UI Automation activities

Last updated Feb 19, 2026

GetAttribute

Retrieves an attribute of a specified UI element.

Definition

Namespace: UiPath.MobileAutomation.API.Models

Assembly: UiPath.MobileAutomation.API (in UiPath.MobileAutomation.API.dll)

Overloads

Overload	Description
`GetAttribute(IElementDescriptor, string, MobileOptions.GetAttributeOptions)`	Retrieves an attribute of a specified UI element, identified as an `IEelementDescriptor`.
`GetAttribute(ObjectRepositoryTarget, string, MobileOptions.GetAttributeOptions)`	Retrieves an attribute of a specified UI element, identified as an `ObjectRepositoryTarget`.
`GetAttribute(SelectorTarget, string, MobileOptions.GetAttributeOptions)`	Retrieves an attribute of a specified UI element, identified as a `SelectorTarget`.

`GetAttribute(IElementDescriptor, string, MobileOptions.GetAttributeOptions)`

Retrieves an attribute of a specified UI element, identified as an IEelementDescriptor.

GetAttribute(
	    IElementDescriptor element,
	    string attributeName,
	    MobileOptions. GetAttributeOptions options = null
)
GetAttribute(
	    IElementDescriptor element,
	    string attributeName,
	    MobileOptions. GetAttributeOptions options = null
)

element IElementDescriptor : A UI element from the Object Repository that you access using the ObjectRepository.Descriptors class.

Visit [Using objects in coded
automations](https://docs.uipath.com/studio/standalone/2023.10/user-guide/creating-an-object-repository#using-objects-in-coded-automations) to learn how to use Object Repository elements in
coded automations.
Visit [Using objects in coded
automations](https://docs.uipath.com/studio/standalone/2023.10/user-guide/creating-an-object-repository#using-objects-in-coded-automations) to learn how to use Object Repository elements in
coded automations.

attributeName String : The name of the attribute you want to retrieve from the specified UI element.

options MobileOptions.GetAttributeOptions (Optional) : Specifies the MobileOptions.GetAttributeOptions for the GetAttribute action. Default value is null.

`GetAttribute(ObjectRepositoryTarget, string, MobileOptions.GetAttributeOptions)`

Retrieves an attribute of a specified UI element, identified as an ObjectRepositoryTarget.

GetAttribute(
	    ObjectRepositoryTarget objectRepositoryTarget,
	    string attributeName,
	    MobileOptions. GetAttributeOptions options = null
)
GetAttribute(
	    ObjectRepositoryTarget objectRepositoryTarget,
	    string attributeName,
	    MobileOptions. GetAttributeOptions options = null
)

objectRepositoryTarget ObjectRepositoryTarget : An object of type ObjectRepositoryTarget. Can be constructed using FromObjectRepository(String, String, String, String) or FromObjectRepository(String[] , String, String, String) methods.

attributeName String : The name of the attribute you want to retrieve from the specified UI element.

options MobileOptions.GetAttributeOptions (Optional) : Specifies the MobileOptions.GetAttributeOptions for the GetAttribute action. Default value is null.

`GetAttribute(SelectorTarget, string, MobileOptions.GetAttributeOptions)`

Retrieves an attribute of a specified UI element, identified as a SelectorTarget.

GetAttribute(
	    SelectorTarget targetSelector,
	    string attributeName,
	    MobileOptions. GetAttributeOptions options = null
)
GetAttribute(
	    SelectorTarget targetSelector,
	    string attributeName,
	    MobileOptions. GetAttributeOptions options = null
)

selectorTarget SelectorTarget : An object of SelectorTarget type. Can be constructed using FromSelector(String) method.

attributeName String : The name of the attribute you want to retrieve from the specified UI element.

options MobileOptions.GetAttributeOptions (Optional) : Specifies the MobileOptions.GetAttributeOptions for the GetAttribute action. Default value is null.