Explicit Wait for automating windows application using winappdriver - wait

Question

I am a newbie to Windows Application Driver and my project demands automating the desktop application, so I decided to use winappdriver as it is similar to selenium, on which I am pretty confident about using.
speaking of the issue,
Just wondering if there is a way to achieve explicit wait and implicit wait using winappdriver. Following is the code i used as part of my test cases, the test fails with an exception (NoSuchElementException), however, if I put a static wait in place instead of explicit wait, it works as expected.
//Driver Setup
public class OscBase {
public static WindowsDriver<WebElement> applicaitonSession, driver = null;
public static WindowsDriver<RemoteWebElement> desktopSession = null;
public static DesiredCapabilities capabilities, cap1, cap2;
public static ProcessBuilder pBuilder;
public static Process p;
public void startDriver() {
try {
pBuilder = new ProcessBuilder("C:\\Program Files (x86)\\Windows Application Driver\\WinAppDriver.exe");
pBuilder.inheritIO();
p = pBuilder.start();
}
catch (IOException e) {
e.printStackTrace();
}
}
public void stopDriver() {
p.destroy();
}
public void createDesktopSession() throws MalformedURLException {
cap1 = new DesiredCapabilities();
cap1.setCapability("app", "Root");
desktopSession = new WindowsDriver<RemoteWebElement>(new URL("http://localhost:4723"), cap1);
}
public void openApplication() throws InterruptedException, MalformedURLException {
if (driver == null) {
try {
capabilities = new DesiredCapabilities();
capabilities.setCapability("app",
"Appnamewithlocation");
applicaitonSession = new WindowsDriver<WebElement>(new URL("http://localhost:4723"),
capabilities);
} catch (Exception e) {
System.out.println("Application opened!!!");
} finally {
createDesktopSession();
}
Thread.sleep(8000L);
String handle = desktopSession.findElementByAccessibilityId("InstallerView5")
.getAttribute("NativeWindowHandle");
System.out.println(handle);
int inthandle = Integer.parseInt(handle);
String hexHandle = Integer.toHexString(inthandle);
//System.out.println(hexHandle);
cap2 = new DesiredCapabilities();
cap2.setCapability("appTopLevelWindow", hexHandle);
driver = new WindowsDriver<WebElement>(new URL("http://localhost:4723"), cap2);
driver.manage().timeouts().implicitlyWait(10, TimeUnit.SECONDS);
}
}
public boolean isDisplayed_SafeLoginNoBtn() {
wait = new WebDriverWait(driver, 40);
return wait.until(ExpectedConditions.visibilityOf(safeLoginNoBtn())).isDisplayed();
}
#Test
public void osc_Get_Data() throws InterruptedException, IOException {
//Thread.sleep(20000);
// Boolean value=oscLogin.safeLoginNoBtn().isDisplayed();
try {
Boolean value = oscLogin.isDisplayed_SafeLoginNoBtn();
System.out.println("IS displayed========>"+value);
if (value) {
oscLogin.click_safeLogin();
}
} catch (Exception e) {
System.out.println("Safe Login!!!!");
}

Answer 1

Of course yes, the WebDriverWait class will work. Here's an example
WebDriverWait waitForMe = new WebDriverWait();
WebDriverWait waitForMe = new WebDriverWait(session, new TimeSpan.Fromseconds(10));
var txtLocation = session.FindElementByName("Enter a location");
waitForMe.Until(pred => txtLocation.Displayed);
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