Using C# Properties with PageModels

Issues/Bugs
1

HI,

For the last week, i have been trying to get a simple test running from c# on a iOS device/simulator.

        [TestClass]
        public class UnitTest1
        {

            private AppiumDriver<AppiumWebElement> driver { get; set; }


            [TestInitialize]
            public void TestInitialize()
            {
                //Setting Capabilities
                var capabilities = new DesiredCapabilities();
                capabilities.SetCapability("platformName", "iOS");
                capabilities.SetCapability("platformVersion", "8.1");
                capabilities.SetCapability("platform", "Mac");
                capabilities.SetCapability("deviceName", "iPhone 6");
                //Connecting to Appium Server
                driver = new IOSDriver<AppiumWebElement>(new Uri("http://xxx.xxx.xxx.xxx:4723/wd/hub"), capabilities);
            }



            [TestMethod]
            public void TestMethod1()
            {
                System.Diagnostics.Debug.WriteLine("run");

                var page = new PageModel();

                var d = new AppiumPageObjectMemberDecorator(new TimeOutDuration(TimeSpan.FromSeconds(5)));

                PageFactory.InitElements(driver, page, d);
               

                page.Button.Click();
            }

            [TestCleanup]
            public void TestCleanup()
            {
                driver?.Dispose();
            }
        }

With the following page model

    public class PageModel
    {
        [FindsByIOSUIAutomation(Accessibility = "button2")]
        [FindsBy(How = How.Id, Using = "button2")]
        public IMobileElement<IOSElement> Button { get; set; }
    }

but when this test runs instead of using the FindsBy or the FindsByIOSUIAutomation attributes to know what to search for, it does the following:

au.getElementsByAccessibilityId(‘<Button>k__BackingField’) (from Appium log)
au.getElementsById(‘<Button>k__BackingField’)

I have found out today (from trial and error) that if i change the property of the PageModel to a field

    public class PageModel
    {
        [FindsByIOSUIAutomation(Accessibility = "button2")]
        [FindsBy(How = How.Id, Using = "button2")]
        public IMobileElement<IOSElement> Button;
    }

everything works as expected…

au.getElementsByAccessibilityId(‘button2’)

Is this is a bug or by design?