How do I determine which buttons are enabled in iOS UI Automation? - iphone

Question

Using the UI Automation instrument, I know how to test if a particular button is enabled in my iOS application:
if( btn[0].isEnabled() ) {
UIALogger.logPass("button enabled");
} else {
UIALogger.logFail("button not enabled");
}
However, I'd like to be able to determine the number of buttons that have been enabled in the interface, not just whether a specific one is enabled. How could I determine the number of enabled buttons?
Also, how do I print details of these buttons to the console?

Answer 1

Here's a function which takes a UIAElementArray (ie app.mainWindow().buttons()) and logs the number of enabled buttons:
function printEnabledButtons(list) {
var enabledButtons = 0;
for (var i=0;i<list.length;i++) {
if (list[i].isEnabled()) {
//UIALogger.logDebug("button " + list[i].name() + " is enabled");
enabledButtons++;
} else {
//UIALogger.logDebug("button " + list[i].name() + " is not enabled");
}
}
UIALogger.logDebug("number of enabled buttons: " + enabledButtons);
}
Example calling code:
printEnabledButtons(app.mainWindow().buttons());

Answer 2

I've modified your code a bit. So here it is:
function checkIfEnabled(list, button_name) {
var btn_enabled = false;
var list_length = list.length;
var list_item;
for (var list_index=0; list_index < list_length; list_index++) {
list_item = list[list_index];
var item_name = list_item.name();
if (list_item.isVisible () && list_item.isEnabled () &&
item_name.match(button_name.toString())){
UIALogger.logMessage ("We're IN !!! ");
btn_enabled = true;
break;
} else {
btn_enabled = false;
UIALogger.logMessage ("Still looking for a button");
}
}
return btn_enabled;
}
Here is my usage of this function:
var btn_state = checkIfEnabled(app.navigationBar().buttons(),
YOUR_BTN_NAME);
Then you can simply check whether 'btn_state' is true or false depending on your needs.
Chears