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Automation ids not showing in UI Automator Viewer
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Gabriel Côté-Joncas
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Since Xamarin.Forms version 5.0.0.2478 and newer, the UI Automator Viewer or any other similar app doesn't show Automation ids (Content desc) the second time you request for the UI hierarchy . It's working the first time you request for it, but doesn't work the second time and every other request after until the reset of the app.
Anyone else experiencing this issue ?
Thanks for any help.
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Yonglun Liu (Shanghai Wicresoft Co,.Ltd.) 35,121 Reputation points Microsoft Vendor2022-09-02T08:59:56.427+00:00 Since Xamarin.Forms version 5.0.0.2478 and newer, the UI Automator Viewer or any other similar app doesn't show Automation ids (Content desc) the second time you request for the UI hierarchy .
Does the issue only occur on Xamarin.Forms version 5.0.0.2478 and newer?
If so, it is recommended to create an issue at Issues to make the product group aware of this.
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Gabriel Côté-Joncas 1 Reputation point
2022-09-02T20:02:25.897+00:00 Yes and yes I did a bug ticket on the Xamarin.Forms Github
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