Hey all :wave: We are working on E2E tests using A...

# compose-ios

[Mate Ajdukovic]

Hey all 👋 We are working on E2E tests using Appium for a KMP app (Android/iOS) with Jetpack Compose UI.

On Android, everything works fine — We can locate elements using testTag.
But on iOS, Appium Inspector just shows a bunch of nested XCUIElementTypeOther elements — nothing is accessible via accessibilityId, XPATH, etc.

We tried adding Modifier.semantics { contentDescription = "..." } alongside testTag, built the Compose framework with ./gradlew linkDebugFrameworkIosSimulatorArm64, added it to Xcode (Embed & Sign), cleaned DerivedData, and rebuilt the app. Still, the elements aren’t exposed in Appium or Xcode Accessibility Inspector.
Anyone got Compose-based elements discoverable on iOS for Appium? Are we missing something? Does anyone have an example of the repository where accessbility ID for iOS can be viewed using Appium Inspector?

Attached screenshot of how the PoC app looks like in Appium Inspector for Android and iOS app.

[Andrei Salavei]

Hi, what's the Compose version you're using?

[Mate Ajdukovic]

Hi @Andrei Salavei, thanks for your reply.

We are using compose-multiplatform = "1.7.3" .

If it matters, other dependency versions from gradle/libs.versions.toml file are:

agp = "8.9.1"
android-compileSdk = "35"
android-minSdk = "24"
android-targetSdk = "35"
androidx-activity-compose = "1.10.1"
androidx-lifecycle = "2.8.4"
coilCompose = "3.1.0"
compose-multiplatform = "1.7.3"
decompose = "3.3.0"
essenty = "2.5.0"
koinCore = "4.0.2"
kotlin = "2.1.20"
kotlinx-coroutines = "1.10.1"
kotlinx-serialization = "1.8.0"
kotlinxDatetime = "0.6.2"
ktorClient = "3.1.1"
multiplatformSettings = "1.3.0"
sqlDelight = "2.0.2"
supabase = "3.1.3"

[Andrei Salavei]

There 2 things might be:
Be sure you're enabled the accessibility using the correct AccessibilitySyncOptions for ComposeUIViewController.
Consider migrating to the latest 1.8.0, which is beta for now - it has significant improvements in accessibility (and UI testing).

[Mate Ajdukovic]

Thanks Andrei, we will try that.

[John O'Reilly]

example of that here fwiw https://github.com/joreilly/Confetti/blob/c1781db1f6a6d85ace8e6a8d44cdbf9931ad042c[…]osMain/kotlin/dev/johnoreilly/confetti/ui/MainViewController.kt

[John O'Reilly]

Using Maestro but same requirement I believe