diff --git a/apps/ui-tests-app/bindings/xmlbasics.xml b/apps/ui-tests-app/bindings/xmlbasics.xml
index 6e33b99ae..5d2baf49d 100644
--- a/apps/ui-tests-app/bindings/xmlbasics.xml
+++ b/apps/ui-tests-app/bindings/xmlbasics.xml
@@ -1,19 +1,19 @@
 <Page>
   <StackLayout>
     <StackLayout loaded="stack0Loaded" orientation="horizontal">
-      <TextField id="tf" text="{{ textSource }}" width="150" />
-      <Button id="btn" width="150" />
+      <TextField id="tf" automationText="tf" text="{{ textSource }}" width="150" />
+      <Button id="btn" automationText="btn" width="150" />
     </StackLayout>
     <StackLayout loaded="stack1Loaded">
-      <Label id="label" text="{{ text }}" />
+      <Label id="label" automationText="label" text="{{ text }}" />
     </StackLayout>
     <StackLayout loaded="stack2Loaded">
-      <Button id="button" text="{{ myProperty }}" tap="{{ myFunction }}" />
+      <Button id="button" automationText="button" text="{{ myProperty }}" tap="{{ myFunction }}" />
     </StackLayout>
     <StackLayout loaded="stack3Loaded">
-      <ListView id="listView" items="{{ myItems }}">
+      <ListView id="listView" automationText="listView" items="{{ myItems }}">
         <ListView.itemTemplate>
-          <Label id="item" text="{{ text }}"  />
+          <Label id="item" automationText="item" text="{{ text }}"  />
         </ListView.itemTemplate>
       </ListView>
     </StackLayout>
diff --git a/apps/ui-tests-app/css/background.xml b/apps/ui-tests-app/css/background.xml
index bf216f8f0..9070d8c32 100644
--- a/apps/ui-tests-app/css/background.xml
+++ b/apps/ui-tests-app/css/background.xml
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 <Page>
   <GridLayout rows="240, *">
-    <GridLayout width="290" id="test-element" />
+    <GridLayout width="290" id="test-element" automationText="test-element" />
     <WrapLayout row="1">
       <Button width="40" height="40" text="r" tap="resetTap"/>
 
diff --git a/apps/ui-tests-app/css/styles.xml b/apps/ui-tests-app/css/styles.xml
index 572be76a5..ab51df754 100644
--- a/apps/ui-tests-app/css/styles.xml
+++ b/apps/ui-tests-app/css/styles.xml
@@ -1,9 +1,9 @@
 <Page loaded="onLoaded">
   <WrapLayout>
-    <Button id="app" text="app" />
-    <Button id="inline" text="inline" style="background-color: lightgreen;" />
-    <Button id="page" text="page" />
-    <Button id="property" text="property" />
-    <Button id="import" text="import" />
+    <Button id="app" automationText="app" text="app" />
+    <Button id="inline" automationText="inline" text="inline" style="background-color: lightgreen;" />
+    <Button id="page" automationText="page" text="page" />
+    <Button id="property" automationText="property" text="property" />
+    <Button id="import" automationText="import" text="import" />
   </WrapLayout>
 </Page>
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diff --git a/apps/ui-tests-app/css/text-decoration.xml b/apps/ui-tests-app/css/text-decoration.xml
index f4b50cc9e..38c0d8d7e 100644
--- a/apps/ui-tests-app/css/text-decoration.xml
+++ b/apps/ui-tests-app/css/text-decoration.xml
@@ -1,10 +1,10 @@
 <Page >
   <StackLayout>
-    <Button id="Change" text="Change" tap="butonTap" />
-    <Label id="Label" text="Label" style.textDecoration="none" />
-    <Button id="Button" text="Button" style.textDecoration="none" />
-    <TextField id="TextField" text="TextField" style.textDecoration="none" />
-    <TextView id="TextView" text="TextView" style.textDecoration="none" />
+    <Button id="Change" automationText="Change" text="Change" tap="butonTap" />
+    <Label id="Label" automationText="Label" text="Label" style.textDecoration="none" />
+    <Button id="Button" automationText="Button" text="Button" style.textDecoration="none" />
+    <TextField id="TextField" automationText="TextField" text="TextField" style.textDecoration="none" />
+    <TextView id="TextView" automationText="TextView" text="TextView" style.textDecoration="none" />
 
     <!--
     <Label text="Label" style="text-decoration:none" />
diff --git a/apps/ui-tests-app/css/text-transform.xml b/apps/ui-tests-app/css/text-transform.xml
index 6b5a14d99..d9e14deb5 100644
--- a/apps/ui-tests-app/css/text-transform.xml
+++ b/apps/ui-tests-app/css/text-transform.xml
@@ -1,10 +1,10 @@
 <Page >
   <StackLayout>
-    <Button id="Change" text="Change" tap="butonTap" />
-    <Label id="Label" text="label Label" style.textTransform="none" />
