Toast messages handling using robot framework

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Hi,
How to automate toast messages using robot framework?
In my web application under test there are different toast messages on different location.
These messages display for 3 seconds and then gets fade away.
Unable to get the locator for it.
I am using robot framework in eclipse red editor, python, selenium.
Thanks !

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You might need to pause the browser while the toast message is being shown to then be able to figure out it’s CSS/Xpath locator. It can be a bit tricky and I think it is a little different’ between using Chrome or Firefox. I think for Chrome you have to hit F8 while DevTools is open and you have activated the Sources tab. It takes a bit of trial and error to time it just right so don’t despair if you struggle.

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Use FLAUI Inspect to get the xpath of the Toast Notification and try clicking it via FLAUI Library. sometimes this works. It takes a bit of trial and error.

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I usually inspect the button that triggers the toast message to find the function it calls (on-click) and put, then using dev tools put a break point in the function and then click it, if you get it right the break point stops the toast message from disappearing and you can figure out the selector.

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I was able to detect Toast messages using

  • Wait Until Page Contains Element or
  • Wait Until Page Contains keywords

Code Snippet

# login_page.robot
...

*** Variables ***
...
${TOAST_MESSAGE}    xpath=//android.widget.Toast[@text="Toast message."]

...
*** Keywords ***
...
Detect Toast Message After Login
...
    Wait Until Page Contains Element    ${TOAST_MESSAGE}
    Wait Until Page Contains    Toast message.    # Alternative

Prerequisites:

  1. UiAutomator2 version 6.7.8
  2. Appium version 3.1.2
  3. Robot Framework version 7.4.1
  4. Python version 3.12.6
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