app_strings fails to return locale, also fails to return default strings.xml

The problem

First of all, this is the apk under test: https://drive.google.com/open?id=0ByLgHLmeVLK5NTlnYmhTaXlid0E And this is the string table: https://drive.google.com/open?id=0ByLgHLmeVLK5SXBsRFc5RjNkX2c

Two issues:

1. The target app has strings.xml et el. under the default “values” folder, with only special localized strings under values-en for English; driver.app_strings only returns strings under values-en without including the default strings under values.
2. The target app has localized strings for both zh_CN (Simplified Chinese) and zh_TW (Traditional Chinese), however, it doesn’t have any localized string for just zh, driver.app_strings fails to return the localized strings for both zh_CN & zh_TW, instead, it returns the default strings under values.

p.s. my temporary workaround for issue[1] is to pull /data/local/tmp/strings.json directly; however, it couldn’t get around issue[2].

Environment

• Appium version (or git revision) that exhibits the issue: purely npm’s appium@1.6.5
• Last Appium version that did not exhibit the issue (if applicable):
• Desktop OS/version used to run Appium: Ubuntu 16.04
• Node.js version (unless using Appium.app|exe): v8.4.0
• Mobile platform/version under test: Android 7.1.1
• Real device or emulator/simulator: Real Nexus 6P
• Appium CLI or Appium.app|exe: not sure, just appium from npm (/home/mobiserver/.linuxbrew/bin/appium -> …/lib/node_modules/appium/build/lib/main.js*)

Details

Tried this on both uiautomator & uiautomator2, they both have the same issue.

Link to Appium logs

driver.app_strings when locale on mobile device is set to en https://gist.github.com/zavvio/c211645b4cb36966487a175c5e72572a driver.app_strings when locale on mobile device is set to zh_CN https://gist.github.com/zavvio/535d6bd82c83ebd8a9f1c2c0522b7a2f

Code To Reproduce Issue [ Good To Have ]

Sorry, it has some wrapper but this should be equivalent to just calling driver.app_strings

`class Suite_01(unittest.TestCase):

@classmethod
def setUpClass(cls):
    # Load configuration file
    cls.cfg = MobiConfig(EzPath.find_absolute_path("/MobileApps/config/ci/android_aio/bat_aioa_zm.cfg"))

    # Define log
    logging.config.fileConfig(EzPath.find_absolute_path(CONFIG.LOG_PATH))

    # Add some ip address to no_proxy
    SetProxy.add_to_no_proxy(cls.cfg.get("MISC", "no-proxy"))

    # Define Appium Server
    desired_caps = dict()
    desired_caps['platformName'] = cls.cfg.get("DEVICE", "platform-name")
    desired_caps['platformVersion'] = cls.cfg.get("DEVICE", "platform-version")
    desired_caps['deviceName'] = cls.cfg.get("DEVICE", "device-name")

    cls.app = MobiEzApp(cfg=cls.cfg, desired_capabilities={
                                      'automationName': "uiautomator2",
                                      'app': cls.cfg.get("APP", "aio-package"),
                                      'appPackage': "com.hp.printercontrol",
                                      'appActivity': "com.hp.printercontrol.base.PrinterControlActivity",
                                      'appWaitActivity': "com.hp.printercontrol.moobe.UiMoobeEntranceAct,com.hp.printercontrol.base.PrinterControlActivity",
                                      'fullReset': "true"})
    cls.ui = MobiUiMap(cls.app, cls.cfg.get("UI-MAP", "aio-android"), language=cls.cfg.get("DEVICE", "language"))
    print cls.app.app_strings()

`

[zavvio]

ok, there’s a pickup curve for me but I’ll try to dig into the source code.

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