Extract specific text from Screenshot XML

[Jamie Jackson]

Hi all...

Hoping somebody could help me extract text from an XML (screenshot) and save the output.

I'm currently trying to find anything that has an "£"

or from the 'android:text' field.

Example line from the XML:

<android.widget.TextView android:enabled="true" android:id="@com.utilita.customerapp:id/balance" android:layout_height="164px" android:layout_width="649px" android:layout_x="313px" android:layout_y="585px" android:text="£35.81"/>

[Jamie Jackson]

I'm also struggling to use the substr 

I'm using the below but only returns the first 5 lines of the XML

substr(xml,"£",5)

[thec...@gmail.com]

substr argument 2 has to be a number, so use indexOf() to find the index/number of the £ character

eg.

`substr(xml, indexOf(xml, "£"), 5)`

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[Henrik "The Developer" Lindqvist]

Try using the Inspect layout block with XPath expression:

.//android.widget.TextView[@android:id='@com.utilita.customerapp:id/balance' and starts-with(@android:text, '£')]/@android:text

[Jamie Jackson]

Thanks, both of these work but only return one value. 

I've tried an "apply to each" but still can't get that part working.

Thanks again!

[Henrik "The Developer" Lindqvist]

Try with:

//android.widget.TextView[@android:id='@com.utilita.customerapp:id/balance' and starts-with(@android:text, '£')]/@android:text

And ensure to set Result type to Node set.

[Henrik "The Developer" Lindqvist]

Since they no longer include any @android:id attribute, more of the XML has to be match for context. Maybe some of that TextView parent has an @android:id?

On Saturday, September 17, 2022 at 9:28:47 PM UTC+2 JJ wrote:

Turns out the App just updated.

Is it possible to update the above to extract from this?

<android.widget.TextView android:enabled="true" android:layout_height="124px" android:layout_width="305px" android:layout_x="919px" android:layout_y="1156px" android:text="£59.48"/>

[Henrik "The Developer" Lindqvist]

See answer: https://www.reddit.com/r/AutomateUser/comments/xgv9uf/comment/ip2hk6n/?utm_source=share&utm_medium=web2x&context=3

On Monday, September 19, 2022 at 1:37:19 PM UTC+2 JJ wrote:

Yes I believe it does.

I've added more on Reddit.

https://www.reddit.com/r/AutomateUser/comments/xgv9uf/help_with_xpath_expression/?utm_medium=android_app&utm_source=share