-    <Button id="Button" text="button Button" style.textTransform="none" />
-    <TextField id="TextField" text="textField textField" style.textTransform="none" />
-    <TextView id="TextView" text="textView textView" style.textTransform="none" />
+    <Button id="Change" automationText="Change" text="Change" tap="butonTap" />
+    <Label id="Label" automationText="Label" text="label Label" style.textTransform="none" />
+    <Button id="Button" automationText="Button" text="button Button" style.textTransform="none" />
+    <TextField id="TextField" automationText="TextField" text="textField textField" style.textTransform="none" />
+    <TextView id="TextView" automationText="TextView" text="textView textView" style.textTransform="none" />
 
     <!--
     <Label text="label label" style="text-transform:none" />
diff --git a/apps/ui-tests-app/css/white-space.xml b/apps/ui-tests-app/css/white-space.xml
index 89ffb21a1..3867b40c1 100644
--- a/apps/ui-tests-app/css/white-space.xml
+++ b/apps/ui-tests-app/css/white-space.xml
@@ -1,11 +1,11 @@
 <Page >
   <ScrollView>
     <StackLayout width="50">
-      <Button id="Change" text="Change" tap="butonTap" />
-      <Label id="Label" text="label Label" style.whiteSpace="normal" />
-      <Button id="Button" text="button Button" style.whiteSpace="normal" />
-      <TextField id="TextField" text="textField textField" style.whiteSpace="normal" />
-      <TextView id="TextView" text="textView textView" style.whiteSpace="normal" />
+      <Button id="Change" automationText="Change" text="Change" tap="butonTap" />
+      <Label id="Label" automationText="Label" text="label Label" style.whiteSpace="normal" />
+      <Button id="Button" automationText="Button" text="button Button" style.whiteSpace="normal" />
+      <TextField id="TextField" automationText="TextField" text="textField textField" style.whiteSpace="normal" />
+      <TextView id="TextView" automationText="TextView" text="textView textView" style.whiteSpace="normal" />
 
       <!--
       <Label text="Label Normal" style="white-space:normal" />
diff --git a/apps/ui-tests-app/dialogs/dialogs.xml b/apps/ui-tests-app/dialogs/dialogs.xml
index 061a412c0..facb6aafe 100644
--- a/apps/ui-tests-app/dialogs/dialogs.xml
+++ b/apps/ui-tests-app/dialogs/dialogs.xml
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 <Page loaded="pageLoaded">
   <StackLayout>
-    <Label text="{{ name }}" id="label" style="text-align:center;" />
+    <Label text="{{ name }}" id="label" automationText="label" style="text-align:center;" />
     <Button text="action" tap="{{ actionName }}" />
     <Button text="alert" tap="{{ alertName }}" />
     <Button text="confirm" tap="{{ confirmName }}" />
diff --git a/apps/ui-tests-app/layouts-percent/absolute.xml b/apps/ui-tests-app/layouts-percent/absolute.xml
index 59adb5e72..dfeb55e29 100644
--- a/apps/ui-tests-app/layouts-percent/absolute.xml
+++ b/apps/ui-tests-app/layouts-percent/absolute.xml
@@ -1,15 +1,15 @@
 <Page loaded="onLoaded">
   <AbsoluteLayout>
     <!-- View Properties -->
-    <Button text="wh" tap="{{ onWidthHeight }}" id="widthHeight" style="background-color: lightpink;" width="75%" height="75%" />
-    <Button text="n" tap="{{ onMinWidthMinHeight }}" left="150" id="minWidthMinHeight" style="background-color: lightblue;" />
-    <Button text="m" tap="{{ onMargins }}" top="100" id="margins" style="background-color: lightsalmon;" width="40%" height="25%" />
-    <Button text="a" tap="{{ onAlignments }}" left="150" top="100" id="alignments" style="background-color: lightblue;" />
-    <Button text="c" tap="{{ onCollapse }}" top="200" id="collapse" style="background-color: lightblue;" />
-    <Button text="v" tap="{{ onVisibile }}" left="150" top="200" id="visible" style="background-color: lightblue;" />
+    <Button text="wh" tap="{{ onWidthHeight }}" id="widthHeight" automationText="widthHeight" style="background-color: lightpink;" width="75%" height="75%" />
+    <Button text="n" tap="{{ onMinWidthMinHeight }}" left="150" id="minWidthMinHeight" automationText="minWidthMinHeight" style="background-color: lightblue;" />
+    <Button text="m" tap="{{ onMargins }}" top="100" id="margins" automationText="margins" style="background-color: lightsalmon;" width="40%" height="25%" />
+    <Button text="a" tap="{{ onAlignments }}" left="150" top="100" id="alignments" automationText="alignments" style="background-color: lightblue;" />
