I am using the KIF Framework for functional UI testing. Let's say I am on a current iPad screen where many views (labels, buttons, textfields etc) have unique accessibility labels assigned. If I have the accessibilityLabel string handy, can I get a reference to the associated UIView from current screen using it?
For example, [[UIView alloc] viewWithTag:5] returns UIVIew of provided tag. I am looking for something like [[UIView alloc] viewWithAccessiblityLabel:@"my label"].
P.S: I know the brute-force method would be to iterate all views in self.subviews recursively, and compare accessibility label to find what am I searching for. I am looking for a better approach.
I am using KIF for UI automation! Here are the steps to get view from given accessibilityLabel. Method viewContainingAccessibilityElement:element is extension method to UIAccessibilityElement class.
UIAccessibilityElement *element = [[[UIApplication sharedApplication] keyWindow] accessibilityElementWithLabel:label];
UIView *view = (UIView*)[UIAccessibilityElement viewContainingAccessibilityElement:element];