UIAAlert.defaultButton() and UIAAlert.closeButton() are UIAElementNil on iOS 8.x

Originator:stramer
Number:rdar://19753108 Date Originated:06-Feb-2015 04:36 PM
Status:Closed Resolved:
Product:Developer Tools Product Version:Instruments 6.1 / iOS 8.x
Classification:UI/Usability Reproducible:Always
 
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Duplicate of rdar://18017928
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Summary:

On iOS 8, running Automator scripts which reference UIAAlert.cancelButton() or UIAAlert.defaultButton() always return UIAElementNil.

Steps to Reproduce:

1. Open attached project
2. Instrument, iOS 8.x (any simulator/device)
3. 'Automator' tool
4. Import provided 'testscript.js'
5. Run automator script

Expected Results:
Valid UIAElement objects representing their respective objects are returned for alert.defaultButton() and alert.cancelButton().

Actual Results:
UIAElementNil is returned for alert.defaultButton() and alert.cancelButton() as indicated in the log output.

Regression:
Regression since iOS 8.0.

Notes:
Works with Instruments 6.1 on iOS 7.1 and earlier. Only iOS 8 is affected.

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