+    <Button text="c" tap="{{ onCollapse }}" top="200" id="collapse" automationText="collapse" style="background-color: lightblue;" />
+    <Button text="v" tap="{{ onVisibile }}" left="150" top="200" id="visible" automationText="visible" style="background-color: lightblue;" />
     <!-- Layout Properties -->
-    <Button text="p" tap="{{ onPaddings }}" top="300" id="paddings" style="background-color: lightgray;" />
-    <Button text="all" tap="{{ onAllProperties }}" left="150" top="300" id="allProperties" style="background-color: aquamarine;" />
-    <Button text="s" tap="onSetLeftSetTop" top="400" id="setLeftSetTop" style="background-color: lightgreen;" />
+    <Button text="p" tap="{{ onPaddings }}" top="300" id="paddings" automationText="paddings" style="background-color: lightgray;" />
+    <Button text="all" tap="{{ onAllProperties }}" left="150" top="300" id="allProperties" automationText="allProperties" style="background-color: aquamarine;" />
+    <Button text="s" tap="onSetLeftSetTop" top="400" id="setLeftSetTop" automationText="setLeftSetTop" style="background-color: lightgreen;" />
   </AbsoluteLayout>
 </Page>
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diff --git a/apps/ui-tests-app/layouts-percent/dock.xml b/apps/ui-tests-app/layouts-percent/dock.xml
index 5f143d1c0..e148b309c 100644
--- a/apps/ui-tests-app/layouts-percent/dock.xml
+++ b/apps/ui-tests-app/layouts-percent/dock.xml
@@ -1,15 +1,15 @@
 <Page loaded="onLoaded">
   <DockLayout>
     <!-- View Properties -->
-    <Button text="wh" tap="{{ onWidthHeight }}" id="widthHeight" style="background-color: lightpink;" width="15%" height="75%" />
-    <Button text="n" tap="{{ onMinWidthMinHeight }}" dock="right" id="minWidthMinHeight" style="background-color: lightblue;" />
-    <Button text="m" tap="{{ onMargins }}" dock="top" id="margins" style="background-color: lightsalmon;" />
-    <Button text="a" tap="{{ onAlignments }}" dock="top" id="alignments" style="background-color: lightblue;" />
-    <Button text="c" tap="{{ onCollapse }}" dock="bottom" id="collapse" style="background-color: lightblue;" />
-    <Button text="v" tap="{{ onVisibile }}" dock="bottom" id="visible" style="background-color: lightblue;" />
+    <Button text="wh" tap="{{ onWidthHeight }}" id="widthHeight" automationText="widthHeight" style="background-color: lightpink;" width="15%" height="75%" />
+    <Button text="n" tap="{{ onMinWidthMinHeight }}" dock="right" id="minWidthMinHeight" automationText="minWidthMinHeight" style="background-color: lightblue;" />
+    <Button text="m" tap="{{ onMargins }}" dock="top" id="margins" automationText="margins" style="background-color: lightsalmon;" />
+    <Button text="a" tap="{{ onAlignments }}" dock="top" id="alignments" automationText="alignments" style="background-color: lightblue;" />
+    <Button text="c" tap="{{ onCollapse }}" dock="bottom" id="collapse" automationText="collapse" style="background-color: lightblue;" />
+    <Button text="v" tap="{{ onVisibile }}" dock="bottom" id="visible" automationText="visible" style="background-color: lightblue;" />
     <!-- Layout Properties -->
-    <Button text="p" tap="{{ onPaddings }}" dock="top" id="paddings" style="background-color: lightgray;" />
-    <Button text="all" tap="{{ onAllProperties }}" dock="top" id="allProperties" style="background-color: aquamarine;" />
-    <Button text="tr" tap="onStretchLastChild" id="stretchLastChild" style="background-color: lightgreen;" />
+    <Button text="p" tap="{{ onPaddings }}" dock="top" id="paddings" automationText="paddings" style="background-color: lightgray;" />
+    <Button text="all" tap="{{ onAllProperties }}" dock="top" id="allProperties" automationText="allProperties" style="background-color: aquamarine;" />
+    <Button text="tr" tap="onStretchLastChild" id="stretchLastChild" automationText="stretchLastChild" style="background-color: lightgreen;" />
   </DockLayout>
 </Page>
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/apps/ui-tests-app/layouts-percent/grid.xml b/apps/ui-tests-app/layouts-percent/grid.xml
index e1a4a5ec4..e80e963fd 100644
--- a/apps/ui-tests-app/layouts-percent/grid.xml
+++ b/apps/ui-tests-app/layouts-percent/grid.xml
@@ -1,18 +1,18 @@
 <Page loaded="onLoaded">
   <GridLayout rows="auto, 50, auto, 50" columns="auto, 50, auto, 50">
     <!-- View Properties -->
-    <Button text="wh" tap="{{ onWidthHeight }}" id="widthHeight" style="background-color: lightpink;" width="25%" height="25%" />
