How to getText() from an element using Java?

When I call getText() upon an element I’m getting the following message:

NO GET TEXT (WARNING: The server did not provide any stacktrace information) Command duration or timeout: 16 milliseconds Build info: version: 'unknown', revision: '1969d75', time: '2016-10-18 09:43:45 -0700' System info: host: 'd-1816', ip: '10.10.25.26', os.name: 'Windows 7', os.arch: 'amd64', os.version: '6.1', java.version: '1.8.0' Driver info: org.openqa.selenium.winium.WiniumDriver Capabilities [{app=C:\Windows\system32\calc.exe, args=, innerPort=9998, debugConnectToRunningApp=false, keyboardSimulator=1, launchDelay=0, platform=ANY}] Session ID: AwesomeSession

Is there a way of getting an elements text with Winium?

[NickAb]

getText should work independently of bindings language you chose to use.

In case of windows calc.exe you should use Name property on the result element, not getText.

Here is sample in python

window.find_element_by_id('150').get_attribute('Name')

Please make sure that the element itself has a text value. If some child of found element has the text, no the element you located, then try get this child element first and call getText on the child.

Internally Winium tries to use TextPattern first, then ValuePattern to get text of the element. If the element does not support those automation patterns (i.e. it is some custom element that does not implement patterns), then the method will fail.

[joshidipakkumar]

Applicable to java as well. I used it for to get a label displayed on a Button. driver.findElement(By.id(“id”)).getAttribute(“name”);