UI Automation activities

Last updated Feb 19, 2026

GetSelectedItem

Retrieves the selected item from a target UI element.

Definition

Namespace: UiPath.MobileAutomation.API.Models

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

Overloads

Overload	Description
`GetSelectedItem(IElementDescriptor, MobileOptions.GetSelectedItemOptions)`	Retrieves the selected item from a target UI element, identified as an `IElementDescriptor`.
`GetSelectedItem(ObjectRepositoryTarget, MobileOptions.GetSelectedItemOptions)`	Retrieves the selected item from a target UI element, identified as an `ObjectRepositoryTarget`.
`GetSelectedItem(SelectorTarget, MobileOptions.GetSelectedItemOptions)`	Retrieves the selected item from a target UI element, identified as a `SelectorTarget`.

`ElementExists(IElementDescriptor, MobileOptions.ElementExistsOptions)`

Retrieves the selected item from a target UI element, identified as an IElementDescriptor.

GetSelectedItem(
	    IElementDescriptor element,
	    MobileOptions. GetSelectedItemOptions options = null
)
GetSelectedItem(
	    IElementDescriptor element,
	    MobileOptions. GetSelectedItemOptions 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.

MobileOptions.GetSelectedItemOptions MobileOptions.GetSelectedItemOptions Class (Optional) : Specifies the MobileOptions.GetSelectedItemOptions for the GetSelectedItem action. Default value is null.

`GetSelectedItem(ObjectRepositoryTarget, MobileOptions.GetSelectedItemOptions)`

Retrieves the selected item from a target UI element, identified as an ObjectRepositoryTarget.

GetSelectedItem(
	    ObjectRepositoryTarget objectRepositoryTarget,
	    MobileOptions. GetSelectedItemOptions options = null
)
GetSelectedItem(
	    ObjectRepositoryTarget objectRepositoryTarget,
	    MobileOptions. GetSelectedItemOptions 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.

`GetSelectedItem(SelectorTarget, MobileOptions.GetSelectedItemOptions)`

Retrieves the selected item from a target UI element, identified as a SelectorTarget.

string GetSelectedItem(
	    SelectorTarget targetSelector,
	    MobileOptions. GetSelectedItemOptions options = null
)
string GetSelectedItem(
	    SelectorTarget targetSelector,
	    MobileOptions. GetSelectedItemOptions options = null
)

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