Find element by text

[bootstraponline]

Is there a way to find elements by text or should I just use XPath?

$driver.find_element :text, 'Sign In'
ArgumentError: cannot find element by :text

[jlipps]

Just use xpath. "text" is not a selenium selector strategy.

$driver.find_element :xpath, '//text[@value="Sign In"]'

or

$driver.find_element :xpath, '//text[@text="Sign In"]'

(value was added to android for compatibility with ios).

[hardik-d]

@jlipps this does not work in appium 1.6.3, is it a known issue #7551 Any workaround?

[jlipps]

@hardik-d the android xml schema changed since 3.5 years ago, see my comment on #7551

[141801]

$driver.find_element :xpath, '//text[@value="Sign In"]'

Not a native element method
I want to get element by text .I tried your advices but it just work well for webview element

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