[ci-fix] De-flake SafeAreaShouldWorkOnAllShellTabs (StaleElementReferenceException on tab switch)

src/Controls/tests/TestCases.Shared.Tests/Tests/Issues/Issue33034.cs

@@ -20,12 +20,12 @@ public void SafeAreaShouldWorkOnAllShellTabs()
 		App.SetOrientationLandscape();
 		//Adding delay to allow for orientation change to complete
 		Thread.Sleep(2000);
-		var initialRect = App.WaitForElement("EdgeLabel").GetRect();
+		var initialRect = App.WaitForElementAndGetRect("EdgeLabel");
 
 		App.TapTab("Second Tab");
 		App.WaitForElement("EdgeLabel");
 		App.TapTab("First Tab");
-		var afterSwitchRect = App.WaitForElement("EdgeLabel").GetRect();
+		var afterSwitchRect = App.WaitForElementAndGetRect("EdgeLabel");
 
 		Assert.That(afterSwitchRect.X, Is.EqualTo(initialRect.X).Within(5));
 		Assert.That(afterSwitchRect.Width, Is.EqualTo(initialRect.Width).Within(5));

src/TestUtils/src/UITest.Appium/HelperExtensions.cs

@@ -179,6 +179,39 @@ public static Rectangle GetRect(this IUIElement element)
 			})!;
 		}
 
+		/// <summary>
+		/// Waits for an element and reads its on-screen rectangle, re-querying and retrying if the
+		/// element reference becomes stale. A navigation or tab-switch animation can recycle the
+		/// underlying view between the element query and the geometry read, which surfaces as a
+		/// <see cref="StaleElementReferenceException"/> from <see cref="GetRect(IUIElement)"/>. Re-finding
+		/// the element and reading again once it has settled keeps the geometry read deterministic
+		/// without changing what the caller asserts on. This mirrors the existing stale-element handling
+		/// used elsewhere in the framework (see AppiumMouseActions).
+		/// </summary>
+		/// <param name="app">Represents the main gateway to interact with an app.</param>
+		/// <param name="elementId">The id of the element to locate and measure.</param>
+		/// <param name="timeout">Optional timeout for each wait operation. Default is null, which uses the default timeout.</param>
+		public static Rectangle WaitForElementAndGetRect(this IApp app, string elementId, TimeSpan? timeout = null)
+		{
+			StaleElementReferenceException? lastStale = null;
+
+			for (int attempt = 0; attempt < 3; attempt++)
+			{
+				try
+				{
+					return app.WaitForElement(elementId, timeout: timeout).GetRect();
+				}
+				catch (StaleElementReferenceException ex)
+				{
+					// The view was recycled between the query and the geometry read (typically
+					// mid-animation); re-find the element and read again now that it should have settled.
+					lastStale = ex;
+				}
+			}
+
+			throw lastStale!;
+		}
+
 		/// <summary>
 		/// Determine if a form or form-like element (checkbox, select, etc...) is selected.
 		/// </summary>