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What types of waiters do you use in Selenium/Appium?
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In Selenium and Appium, I use several types of waits to improve test stability:
- Implicit Wait — sets a global wait time for element search. Useful for simple cases but can slow down tests.
- Explicit Wait — waits for a specific condition (e.g., element visibility, clickability) using WebDriverWait and ExpectedConditions. Allows precise control over interaction timing.
- Fluent Wait — an extended version of explicit wait with the ability to set polling frequency and ignored exceptions.
Example of using explicit wait in Java:
WebDriverWait wait = new WebDriverWait(driver, Duration.ofSeconds(10));
WebElement element = wait.until(ExpectedConditions.elementToBeClickable(By.id("submit")));
element.click();