-    <Button text="n" tap="{{ onMinWidthMinHeight }}" col="1" id="minWidthMinHeight" style="background-color: lightblue;" />
-    <Button text="m" tap="{{ onMargins }}" col="2" id="margins" style="background-color: lightsalmon;" />
-    <Button text="a" tap="{{ onAlignments }}" row="1" id="alignments" style="background-color: lightblue;" />
-    <Button text="c" tap="{{ onCollapse }}" row="1" col="1" id="collapse" style="background-color: lightblue;" />
-    <Button text="v" tap="{{ onVisibile }}" row="1" col="2" id="visible" style="background-color: lightblue;" />
+    <Button text="wh" tap="{{ onWidthHeight }}" id="widthHeight" automationText="widthHeight" style="background-color: lightpink;" width="25%" height="25%" />
+    <Button text="n" tap="{{ onMinWidthMinHeight }}" col="1" id="minWidthMinHeight" automationText="minWidthMinHeight" style="background-color: lightblue;" />
+    <Button text="m" tap="{{ onMargins }}" col="2" id="margins" automationText="margins" style="background-color: lightsalmon;" />
+    <Button text="a" tap="{{ onAlignments }}" row="1" id="alignments" automationText="alignments" style="background-color: lightblue;" />
+    <Button text="c" tap="{{ onCollapse }}" row="1" col="1" id="collapse" automationText="collapse" style="background-color: lightblue;" />
+    <Button text="v" tap="{{ onVisibile }}" row="1" col="2" id="visible" automationText="visible" style="background-color: lightblue;" />
     <!-- Layout Properties -->
-    <Button text="p" tap="{{ onPaddings }}" row="2" id="paddings" style="background-color: lightgray;" />
-    <Button text="all" tap="{{ onAllProperties }}" row="2" col="1" id="allProperties" style="background-color: aquamarine;" />
+    <Button text="p" tap="{{ onPaddings }}" row="2" id="paddings" automationText="paddings" style="background-color: lightgray;" />
+    <Button text="all" tap="{{ onAllProperties }}" row="2" col="1" id="allProperties" automationText="allProperties" style="background-color: aquamarine;" />
     <StackLayout row="2" col="2" width="25%" height="25%">
-      <Button text="1" tap="onAddRowColumn" id="addRowColumn" style="background-color: lightgreen;" width="50%" height="50%" horizontalAlignment="left" />
-      <Button text="0" tap="onRemoveRowColumn" id="removeRowColumn" style="background-color: lightgreen;" width="50%" height="50%" horizontalAlignment="right" />
+      <Button text="1" tap="onAddRowColumn" id="addRowColumn" automationText="addRowColumn" style="background-color: lightgreen;" width="50%" height="50%" horizontalAlignment="left" />
+      <Button text="0" tap="onRemoveRowColumn" id="removeRowColumn" automationText="removeRowColumn" style="background-color: lightgreen;" width="50%" height="50%" horizontalAlignment="right" />
     </StackLayout>
   </GridLayout>
 </Page>
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/apps/ui-tests-app/layouts-percent/stack.xml b/apps/ui-tests-app/layouts-percent/stack.xml
index 4204ad9ed..83eb9ac77 100644
--- a/apps/ui-tests-app/layouts-percent/stack.xml
+++ b/apps/ui-tests-app/layouts-percent/stack.xml
@@ -1,15 +1,15 @@
 <Page loaded="onLoaded">
   <StackLayout>
     <!-- View Properties -->
-    <Button text="wh" tap="{{ onWidthHeight }}" id="widthHeight" style="background-color: lightpink;" width="90%" height="10%" />
-    <Button text="n" tap="{{ onMinWidthMinHeight }}" id="minWidthMinHeight" style="background-color: lightblue;" width="80%" height="10%" />
-    <Button text="m" tap="{{ onMargins }}" id="margins" style="background-color: lightsalmon;" width="70%" height="10%" />
-    <Button text="a" tap="{{ onAlignments }}" id="alignments" style="background-color: lightblue;" width="60%" height="10%" />
-    <Button text="c" tap="{{ onCollapse }}" id="collapse" style="background-color: lightblue;" width="50%" height="10%" />
-    <Button text="v" tap="{{ onVisibile }}" id="visible" style="background-color: lightblue;" width="40%" height="10%" />
+    <Button text="wh" tap="{{ onWidthHeight }}" id="widthHeight" automationText="widthHeight" style="background-color: lightpink;" width="90%" height="10%" />
+    <Button text="n" tap="{{ onMinWidthMinHeight }}" id="minWidthMinHeight" automationText="minWidthMinHeight" style="background-color: lightblue;" width="80%" height="10%" />
+    <Button text="m" tap="{{ onMargins }}" id="margins" automationText="margins" style="background-color: lightsalmon;" width="70%" height="10%" />
