can use :class in Gametel#has_view?

features/has_view.feature

@@ -3,7 +3,9 @@ Feature:  Determining whether or not a view exists
   Scenario:  Checking the existence of a view
     When I'm on the buttons screen
     Then we should know that the view with id "button_normal" exists
+    And we should know that the view with class "android.widget.Button" exists
 
   Scenario:  Checking the absence of a view
     When I'm on the buttons screen
     Then we should know that the view with id "checkbox_button" does not exist
+    And we should know that the view with class "android.widget.ListView" does not exist

features/step_definitions/has_view_steps.rb

@@ -1,12 +1,14 @@
-Then /^we should know that the view with id "(.*?)" exists$/ do |with_this_id|
+Then /^we should know that the view with (\w+) "(.*?)" exists$/ do |how, what|
   on(ButtonScreen) do |screen|
-    screen.should have_view(with_this_id)
+    locator = {}; locator[how.to_sym] = what
+    screen.should have_view(locator)
   end
 end
 
-Then /^we should know that the view with id "(.*?)" does not exist$/ do |with_this_id|
+Then /^we should know that the view with (\w+) "(.*?)" does not exist$/ do |how, what|
   on(ButtonScreen) do |screen|
-    screen.should_not have_view(with_this_id)
+    locator = {}; locator[how.to_sym] = what
+    screen.should_not have_view(locator)
   end
 end
 

lib/gametel/platforms/brazenhead/view.rb

@@ -30,7 +30,7 @@ def get_view_by_index(clazz, index, &block)
           device.get_class_loader :variable => '@@loader@@'
           device.get_class
           device.for_name clazz, false, '@@loader@@', :variable => '@@the_type@@'
-          device.get_view '@@the_type@@', index, :target => 'Robotium', :variable  => '@@the_view@@'
+          device.get_view '@@the_type@@', index || 0, :target => 'Robotium', :variable  => '@@the_view@@'
           block.call device if block
         end
       end

lib/gametel/platforms/brazenhead_platform.rb

@@ -149,7 +149,8 @@ def has_text?(text)
       #
       def has_view?(locator)
         begin
-          result = get_view_by_id(locator)
+          result = get_view_by_id(locator[:id]) if locator[:id]
+          result = get_view_by_index(locator[:class], locator[:index]) if locator[:class]
           result.body.include? 'windowLocation'
         rescue Exception
           false

spec/lib/gametel_spec.rb

@@ -70,16 +70,22 @@ class GametelSampleScreen
       screen.should be_enabled('some_id')
     end
 
-    it "should know if a view exists" do
+    it "should know if a view exists by id" do
       result.should_receive(:body).and_return('windowLocation')
-      platform.should_receive(:get_view_by_id).and_return(result)
-      screen.should have_view('some_id')
+      platform.should_receive(:get_view_by_id).with('some_id').and_return(result)
+      screen.should have_view(:id => 'some_id')
     end
 
-    it "should know if a view does not exist" do
+    it "should know if a view exists by class" do
+      result.should_receive(:body).and_return('windowLocation')
+      platform.should_receive(:get_view_by_index).with('some_class', 0).and_return(result)
+      screen.should have_view(:class => 'some_class', :index => 0)
+    end
+
+    it "should know if a view does not exist by id" do
       result.should_receive(:body).and_return('')
-      platform.should_receive(:get_view_by_id).and_return(result)
-      screen.should_not have_view('some_id')
+      platform.should_receive(:get_view_by_id).with('some_id').and_return(result)
+      screen.should_not have_view(:id => 'some_id')
     end