Find Elements By Accessibility Id, presented by Jonah Stiennon #AppiumConf2019
Channel: ConfEngine
Date: 18/06/2019

You'll find many written sources which assert that Accessibility Id is the preferred selector to use for finding elements, but why is this the case? What's wrong with XPath? 

In this talk, we will discuss Accessibility Id's in depth. How Appium uses them to find elements on iOS, Android, and web, and how developers add these Id's to apps. We will specifically focus on the performance impact of using XPath selectors instead of Accessibility Id's. 

We will demonstrate techniques we can use to improve the performance of XPath selectors if accessibility Id's are missing, and discuss strategies for convincing managers and app developers to add accessibility Id's to the apps we automate.

Details: https://confengine.com/appium-conf-2019/proposal/8674/find-elements-by-accessibility-id

Conference: https://appiumconf.com