_avatar/forum.katalon.com/sudheer_d_j/32/16104_2.png) [@Sudheer\_D\_J](https://forum.katalon.com/u/Sudheer_D_J)\ **Post date:** [January 26, 2018, 6:54am UTC](https://forum.katalon.com/t/how-to-initliaze-android-driver/9019/7 "2018-01-26T06:54:34Z")
Hi Vinh, I had attached the screenshots. Awaiting for your reply. Please help me to solve this. ---
**Author:** ![Zarashima](https://dub1.discourse-cdn.com/katalon/user_avatar/forum.katalon.com/zarashima/32/928_2.png) [@Zarashima](https://forum.katalon.com/u/Zarashima)\ **Post date:** [January 28, 2018, 9:26am UTC](https://forum.katalon.com/t/how-to-initliaze-android-driver/9019/8 "2018-01-28T09:26:54Z")
I think you should use this instead: driver.findElementByAndroidUIAutomator(“new UiSelector().className(“android.view.View”).index(11)”) ---
**Author:** ![Sudheer\_D\_J](https://dub1.discourse-cdn.com/katalon/user_avatar/forum.katalon.com/sudheer_d_j/32/16104_2.png) [@Sudheer\_D\_J](https://forum.katalon.com/u/Sudheer_D_J)\ **Post date:** [January 29, 2018, 7:19am UTC](https://forum.katalon.com/t/how-to-initliaze-android-driver/9019/9 "2018-01-29T07:19:13Z")
I am using driverTest instead of driver. I declared the variable with the name as ‘driverTest’. Both are same. ---
**Author:** ![Aalok](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/8e7dd6/32.png) [@Aalok](https://forum.katalon.com/u/Aalok)\ **Post date:** [June 8, 2018, 9:21am UTC](https://forum.katalon.com/t/how-to-initliaze-android-driver/9019/10 "2018-06-08T09:21:13Z")
I have tried below code :- Option1:- AppiumDriver\ driver = MobileDriverFactory.getDriver() driver.findElementById(“btnLogin”).click() Option2:- AppiumDriver\ driver = MobileDriverFactory.getDriver() driver.findElementByXPath("([//android.widget.Button](https://android.widget.Button))[0]").click() But getting below error in both attempt:- est1 FAILED because (of) org.openqa.selenium.NoSuchElementException: An element could not be located on the page using the given search parameters. (WARNING: The server did not provide any stacktrace information) Command duration or timeout: 0 milliseconds For documentation on this error, please visit: [http://seleniumhq.org/exceptions/no\_such\_element.html](http://seleniumhq.org/exceptions/no_such_element.html) Can someone guide me on this issue? ---
**Author:** ![Vincent\_Van](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/v/48db29/32.png) [@Vincent\_Van](https://forum.katalon.com/u/Vincent_Van)\ **Post date:** [September 26, 2018, 3:39am UTC](https://forum.katalon.com/t/how-to-initliaze-android-driver/9019/11 "2018-09-26T03:39:53Z")
@Aalok try driver.findElement(MobileBy by) instead of findElementByXXX()