AndroidViewClient view.getvisibility() returns -1

Question

When I run following code, although I declare the view as visible, it always returns -1:

et = vc.findViewById('com.hamed.android:id/editText1')
time.sleep(2)
print et.getVisibility()

I check getVisibility() method and see that it returns -1 when an exception arise in getting visibility property. Where is my fault?

if you don't set that view is it really visible ? Try setting it and then check what your code returns. — android_Muncher, Jun 14 '14 at 10:58
I run my android application and work with it. The view is visible but I don't know why AVC raises exception! — HaMi, Jun 14 '14 at 11:04
What if you use et = vc.findViewByIdOr Raise('com.hamed.android:id/editText1') and what if you perform refresh (dump) again after time.sleep(2) and then et = vc.findViewByIdOr Raise('com.hamed.android:id/editText1') again? (Maybe your et = vc.findViewById('com.hamed.android:id/editText1') returns None and maybe the view disappear etc after the sleep) — Prophet, Jun 14 '14 at 18:33
@dtmilano: It prints out: View[ class=android.widget.EditText index=2 selected=false NAF=true clickable=true package=com.mkyong.android text= long-clickable=true enabled=true bounds=((0, 128), (320, 176)) content-desc= focusable=true focused=true uniqueId=id/no_id/9 checkable=false resource-id=com.mkyong.android:id/editText1 password=false class=android.widget.EditText checked=false scrollable=false ] parent=android.widget.LinearLayout — HaMi, Jun 15 '14 at 06:24

score 0 · Answer 1 · answered Jun 16 '14 at 18:42

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UIAutomator does not return INVISIBLE Views in its dump. That's why they disappear, if they were VISIBLE before.

answered Jun 16 '14 at 18:42

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