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Native Apps - Inspect elements by using UI Automator Viewer and Appium Desktop Inspector

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There are many different tools that help you inspect elements in mobile apps. But the most popular and widely used tools are: 1. UIAutomatorViewer : This is a tool provided by Android Studio that lets you inspect elements in the mobile app NOTE : The  UIAutomatorViewer can be used only for android native apps. 2. Appium Desktop Inspector : The latest version of Appium GUI (Appium Desktop) comes with an inspector. We can use this inspector for both Android and iOS apps (for iOS apps, you would need a Mac). How to open UIAutomatorViewer : UIAutomatorViewer comes with Android Studio installation package. So when we install Android Studio, UIAutomatorViewer would automatically get installed with it. There are 2 ways in which we can open UIAutomatorViewer. Follow any of these methods to open it. Method 1: Open UIAutomatorViewer from Command Prompt This is the easiest way of opening UIAutomatorViewer. Just follow the steps given below to open it – Step 1.1 : Open command promp