# Need to click an element in mobile application using resource id

**URL:** <https://forum.katalon.com/t/need-to-click-an-element-in-mobile-application-using-resource-id/94444>\
**Category:** Web Testing\
**Tags:** mobile-testing, katalon-studio\
**Created:** [August 31, 2023, 6:41pm UTC](https://forum.katalon.com/t/need-to-click-an-element-in-mobile-application-using-resource-id/94444 "2023-08-31T18:41:24Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 3\
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**Author:** ![archana0393](https://dub1.discourse-cdn.com/katalon/user_avatar/forum.katalon.com/archana0393/32/23870_2.png) [@archana0393](https://forum.katalon.com/u/archana0393)\
**Post date:** [August 31, 2023, 6:41pm UTC](https://forum.katalon.com/t/need-to-click-an-element-in-mobile-application-using-resource-id/94444/1 "2023-08-31T18:41:24Z")

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Hi all,

I need to click on an element using its resource id. Can anyone say the syntax for it? I am confused how to write the script. Please help

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**Author:** ![kreno](https://dub1.discourse-cdn.com/katalon/user_avatar/forum.katalon.com/kreno/32/24257_2.png) [@kreno](https://forum.katalon.com/u/kreno)\
**Post date:** [August 31, 2023, 8:20pm UTC](https://forum.katalon.com/t/need-to-click-an-element-in-mobile-application-using-resource-id/94444/2 "2023-08-31T20:20:07Z")

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You can take a look at this page on how to use selectors for mobile in Katalon studio. This will allow you to find the object you wish to tap and then you can tap that object by using the tap command in the second link.

> **[Locators and Object Identification in Katalon Studio | Katalon Docs](https://docs.katalon.com/docs/create-tests/test-objects/mobile-test-objects/locators-and-object-identification-in-katalon-studio)**
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> Locator Strategies for detecting a mobile object

> **[\[Mobile\] Tap | Katalon Docs](https://docs.katalon.com/docs/create-tests/keywords/keyword-description-in-katalon-studio/mobile-keywords/mobile-tap)**
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**Author:** ![guy.mason](https://dub1.discourse-cdn.com/katalon/user_avatar/forum.katalon.com/guy.mason/32/20660_2.png) [@guy.mason](https://forum.katalon.com/u/guy.mason)\
**Post date:** [September 1, 2023, 12:38am UTC](https://forum.katalon.com/t/need-to-click-an-element-in-mobile-application-using-resource-id/94444/3 "2023-09-01T00:38:37Z")

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You’ve posted this message in the Katalon Recorder area, did you mean to post this in the Katalon Studio area instead? Or are you using the browser-extension that is Katalon Recorder?