Can we find element by ID in appium

Question

following link mentions that we can find element by giving id... but i am unable to find it.

https://github.com/appium/appium/blob/master/docs/en/writing-running-app

Answer 1

Here is the jave code with most common ways to locate elements using Appium

//Find element by id and enter Hello in Text box.

    driver.findElementById("edit_name").sendKeys("Hello");
    //Find element by class name and enter Hello in Text box.

     driver.findElementByClassName("com.android.EditText").sendKeys("Hello");
    //Find element by xpath and enter Hello in Text box.

    driver.findElementByXPath("//cass[@value='Enter Name']").sendKeys("Hello");
    //Find element by link text and enter Hello in Text box.

    driver.findElementByLinkText("Enter Name").sendKeys("Hello");

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