How to check if an element is visible with WebDriver

Question

With WebDriver from Selenium 2.0a2 I am having trouble checking if an element is visible.

WebDriver.findElement returns a WebElement<

Answer 1

public boolean isElementFound( String text) {
        try{
            WebElement webElement = appiumDriver.findElement(By.xpath(text));
            System.out.println("isElementFound : true :"+text + "true");
        }catch(NoSuchElementException e){
            System.out.println("isElementFound : false :"+text);
            return false;
        }
        return true;
    }

    text is the xpath which you would be passing when calling the function.
the return value will be true if the element is present else false if element is not pressent