+    <Button text="a" tap="{{ onAlignments }}" id="alignments" automationText="alignments" style="background-color: lightblue;" width="60%" height="10%" />
+    <Button text="c" tap="{{ onCollapse }}" id="collapse" automationText="collapse" style="background-color: lightblue;" width="50%" height="10%" />
+    <Button text="v" tap="{{ onVisibile }}" id="visible" automationText="visible" style="background-color: lightblue;" width="40%" height="10%" />
     <!-- Layout Properties -->
-    <Button text="p" tap="{{ onPaddings }}" id="paddings" style="background-color: lightgray;" width="30%" height="10%"/>
-    <Button text="all" tap="{{ onAllProperties }}" id="allProperties" style="background-color: aquamarine;" width="20%" height="10%" />
-    <Button text="o" tap="onOrientation" id="orientation" style="background-color: lightgreen;" width="10%" height="10%" />
+    <Button text="p" tap="{{ onPaddings }}" id="paddings" automationText="paddings" style="background-color: lightgray;" width="30%" height="10%"/>
+    <Button text="all" tap="{{ onAllProperties }}" id="allProperties" automationText="allProperties" style="background-color: aquamarine;" width="20%" height="10%" />
+    <Button text="o" tap="onOrientation" id="orientation" automationText="orientation" style="background-color: lightgreen;" width="10%" height="10%" />
   </StackLayout>
 </Page>
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diff --git a/apps/ui-tests-app/layouts-percent/wrap.xml b/apps/ui-tests-app/layouts-percent/wrap.xml
index 074fc5698..5e1f68384 100644
--- a/apps/ui-tests-app/layouts-percent/wrap.xml
+++ b/apps/ui-tests-app/layouts-percent/wrap.xml
@@ -1,16 +1,16 @@
 <Page loaded="onLoaded">
   <WrapLayout>
     <!-- View Properties -->
-    <Button text="wh" tap="{{ onWidthHeight }}" id="widthHeight" style="background-color: lightpink;" width="20%" height="10%" />
-    <Button text="n" tap="{{ onMinWidthMinHeight }}" id="minWidthMinHeight" style="background-color: lightblue;" />
-    <Button text="m" tap="{{ onMargins }}" id="margins" style="background-color: lightsalmon;" />
-    <Button text="a" tap="{{ onAlignments }}" id="alignments" style="background-color: lightblue;" width="20%" height="10%" />
-    <Button text="c" tap="{{ onCollapse }}" id="collapse" style="background-color: lightblue;" width="20%" height="10%" />
-    <Button text="v" tap="{{ onVisibile }}" id="visible" style="background-color: lightblue;" width="20%" height="10%" />
+    <Button text="wh" tap="{{ onWidthHeight }}" id="widthHeight" automationText="widthHeight" style="background-color: lightpink;" width="20%" height="10%" />
+    <Button text="n" tap="{{ onMinWidthMinHeight }}" id="minWidthMinHeight" automationText="minWidthMinHeight" style="background-color: lightblue;" />
+    <Button text="m" tap="{{ onMargins }}" id="margins" automationText="margins" style="background-color: lightsalmon;" />
+    <Button text="a" tap="{{ onAlignments }}" id="alignments" automationText="alignments" style="background-color: lightblue;" width="20%" height="10%" />
+    <Button text="c" tap="{{ onCollapse }}" id="collapse" automationText="collapse" style="background-color: lightblue;" width="20%" height="10%" />
+    <Button text="v" tap="{{ onVisibile }}" id="visible" automationText="visible" style="background-color: lightblue;" width="20%" height="10%" />
     <!-- Layout Properties -->
-    <Button text="p" tap="{{ onPaddings }}" id="paddings" style="background-color: lightgray;" width="20%" height="10%" />
-    <Button text="all" tap="{{ onAllProperties }}" id="allProperties" style="background-color: aquamarine;" width="20%" height="10%" />
-    <Button text="o" tap="onOrientation" id="orientation" style="background-color: lightgreen;" width="20%" height="10%" />
-    <Button text="i" tap="onItemWidthItemHeight" id="itemWidthItemHeight" style="background-color: lightgreen;" width="20%" height="10%" />
+    <Button text="p" tap="{{ onPaddings }}" id="paddings" automationText="paddings" style="background-color: lightgray;" width="20%" height="10%" />
+    <Button text="all" tap="{{ onAllProperties }}" id="allProperties" automationText="allProperties" style="background-color: aquamarine;" width="20%" height="10%" />
+    <Button text="o" tap="onOrientation" id="orientation" automationText="orientation" style="background-color: lightgreen;" width="20%" height="10%" />
+    <Button text="i" tap="onItemWidthItemHeight" id="itemWidthItemHeight" automationText="itemWidthItemHeight" style="background-color: lightgreen;" width="20%" height="10%" />
