diff --git a/packages/react-native-editor/__device-tests__/helpers/utils.js b/packages/react-native-editor/__device-tests__/helpers/utils.js
index f250af69282baa..2dec6c6790e0a8 100644
--- a/packages/react-native-editor/__device-tests__/helpers/utils.js
+++ b/packages/react-native-editor/__device-tests__/helpers/utils.js
@@ -46,8 +46,6 @@ const strToKeycode = {
 	[ backspace ]: 67,
 };
 
-const editorReadyTimeout = 8000;
-
 const timer = ( ms ) => new Promise( ( res ) => setTimeout( res, ms ) );
 
 const isAndroid = () => {
@@ -159,9 +157,6 @@ const setupDriver = async () => {
 	// eslint-disable-next-line no-console
 	console.log( status );
 
-	await driver.setImplicitWaitTimeout( editorReadyTimeout );
-	await timer( editorReadyTimeout );
-
 	await driver.setOrientation( 'PORTRAIT' );
 	return driver;
 };
@@ -454,6 +449,35 @@ const toggleOrientation = async ( driver ) => {
 	}
 };
 
+const isEditorVisible = async ( driver ) => {
+	const postTitleLocator = isAndroid()
+		? `//android.widget.EditText[contains(@content-desc, "Post title")]`
+		: `(//XCUIElementTypeScrollView/XCUIElementTypeOther/XCUIElementTypeOther[contains(@name, "Post title")])`;
+
+	await waitForVisible( driver, postTitleLocator );
+};
+
+const waitForVisible = async ( driver, elementLocator, iteration = 0 ) => {
+	const maxIteration = 25;
+	const timeout = 1000;
+
+	if ( iteration >= maxIteration ) {
+		throw new Error(
+			`"${ elementLocator }" is still not visible after ${ iteration } retries!`
+		);
+	} else if ( iteration !== 0 ) {
+		// wait before trying to locate element again
+		await driver.sleep( timeout );
+	}
+
+	const locator = await driver.elementsByXPath( elementLocator );
+	if ( locator.length !== 1 ) {
+		// if locator is not visible, try again
+		return waitForVisible( driver, elementLocator, iteration + 1 );
+	}
+	return locator[ 0 ];
+};
+
 module.exports = {
 	backspace,
 	timer,
@@ -474,4 +498,6 @@ module.exports = {
 	toggleHtmlMode,
 	toggleOrientation,
 	doubleTap,
+	isEditorVisible,
+	waitForVisible,
 };
diff --git a/packages/react-native-editor/__device-tests__/pages/editor-page.js b/packages/react-native-editor/__device-tests__/pages/editor-page.js
index 918670059a9424..202f0db13ce1ea 100644
--- a/packages/react-native-editor/__device-tests__/pages/editor-page.js
+++ b/packages/react-native-editor/__device-tests__/pages/editor-page.js
@@ -12,10 +12,13 @@ const {
 	swipeFromTo,
 	longPressMiddleOfElement,
 	doubleTap,
+	isEditorVisible,
+	waitForVisible,
 } = require( '../helpers/utils' );
 
 const initializeEditorPage = async () => {
 	const driver = await setupDriver();
+	await isEditorVisible( driver );
 	return new EditorPage( driver );
 };
 
@@ -36,8 +39,6 @@ class EditorPage {
 			this.accessibilityIdXPathAttrib = 'content-desc';
 			this.accessibilityIdKey = 'contentDescription';
 		}
-
-		driver.setImplicitWaitTimeout( 5000 );
 	}
 
 	async getBlockList() {
@@ -159,12 +160,11 @@ class EditorPage {
 
 	async getTextViewForHtmlViewContent() {
 		const accessibilityId = 'html-view-content';
-		let blockLocator = `//*[@${ this.accessibilityIdXPathAttrib }="${ accessibilityId }"]`;
+		const htmlViewLocator = isAndroid()
+			? `//*[@${ this.accessibilityIdXPathAttrib }="${ accessibilityId }"]`
+			: `//XCUIElementTypeTextView[starts-with(@${ this.accessibilityIdXPathAttrib }, "${ accessibilityId }")]`;
 
-		if ( ! isAndroid() ) {
-			blockLocator = `//XCUIElementTypeTextView[starts-with(@${ this.accessibilityIdXPathAttrib }, "${ accessibilityId }")]`;
-		}
-		return await this.driver.elementByXPath( blockLocator );
+		return await waitForVisible( this.driver, htmlViewLocator );
 	}
 
 	// Returns html content