jasmine: Async callback was not invoked within timeout specified by jasmine.DEFAULT_TIMEOUT_INTERVAL.. When i am trying get a non present element - protractor

Question

When I am trying to check presence of not presented element/ button. I am getting:
Jasmine timeout exception
My code like
getName(): any {
let name = element(by.id("xxxxxx"));
return name.isPresent().then((ispresent) => {
if (ispresent) {
return name.getText();
} else {
return '';
}
})
}
I am trying to access that method expect(method).toequal('');
It should run, because if not present i am expecting empty string but i am getting Jasmine timeout.. I didn't added any waits any where.

Answer 1

isPresent()
From the GitHub repo, ElementFinder.isPresent
isPresent(): wdpromise.Promise<boolean> {
return this.count().then((count) => {
return count > 0;
});
}
isPresent checks for a count, but does not catch if there is an error. If the count throws, we should probably return 0. Getting a text for an element that does not exist should also have throw a promise rejection.
Note: It might be better to change your method to async / await (optional).
async getName(): webdriver.promise.Promise<string> {
const name = element(by.id("xxxxxx"));
try {
return name.getText();
} catch (e) {
return '';
}
}
Or not async / await
getName(): webdriver.promise.Promise<string> {
const name = element(by.id("xxxxxx"));
return name.getText().catch(e) {
return '';
}
}

Answer 2

Try the below one
async getName() {
let name = element(by.id("xxxxxx"));
let value: string = '';
await name.ispresent().then((ispresent) => {
if (ispresent) {
value=name.getText();
}
});
return value;
}
Hope it helps you