   </WrapLayout>
 </Page>
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/apps/ui-tests-app/layouts/absolute.xml b/apps/ui-tests-app/layouts/absolute.xml
index 01f911b37..4f47275e5 100644
--- a/apps/ui-tests-app/layouts/absolute.xml
+++ b/apps/ui-tests-app/layouts/absolute.xml
@@ -1,15 +1,15 @@
 <Page loaded="onLoaded">
   <AbsoluteLayout>
     <!-- View Properties -->
-    <Button text="wh" tap="{{ onWidthHeight }}" id="widthHeight" style="background-color: lightblue;" />
-    <Button text="n" tap="{{ onMinWidthMinHeight }}" left="150" id="minWidthMinHeight" style="background-color: lightblue;" />
-    <Button text="m" tap="{{ onMargins }}" top="100" id="margins" style="background-color: lightblue;" />
-    <Button text="a" tap="{{ onAlignments }}" left="150" top="100" id="alignments" style="background-color: lightblue;" />
-    <Button text="c" tap="{{ onCollapse }}" top="200" id="collapse" style="background-color: lightblue;" />
-    <Button text="v" tap="{{ onVisibile }}" left="150" top="200" id="visible" style="background-color: lightblue;" />
+    <Button text="wh" tap="{{ onWidthHeight }}" id="widthHeight" automationText="widthHeight" style="background-color: lightblue;" />
+    <Button text="n" tap="{{ onMinWidthMinHeight }}" left="150" id="minWidthMinHeight" automationText="minWidthMinHeight" style="background-color: lightblue;" />
+    <Button text="m" tap="{{ onMargins }}" top="100" id="margins" automationText="margins" style="background-color: lightblue;" />
+    <Button text="a" tap="{{ onAlignments }}" left="150" top="100" id="alignments" automationText="alignments" style="background-color: lightblue;" />
+    <Button text="c" tap="{{ onCollapse }}" top="200" id="collapse" automationText="collapse" style="background-color: lightblue;" />
+    <Button text="v" tap="{{ onVisibile }}" left="150" top="200" id="visible" automationText="visible" style="background-color: lightblue;" />
     <!-- Layout Properties -->
-    <Button text="p" tap="{{ onPaddings }}" top="300" id="paddings" style="background-color: lightgray;" />
-    <Button text="all" tap="{{ onAllProperties }}" left="150" top="300" id="allProperties" style="background-color: aquamarine;" />
-    <Button text="s" tap="onSetLeftSetTop" top="400" id="setLeftSetTop" style="background-color: lightgreen;" />
+    <Button text="p" tap="{{ onPaddings }}" top="300" id="paddings" automationText="paddings" style="background-color: lightgray;" />
+    <Button text="all" tap="{{ onAllProperties }}" left="150" top="300" id="allProperties" automationText="allProperties" style="background-color: aquamarine;" />
+    <Button text="s" tap="onSetLeftSetTop" top="400" id="setLeftSetTop" automationText="setLeftSetTop" style="background-color: lightgreen;" />
   </AbsoluteLayout>
 </Page>
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diff --git a/apps/ui-tests-app/layouts/dock.xml b/apps/ui-tests-app/layouts/dock.xml
index 750eb57d2..0085b4b07 100644
--- a/apps/ui-tests-app/layouts/dock.xml
+++ b/apps/ui-tests-app/layouts/dock.xml
@@ -1,15 +1,15 @@
 <Page loaded="onLoaded">
   <DockLayout>
     <!-- View Properties -->
-    <Button text="wh" tap="{{ onWidthHeight }}" id="widthHeight" style="background-color: lightblue;" />
-    <Button text="n" tap="{{ onMinWidthMinHeight }}" dock="right" id="minWidthMinHeight" style="background-color: lightblue;" />
-    <Button text="m" tap="{{ onMargins }}" dock="top" id="margins" style="background-color: lightblue;" />
-    <Button text="a" tap="{{ onAlignments }}" dock="top" id="alignments" style="background-color: lightblue;" />
-    <Button text="c" tap="{{ onCollapse }}" dock="bottom" id="collapse" style="background-color: lightblue;" />
-    <Button text="v" tap="{{ onVisibile }}" dock="bottom" id="visible" style="background-color: lightblue;" />
+    <Button text="wh" tap="{{ onWidthHeight }}" id="widthHeight" automationText="widthHeight" style="background-color: lightblue;" />
+    <Button text="n" tap="{{ onMinWidthMinHeight }}" dock="right" id="minWidthMinHeight" automationText="minWidthMinHeight" style="background-color: lightblue;" />
+    <Button text="m" tap="{{ onMargins }}" dock="top" id="margins" automationText="margins" style="background-color: lightblue;" />
+    <Button text="a" tap="{{ onAlignments }}" dock="top" id="alignments" automationText="alignments" style="background-color: lightblue;" />
