Fix Invalid Argument invalid locator error on Agent 3.4.0+ (Appium 2.0)
This article will help you fix your locators to follow W3C guidelines and avoid errors in the executions
If you are experiencing the following error after updating the Agent to version 3.4.0 on your mobile executions follow this article to quickly fix your locators.
TimeoutException: Timeout occurred while trying to perform the action. invalid argument: invalid locator
Since Appium 2.0 has started following W3C guidelines, the following locators on mobile need to change (ID, Class name, Name) to meet the requirements:
This is how you can fix them:
- ID --> is now a CSS selector, add '#' before value.
- Class name-> is now a CSS selector, add '.' before value.
- Name --> is now a CSS selector, no change is required (note).
Other related errors you might encounter:
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TimeoutException: Timeout occurred while trying to perform the action. invalid argument: invalid locator
2.
Action failed using following locators:
ID=textElementTimeoutException: Timeout occurred while trying to perform the action. invalid argument: invalid locator(Session info: chrome=91.0.4472.114)Build info: version: '3.141.59', revision: 'e82be7d358', time: '2018-11-14T08:17:03'System info: host: 'DESKTOP-SGJR97F', ip: '172.22.144.1', os.name: 'Windows 10', os.arch: 'amd64', os.version: '10.0', java.version: '13.0.1'Driver info: io.appium.java_client.AppiumDriver
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