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Record events
When app recording is enabled, the Appetize.io iFrame will post recordedEvent messages to its parent window. See Cross-document messages for more information on how this works. The message will be an object with type set to recordedEvent. Its value field will be an event object with the following fields:
type - what happened, e.g. "keypress", "click", "swipe", "scrollToElement"
id - a string that identifies this event (unique per recording)
element - an object representation of the UI element that the event targeted. It will have fields:
path - the element's position in the UI hierarchy
class - the class of the element
text - (Android) text displayed
resource-id - (Android) the resource id corresponding to the element
content-desc - (Android) the content description used for accessibility
windowType - (Android) the type of window (application/system/input-method)
label - (iOS) text displayed
accessibilityId - (iOS) identifier used for accessibility
parentClass - (iOS) parent class of the element
time - when the event occurred, in seconds since session start
ui - an xml representation of the app's entire UI when the event occurred
xPos - the x position (from left) of where a tap event occurred
yPos - the y position (from top) of where a tap event occurred
Note that the event object is a simple javascript object that can be serialized to JSON and stored for later use.
The iFrame may also post deleteEvent messages, formatted the same way. It is used, for example, when a set of previous swipes should be replaced with a "scrollToElement" event. When receiving a deleteEvent message, use the id of the event search backwards in the recording to find the event that should be deleted.
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