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Do you plan to provide an extended Driver like UiAutomator2Options?

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Description

Is there a reason why you do not provide extended drivers such as UiAutomator2Driver?
executeScript is flexible, but it is inconvenient to use multiple times.

For example, as follows

Current code
val result = driver.executeScript("mobile: {method-name}" mapOf(
    "key1": "value1"
    "key1": "value2"
))
Extended code
class UiAutomator2Driver(..): AndroidDriver(..) {
    fun methodName(value1: String, value2: String) = executeScript(..)
}
UiAutomator2Driver().methodName("value1", "value2")

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Research direction

The issue compares the current executeScript usage with a proposed UiAutomator2Driver and methodName API. Start by reviewing the existing driver API and how mobile scripts are exposed; done would mean deciding whether extended drivers should be provided and defining the supported interface.

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Assessment

Tech stack
android, java, kotlin
Domain
mobile
Issue type
Feature
Difficulty
5/5
Estimated time
Over a week
Activity status
Stale
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Mostly clear
Newbie friendliness
25/100

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