Write and run a basic Maestro flow to test a mobile app's UI
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Steps
Set up a target device: an Android emulator via Android Studio's Virtual Device Manager, or an iOS Simulator via Xcode
Install Maestro (CLI or Maestro Studio) per the official quickstart
Create a Flow: a YAML file starting with an appId: header, a --- separator, then a list of step commands
Add commands such as launchApp, tapOn, inputText, and takeScreenshot to drive and verify the UI
Run the flow locally via Maestro Studio's Run button, or via the Maestro CLI for CI/CD
Split larger scenarios into modular, reusable flows per Maestro's Flows guide
Known gotchas
Maestro's documented Android emulator support targets specific API levels; check the current compatibility list before assuming the newest API level works
If Xcode was installed without ever being opened, iOS simulators won't appear until xcodebuild -runFirstLaunch is run
Flows are declarative YAML by design; real conditional/programmatic logic requires dropping into evalScript/runScript JS rather than native YAML constructs
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