Cross-Platform Page Object Model design pattern: Tutorial for Robot Framework

What Is the challenge?

• Elements of a mobile app (wether hybrid or native) have different locators on iOS and Android platforms.
• Creating two separate repositories for the same project is counterintuitive.

-> The solution is adopting a suitable design pattern.

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What is a design pattern?

• A design pattern is a reusable and generalizable way of designing software that provides a structured template or blueprint for a software project.
• Design patterns encapsulate best practices, guidelines for code structure, the organization of code into folders and files, and other conventions.

Common design patterns are: page factory, page object model, Singleton pattern..

Why Page Object Model?

• Proven efficiency in enhancing code maintainability and reusability.
• POM addresses the challenges posed by differing locators and UX elements in iOS and Android
• Provides a structured approach to separate the test scripts from the underlying details of…