Feature: To support mix of search strategy

[Aleksei]

Description

@AndroidFindBy(id = "action_bar")
@HowToUseLocators(androidAutomation = ALL_POSSIBLE)
@AndroidFindBy(className = "android.widget.ImageButton")
@AndroidFindBy(className = "android.widget.ImageView")

it does work now for "ImageView" correctly but for "ImageButton" not! For "ImageButton" it get "action_bar" instead.

[Sergey Tikhomirov]

@amedvedjev It seems it is not the problem of java_client by itself. But it is possible that it is related to
ByAll.

What will happen if you change annotation sequence like

    @HowToUseLocators(androidAutomation = ALL_POSSIBLE)
    @AndroidFindBy(className = "android.widget.ImageView")
    @AndroidFindBy(className = "android.widget.ImageButton")
    @AndroidFindBy(id = "action_bar")

It seems that ByAll returns the element tha was found first. By annotation sequence you can regulate the priority of the searching at ALL_POSSIBLE case. I'm not sure that it is needed to define the priority by annotations. However C# clint (Selenium and Appium too) page object attributes (annotations) can regulate it clearly. We could think about this feature further.

[Aleksei]

what i need is:

1. first search by some element -> @AndroidFindBy(id = "action_bar")
2. then inside search by any element ->
   @AndroidFindBy(className = "android.widget.ImageView")
   @AndroidFindBy(className = "android.widget.ImageButton")

e.g.

    @AndroidFindBy(id = "action_bar")
    @HowToUseLocators(androidAutomation = ALL_POSSIBLE) {
        @AndroidFindBy(className = "android.widget.ImageButton")
        @AndroidFindBy(className = "android.widget.ImageView")
    }

another possibilities are also welcome:

1. search by any -> then inside by any again
   e.g.

    @HowToUseLocators(androidAutomation = ALL_POSSIBLE) {
       @AndroidFindBy(id = "action_bar_1")
       @AndroidFindBy(id = "action_bar_2")
    }
    @HowToUseLocators(androidAutomation = ALL_POSSIBLE) {
        @AndroidFindBy(className = "android.widget.ImageButton")
        @AndroidFindBy(className = "android.widget.ImageView")
    }

[Sergey Tikhomirov]

Ok. I will think about the design. It would be the interesting feature

[Aleksei]

Thanks Sergey! also don't forget about CHAIN possibility.

[Sergey Tikhomirov]

The fix was merged at #646. It is going to be available soon.