Implementation of getNativeViews on iOS

[pszklarska]

Hi!

I noticed that NativeAutomator.getNativeViews is currently not implemented on iOS and throws getNativeViews() is not supported on iOS.

My project could really make use of that method in tests and I'd be happy to file a PR, so I wanted to gather some feedback first. Have you encountered any issues with getting a list of native views on iOS? I noticed a similar thing is already done in Automator.swift, for example to tap on the view, so (in theory) it should be possible:

patrol/packages/patrol/ios/Classes/AutomatorServer/Automator.swift

Lines 60 to 61 in ccd8217

	let app = try self.getApp(withBundleId: bundleId)
	let element = app.descendants(matching: .any)[text]

Is there anything else that should be considered to add this functionality?

Btw, I've been using patrol for a while now and I'm very impressed by this framework, so kudos to the whole team!

[bartekpacia]

Hi 👋🏻

I agree that NativeAutomator.getNativeViews() is useful and it's a pity that it's not implemented on iOS.

Have you encountered any issues with getting a list of native views on iOS?

Honestly: at this point, I don't remember anymore :) It was implemented almost a year ago on Android as a quick workaround for #499. But it's definitely useful.

Using app.descendants(matching: .any) sounds like a good starting point.

My project could really make use of that method in tests and I'd be happy to file a PR.

That's great! Here's how it's done on Android, fwiw.

Is there anything else that should be considered to add this functionality?

It'd be cool to have a test for it, but we can take care of it after you get it to work.

Btw, I've been using patrol for a while now and I'm very impressed by this framework, so kudos to the whole team!

Thank you so very much for kind words :) It's really motivating!

[bartekpacia]

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[bartekpacia]

Done in #1553 and released in v2.2.0.