java.util.HashMap cannot be cast to org.openqa.selenium.WebElement

[telangn]

Description

@SrinivasanTarget @mykola-mokhnach @TikhomirovSergey @jlipps
@saikrishna321

Once appium starts up and begins to find and use element id's in the mobile app, an error is thrown:

org.openqa.selenium.WebDriverException: Returned value cannot be converted to WebElement: {ELEMENT=1}
Caused by: java.lang.ClassCastException: java.util.HashMap cannot be cast to org.openqa.selenium.WebElement

Appium Log files: https://gist.github.com/telangn

Environment

Ubuntu 16 OS

<dependencies>
		<dependency>
			<groupId>junit</groupId>
			<artifactId>junit</artifactId>
			<version>3.8.1</version>
			<scope>test</scope>
		</dependency>
		<dependency>
			<groupId>org.seleniumhq.selenium</groupId>
			<artifactId>selenium-java</artifactId>
			<version>3.4.0</version>
		</dependency>
		<dependency>
			<groupId>io.appium</groupId>
			<artifactId>java-client</artifactId>
			<version>6.0.0-BETA2</version>
		</dependency>
		<dependency>
			<groupId>info.cukes</groupId>
			<artifactId>cucumber-java</artifactId>
			<version>1.2.5</version>
			<scope>test</scope>
		</dependency>
		<dependency>
			<groupId>info.cukes</groupId>
			<artifactId>cucumber-picocontainer</artifactId>
			<version>1.2.5</version>
			<scope>test</scope>
		</dependency>
		<dependency>
			<groupId>info.cukes</groupId>
			<artifactId>cucumber-junit</artifactId>
			<version>1.2.5</version>
			<scope>test</scope>
		</dependency>
	</dependencies>

Details

GIST for appium log files:

https://gist.github.com/telangn

Link to Appium logs

https://gist.github.com/telangn

[yefankongge]

For details, please check：#823

[telangn]

@yefankongge is there a fix? What is the fix?

[telangn]

This issue has been fixed. Can be closed.

[fdPoornima]

@telangn : what is the fix for this? which library should be updated?

[telangn]

This was a while ago, so I can't remember, but I think maybe it was a compatibility issue between the versions of appium and selenium I was using. @fdPoornima

[fdPoornima]

Thanks @telangn : I was trying out differenct combinations of the versions and one of them worked 👍

[otalandim]

@fdPoornima can you send me how steps and which version worked for you?

[tutkuayavefe]

What is the solution ? @otaviolandim @telangn @fdPoornima

[telangn]

@otaviolandim @tutkuefe Sorry for the late reply. Interesting, I looked at my POM and besides Cucumber and JUnit libraries, this is all I have.
<dependency> <groupId>io.appium</groupId> <artifactId>java-client</artifactId> <version>6.0.0</version> </dependency>

[mahima-ranium]

Thanks for your answer it helped me @telangn