+    <Button text="c" tap="{{ onCollapse }}" dock="bottom" id="collapse" automationText="collapse" style="background-color: lightblue;" />
+    <Button text="v" tap="{{ onVisibile }}" dock="bottom" id="visible" automationText="visible" style="background-color: lightblue;" />
     <!-- Layout Properties -->
-    <Button text="p" tap="{{ onPaddings }}" dock="top" id="paddings" style="background-color: lightgray;" />
-    <Button text="all" tap="{{ onAllProperties }}" dock="top" id="allProperties" style="background-color: aquamarine;" />
-    <Button text="tr" tap="onStretchLastChild" id="stretchLastChild" style="background-color: lightgreen;" />
+    <Button text="p" tap="{{ onPaddings }}" dock="top" id="paddings" automationText="paddings" style="background-color: lightgray;" />
+    <Button text="all" tap="{{ onAllProperties }}" dock="top" id="allProperties" automationText="allProperties" style="background-color: aquamarine;" />
+    <Button text="tr" tap="onStretchLastChild" id="stretchLastChild" automationText="stretchLastChild" style="background-color: lightgreen;" />
   </DockLayout>
 </Page>
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diff --git a/apps/ui-tests-app/layouts/grid.xml b/apps/ui-tests-app/layouts/grid.xml
index 4f9718c5e..246320103 100644
--- a/apps/ui-tests-app/layouts/grid.xml
+++ b/apps/ui-tests-app/layouts/grid.xml
@@ -1,18 +1,18 @@
 <Page loaded="onLoaded">
   <GridLayout rows="auto, 100, *, 50" columns="auto, 60, *, 40">
     <!-- View Properties -->
-    <Button text="wh" tap="{{ onWidthHeight }}" id="widthHeight" style="background-color: lightblue;" />
-    <Button text="n" tap="{{ onMinWidthMinHeight }}" col="1" id="minWidthMinHeight" style="background-color: lightblue;" />
-    <Button text="m" tap="{{ onMargins }}" col="2" id="margins" style="background-color: lightblue;" />
-    <Button text="a" tap="{{ onAlignments }}" row="1" id="alignments" style="background-color: lightblue;" />
-    <Button text="c" tap="{{ onCollapse }}" row="1" col="1" id="collapse" style="background-color: lightblue;" />
-    <Button text="v" tap="{{ onVisibile }}" row="1" col="2" id="visible" style="background-color: lightblue;" />
+    <Button text="wh" tap="{{ onWidthHeight }}" id="widthHeight" automationText="widthHeight" style="background-color: lightblue;" />
+    <Button text="n" tap="{{ onMinWidthMinHeight }}" col="1" id="minWidthMinHeight" automationText="minWidthMinHeight" style="background-color: lightblue;" />
+    <Button text="m" tap="{{ onMargins }}" col="2" id="margins" automationText="margins" style="background-color: lightblue;" />
+    <Button text="a" tap="{{ onAlignments }}" row="1" id="alignments" automationText="alignments" style="background-color: lightblue;" />
+    <Button text="c" tap="{{ onCollapse }}" row="1" col="1" id="collapse" automationText="collapse" style="background-color: lightblue;" />
+    <Button text="v" tap="{{ onVisibile }}" row="1" col="2" id="visible" automationText="visible" style="background-color: lightblue;" />
     <!-- Layout Properties -->
-    <Button text="p" tap="{{ onPaddings }}" row="2" id="paddings" style="background-color: lightgray;" />
-    <Button text="all" tap="{{ onAllProperties }}" row="2" col="1" id="allProperties" style="background-color: aquamarine;" />
+    <Button text="p" tap="{{ onPaddings }}" row="2" id="paddings" automationText="paddings" style="background-color: lightgray;" />
+    <Button text="all" tap="{{ onAllProperties }}" row="2" col="1" id="allProperties" automationText="allProperties" style="background-color: aquamarine;" />
     <StackLayout row="2" col="2">
-      <Button text="1" tap="onAddRowColumn" id="addRowColumn" style="background-color: lightgreen;" />
-      <Button text="0" tap="onRemoveRowColumn" id="removeRowColumn" style="background-color: lightgreen;" />
+      <Button text="1" tap="onAddRowColumn" id="addRowColumn" automationText="addRowColumn" style="background-color: lightgreen;" />
+      <Button text="0" tap="onRemoveRowColumn" id="removeRowColumn" automationText="removeRowColumn" style="background-color: lightgreen;" />
     </StackLayout>
   </GridLayout>
 </Page>
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diff --git a/apps/ui-tests-app/layouts/stack.xml b/apps/ui-tests-app/layouts/stack.xml
index 27fdfce55..0a744aea8 100644
--- a/apps/ui-tests-app/layouts/stack.xml
+++ b/apps/ui-tests-app/layouts/stack.xml
@@ -1,15 +1,15 @@
 <Page loaded="onLoaded">
   <StackLayout>
