Can we write common code for Android and IOS as mostly the test cases will be the same as mostly the element we fetch by selector will be different.

Yes, you can. You need to ensure that the element locators and test flow exactly the same between Android and iOS versions.

Hi @ganeshjogam , On my projects, we’re using the same Test Cases to run iOS and Android tests. Like Brian mentions, this works well if both platforms’ apps have the same general flow. There will probably be some differences, e.g. Android using a sidebar for navigation and iOS using a bottom tab bar…

@Chris_Trevarthen , Can you please share some demo project or katalon project link for more understanding. I also need to implement same test case for both Andriod and iOS paltform.

he already includes them in previous reply, Github link describles everything well (from mine perspective), if you find something unclear, you can quote that part and ask here.

Hi @bhalodia.bhavdip , Here are some snippets from a cross-platform test. These assume you have the katalon-mobile-util library installed. To initialize the test: The test will look at the current device and use the appropriate platform’s .app/.apk file to run. NOTE: This assumes that you will be …

Thanks you @Chris , I have implemented katalon-mobile-util . but the issue is I am not able to spy/record any object in iOS. It is working with android (*.apk) but getting nullPointerException while start recording or spying object. let me know solution if you know. Hope you will be get me out of …

@Chris_Trevarthen hello Chris, thank you for the library, however I wonder if we use your library then Katalon does not do refactor if we update locator. Is there anyway to overcome that ?

Hi @bhalodia.bhavdip , Can you confirm that you’re using Appium Server 1.8.1 (or Appium Desktop 1.6.3)? For maximum compatibility, those are recommended. Note that you can you Appium Server 1.8.2-beta for iOS 12 and Xcode 10 if necessary, but there’s not corresponding version of Appium Desktop that…

Hi @Tam1 , I assume you’re talking about renaming a Test Object and having it update in the test itself or vice versa? I don’t know if there is a way to do that using my library’s Finder functions, unfortunately. It’s something I can look into, but it probably requires knowledge of the inner workin…

Thanks @Chris_Trevarthen for your fast response and sorry for bothering you (I thought you are a member of development team because I see you everywhere in forum :slight_smile:)

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Chris_Trevarthen March 14, 2019, 1:54am 12

No worries, @Tam1! I am happy to help as much as I can - it helps me learn, too!

– Chris

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