Dive into autotesting on iOS. Part 1. How to work with the accessibilityidentifier of objects

Hello everyone!

My name is Boris. I am an AQA iOS-engineer at Vivid Money.

This is an introductory article in a series of articles on iOS automation, in which I want to talk about the benefits of ui tests on a project, their effective use and writing.

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class ViewController: UIViewController {

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    override func viewDidLoad() {
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Attributes: Application, pid: 67835, label: 'UiTestssProjects'
Element subtree:
 →Application, 0x6000026290a0, pid: 67835, label: 'UiTestssProjects'
    Window (Main), 0x600002629180, {{0.0, 0.0}, {375.0, 667.0}}
      Other, 0x600002629260, {{0.0, 0.0}, {375.0, 667.0}}
        Other, 0x600002629340, {{0.0, 0.0}, {375.0, 667.0}}
          Other, 0x600002629420, {{0.0, 0.0}, {375.0, 667.0}}
            Button, 0x600002629500, {{40.0, 156.0}, {46.0, 30.0}}, label: 'Button'
              StaticText, 0x6000026295e0, {{40.0, 162.0}, {46.0, 18.0}}, label: 'Button'
            StaticText, 0x6000026296c0, {{144.0, 161.0}, {42.0, 21.0}}, label: 'Label'
            Button, 0x6000026297a0, {{40.0, 216.0}, {46.0, 30.0}}, identifier: 'ButtonID', label: 'Button'
              StaticText, 0x600002629880, {{40.0, 222.0}, {46.0, 18.0}}, label: 'Button'
            Switch, 0x600002629960, {{183.0, 245.0}, {51.0, 31.0}}, value: 1
            Button, 0x600002629a40, {{40.0, 268.0}, {46.0, 30.0}}, label: 'Button'
              StaticText, 0x600002629b20, {{40.0, 274.0}, {46.0, 18.0}}, label: 'Button'
            TextField, 0x600002629c00, {{133.0, 374.0}, {97.0, 34.0}}
    Window, 0x600002629ce0, {{0.0, 0.0}, {375.0, 667.0}}
      Other, 0x600002629dc0, {{0.0, 0.0}, {375.0, 667.0}}
        Other, 0x600002629ea0, {{0.0, 0.0}, {375.0, 667.0}}
Path to element:
 →Application, 0x6000026290a0, pid: 67835, label: 'UiTestssProjects'
Query chain:
 →Find: Target Application 'fox.UiTestssProjects'
  Output: {
    Application, pid: 67835, label: 'UiTestssProjects'
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