What's the difference between setAccessibilityLabel and accessibilityIdentifier in ios?

Question

I\'ve been going through our code base and setting the accessibilityIdentifier property on all of our buttons and text fields so that I can access them using UIAutomation. While

Answer 1

Instead of using accessibilityLabel (see below) you should use accessibilityIdentifier.

This github issue explains the difference:

Given that accessibilityLabel is an outwardly-facing string that is actually used by accessibility screen readers (and should be localized to the device user's language), Apple now provides an alternate property (iOS 5+) that is specifically intended for UI Automation purposes