AndroidFindBy View Tag Support

I'd like to use the @AndroidFindBy annotation for finding elements by view tag on Android, I am specifying a test ID through this attribute as we cannot use resource ids for targeting views when using React Native.

It does not seem like @AndroidFindBy currently supports this. I see MobileBy.ByAndroidViewTag, but I believe this cannot be used with the page object model to initially locate elements.

Is the only workaround an xpath selector (which I believe requires knowing the tag name in advance in addition to the view tag)?
e.g. driver.findElementByXPath("//android.widget.TextView[@view-tag='some-tag']"

@dpgraham

Tagging @dpgraham since he's my guy on the inside + appears to have some context

@iChip

@iChip : As per current implementation, AndroidFindBy(tagName="some-tag") itself will work. Just give a try and let us know.

Thanks, It does work, but I am confused by the naming. Your solution seems more sensible, the existing tagName annotation does not seem to correctly describe this locator strategy.

I added some comments on your closed PR:
#1271 (comment)

is this project run in Android because i m not able to run this please give the link

@iChip

@iChip @dpgraham try to Create a custom annotation:

just like

@Retention(RetentionPolicy.RUNTIME)
@Target({ElementType.FIELD, ElementType.TYPE})
public @interface AndroidFindByViewTag {
    String value();
}

@iChip

Hi @iChip,

In React Native apps where resource-id isn’t available, we often rely on view-tag (mapped from testID). While MobileBy.AndroidViewTag("some-tag") works, it’s not usable with @AndroidFindBy, limiting Page Object Model usage.

Currently, the workaround is using XPath like:
@AndroidFindBy(xpath = "//android.widget.TextView[@view-tag='some-tag']") But this requires knowing the class name, making it fragile.

Support for something like @AndroidFindBy(viewTag = "some-tag") would be a clean solution.
Happy to contribute if this is feasible!

Thanks 🙌

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