Q:

Protractor Check if Element Does Not Exist

I have a setting in my angular based website that turns a dropdown on and off. If it is off, then it does not show on the main page. 
With Protractor, I need to check to see if this element is not present when the switch is off. However, I should not be thrown into Element Not Found Error, as it is one test in a set of many. How should I do this?
I have tried to do: 
expect($$('.switch').count()).to.equal(0).and.notify(next);

But I am getting an AssertionError with this...

A:

Another option that worked a bit better for me, and uses protractor 'way' of doing things http://angular.github.io/protractor/#/api?view=ElementArrayFinder.prototype.all
element.all(by.css('.k-loading-image')).then(function(items) {
    expect(items.length).toBe(0);
});

(I wanted to check that a loading indicator had disappeared)

A:

Got the thing working by using something I found in the docs:
expect(element(by.css('.switch')).isPresent()).to.become(false).and.notify(next);

Also uses assertions, so it doesn't break cucumberjs.

A:

I got it working by doing this: 
expect(element(by.css('css')).isPresent()).toBeFalsy();

