How to handle Android permission Dialogues using Appium C#

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I am using Appium with C# client.

When launching an Android app, I get several permission dialogue boxes like this one.

I would like to click on "Allow" or "Deny" buttons, which I am unable to do using below code.

var Allow_Btn = driver.FindElementById("permission_allow_button");
Allow_Btn.Click();

After a lot of googling, I found out that we can skip these permissions by using the below capability.

Capability.SetCapability("autoGrantPermissions", "true");

But I would like to know if there is any other way to do it.

Thanks in advance.

Dmitri T · Accepted Answer · 2019-05-15 12:29:08Z

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I don't know where did you get this permission_allow_button ID, I don't think the locator is correct.

Here is how it looks like for me in Android Device Monitor application

So if you still want to use the strategy of finding the element by ID - you should use com.android.packageinstaller:id/permission_allow_button ID.

Another option is going for XPath selectors like:

//Button[@text()='ALLOW]
//Button[@resource-id='com.android.packageinstaller:id/permission_allow_button']

answered May 15, 2019 at 12:29

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Abhi3106 Over a year ago

I usually use the ID that way and it works every time. Below is the app that I am using to test. apkpure.com/raaga/net.amp.raaga/download?from=details Below techniques didn't work. driver.FindElement(new ByAndroidUIAutomator("text(\"ALLOW\")")).Click(); driver.FindElementById("com.android.packageinstaller:id/permission_allow_button"); driver.FindElementByXPath("//*[@class='android.widget.Button'][2]").Click();

Mohanraj · Accepted Answer · 2019-05-15 13:26:52Z

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You can do it by Xpath locators only. Find by id would not worked for permission dialog handling. To find "ALLOW" button you can use

driver.find_element_by_xpath("//*[@class='android.widget.Button'][2]") //it denotes "Allow" button

and for "DENY" button you,

driver.find_element_by_xpath("//*[@class='android.widget.Button'][1]") //it denotes "Deny" button

Before you click the button you should wait until the element located

WebDriverWait wait = new WebDriverWait(driver, timeOut);                
wait.until(ExpectedConditions.presenceOfElementLocated(element));

Hope this will help you.

edited May 15, 2019 at 13:26

answered May 15, 2019 at 12:52

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Abhi3106 Over a year ago

Thanks Mohanraj for your reply. Could you please try on this app at apkpure.com/raaga/net.amp.raaga/download?from=details. Let me know if it works for you as none of the below techniques work for me. driver.FindElement(new ByAndroidUIAutomator("text(\"ALLOW\")")).Click(); driver.FindElementById("com.android.packageinstaller:id/permission_allow_button"); driver.FindElementByXPath("//*[@class='android.widget.Button'][2]").Click();

Mohanraj Over a year ago

@Abhi3106 I used it in my application and worked as expected and fine.

Abhi3106 Over a year ago

Would you mind giving a try on that app and share your results. It would be helpful. Thank You.

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