Lesson #15: Capturing controls on a mobile application

Capturing controls on mobile app is an essential step in writing test scripts. This tutorial will guide you through the process of capturing controls on a mobile application before writing test script to define elements you will interact on test script.

Prerequisites:

• Completed lesson #2 #3 #14

What you will learn:

• How to point-to-identify mode
• How to highlight/Auto highlight

Point-to-identify mode

When using the Interface Viewer to explore a complex screen with many layers of controls, it is sometimes difficult to locate the UI explorer tree node corresponding to a given physical control. The point-to-identify feature, invoked via the Identify button on the Viewer’s toolbar, simplifies this process.

Highlight/Auto highlight
The Highlight feature of the Interface Viewer might be considered the flip side of the point-to-identify coin. Whereas point-to-identify allows you to start with a known control or window on an application and find its node in the UI explorer panel, Highlight allows you to start from a node in the tree and locate the physical object it represents.