How to use PageFactory to locate android and iOS element using the same script

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Hi All,

From the reffered discussions I have understood that that we can use page factory to call android and ios locators using:

@AndroidFindBy(…)
@IOSFindBy(…)
MobileElement ele;

But how am I supposed to tell page factory which @FindBy to use when I run the tests .
e.g - If I wish to run test on android device how do I let appium know to use @AndroidFindBy and vice verse.

Thanks in Advance!

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Hi,

We don’t need to worry about this. All this is done automatically in the background. When you run your scripts for Android, the driver is instantiated as AndroidDriver -

WebDriver driver = new AndroidDriver<WebElement>(new URL("http://127.0.0.1:4723/wd/hub"), capabilities);

After this, when it looks for the elements - it will automatically search for @AndroidFindBy(...). Similar is the case with iOS, where since the driver would be of type IOSDriver, the driver will always look for @IOSFindBy(...)

In short, just run your scripts for Android or iOS. The driver would automatically pick up from @AndroidFindby() or @IOSFindBy on its own.

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Thank you it helped!