StaleObjectException

Artifact: androidx.test.uiautomator:uiautomator

Added in 2.2.0

Kotlin |Java

public class StaleObjectException extends RuntimeException

java.lang.Object
↳	kotlin.Throwable
	↳	java.lang.Exception
		↳	java.lang.RuntimeException
			↳	androidx.test.uiautomator.StaleObjectException

A StaleObjectException exception is thrown when a UiObject2 is used after the underlying android.view.View has been destroyed. In this case, it is necessary to call findObject to obtain a new UiObject2 instance.

Summary

Public constructors
`StaleObjectException()`

Inherited methods

From java.lang.Throwable

`synchronized final void`	`addSuppressed(Throwable exception)`
`synchronized Throwable`	`fillInStackTrace()`
`synchronized Throwable`	`getCause()`
`String`	`getLocalizedMessage()`
`String`	`getMessage()`
`StackTraceElement[]`	`getStackTrace()`
`synchronized final Throwable[]`	`getSuppressed()`
`synchronized Throwable`	`initCause(Throwable cause)`
`void`	`printStackTrace()`
`void`	`setStackTrace(StackTraceElement[] stackTrace)`
`String`	`toString()`

Public constructors

StaleObjectException

Added in 2.2.0

public StaleObjectException()

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Last updated 2025-05-15 UTC.

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