Passing different Xpaths every test session, using same tests with different apps on Android mobile

Question

i have a problem with switching file with xpaths and test data for appPackage that is currently under tests:

tests.py

@pytest.fixture(params=brand_list)
def driver(request):
    desired_caps = {
        "platformName": "Android",
        "platformVersion": "10.0",
        "deviceName": "moto",
        "appPackage": request.param.appPackage,
        "appActivity": "com.appname.MainActivity",
        "automationName": "UiAutomator2"
    }

    driver = webdriver.Remote('http://localhost:4723/wd/hub', desired_caps)
    yield driver
    driver.quit()

brand_list and brand_name are declared in other file:

brand_configs

brand_list = [xpaths.brand1, xpaths.brand2, xpaths.brand3, xpaths.brand4, xpaths.brand5, xpaths.brand5]

brand_name = xpaths.brand1

And here is an sample test from tests.py file:

@pytest.mark.order(1)
def test_enter_login(driver):
    login_page.enter_user_and_password(driver)
    assert generic_elements.check_home_button_is_visible(driver)

Functions that are used to find elements are located in other files like "login_page.py" etc, for example:

def enter_password(driver_instance):
    elem = wait_for_visibility_of_element(driver_instance=driver_instance, xpath=brand_name.password_path)
    return elem

Test run result:

File tree:

As on picture, I have no clue how to pass different brand_name value for enter_login test for brands 2-6. Because of that tests are failing.

I have tried many things to solve this problem. When I try to move brand_name to main tests.py folder, I always get

ImportError: cannot import name '...' from partially initialized module '...' (most likely due to a circular import)

It's probably because tests.py is importing files like login_page.py mentioned above, and they are using brand_name from brand_configs.

I have also tried to set brand_name to the value of currently active app activity, but this also fails, because app is not started yet with tests session.

Maybe there is an easy way force app that is currently under tests to use correct xpaths_file declared as brand_name in brand_configs.py?

When brand_name is set to one specific value, tests are correctly performed for that appPackage.

Answer 1

from the screenshot you added, it can be seen that you are trying to send different xpaths within one session and not between different sessions as u mentioned, accordingly, it will not work because capabilities are the same

If I understand properly you have a list of apps and a list of XPath, and you want to run the same test for the different apps, but how it will work if you started a session for one app and try to run for this app different sets of xpaths