     <!-- View Properties -->
-    <Button text="wh" tap="{{ onWidthHeight }}" id="widthHeight" style="background-color: lightblue;" />
-    <Button text="n" tap="{{ onMinWidthMinHeight }}" id="minWidthMinHeight" style="background-color: lightblue;" />
-    <Button text="m" tap="{{ onMargins }}" id="margins" style="background-color: lightblue;" />
-    <Button text="a" tap="{{ onAlignments }}" id="alignments" style="background-color: lightblue;" />
-    <Button text="c" tap="{{ onCollapse }}" id="collapse" style="background-color: lightblue;" />
-    <Button text="v" tap="{{ onVisibile }}" id="visible" style="background-color: lightblue;" />
+    <Button text="wh" tap="{{ onWidthHeight }}" id="widthHeight" automationText="widthHeight" style="background-color: lightblue;" />
+    <Button text="n" tap="{{ onMinWidthMinHeight }}" id="minWidthMinHeight" automationText="minWidthMinHeight" style="background-color: lightblue;" />
+    <Button text="m" tap="{{ onMargins }}" id="margins" automationText="margins" style="background-color: lightblue;" />
+    <Button text="a" tap="{{ onAlignments }}" id="alignments" automationText="alignments" style="background-color: lightblue;" />
+    <Button text="c" tap="{{ onCollapse }}" id="collapse" automationText="collapse" style="background-color: lightblue;" />
+    <Button text="v" tap="{{ onVisibile }}" id="visible" automationText="visible" style="background-color: lightblue;" />
     <!-- Layout Properties -->
-    <Button text="p" tap="{{ onPaddings }}" id="paddings" style="background-color: lightgray;" />
-    <Button text="all" tap="{{ onAllProperties }}" id="allProperties" style="background-color: aquamarine;" />
-    <Button text="o" tap="onOrientation" id="orientation" style="background-color: lightgreen;" />
+    <Button text="p" tap="{{ onPaddings }}" id="paddings" automationText="paddings" style="background-color: lightgray;" />
+    <Button text="all" tap="{{ onAllProperties }}" id="allProperties" automationText="allProperties" style="background-color: aquamarine;" />
+    <Button text="o" tap="onOrientation" id="orientation" automationText="orientation" style="background-color: lightgreen;" />
   </StackLayout>
 </Page>
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diff --git a/apps/ui-tests-app/layouts/wrap.xml b/apps/ui-tests-app/layouts/wrap.xml
index 407516142..dd252acf4 100644
--- a/apps/ui-tests-app/layouts/wrap.xml
+++ b/apps/ui-tests-app/layouts/wrap.xml
@@ -1,16 +1,16 @@
 <Page loaded="onLoaded">
   <WrapLayout>
     <!-- View Properties -->
-    <Button text="wh" tap="{{ onWidthHeight }}" id="widthHeight" style="background-color: lightblue;" />
-    <Button text="n" tap="{{ onMinWidthMinHeight }}" id="minWidthMinHeight" style="background-color: lightblue;" />
-    <Button text="m" tap="{{ onMargins }}" id="margins" style="background-color: lightblue;" />
-    <Button text="a" tap="{{ onAlignments }}" id="alignments" style="background-color: lightblue;" />
-    <Button text="c" tap="{{ onCollapse }}" id="collapse" style="background-color: lightblue;" />
-    <Button text="v" tap="{{ onVisibile }}" id="visible" style="background-color: lightblue;" />
+    <Button text="wh" tap="{{ onWidthHeight }}" id="widthHeight" automationText="widthHeight" style="background-color: lightblue;" />
+    <Button text="n" tap="{{ onMinWidthMinHeight }}" id="minWidthMinHeight" automationText="minWidthMinHeight" style="background-color: lightblue;" />
+    <Button text="m" tap="{{ onMargins }}" id="margins" automationText="margins" style="background-color: lightblue;" />
+    <Button text="a" tap="{{ onAlignments }}" id="alignments" automationText="alignments" style="background-color: lightblue;" />
+    <Button text="c" tap="{{ onCollapse }}" id="collapse" automationText="collapse" style="background-color: lightblue;" />
+    <Button text="v" tap="{{ onVisibile }}" id="visible" automationText="visible" style="background-color: lightblue;" />
     <!-- Layout Properties -->
-    <Button text="p" tap="{{ onPaddings }}" id="paddings" style="background-color: lightgray;" />
-    <Button text="all" tap="{{ onAllProperties }}" id="allProperties" style="background-color: aquamarine;" />
-    <Button text="o" tap="onOrientation" id="orientation" style="background-color: lightgreen;" />
-    <Button text="i" tap="onItemWidthItemHeight" id="itemWidthItemHeight" style="background-color: lightgreen;" />
+    <Button text="p" tap="{{ onPaddings }}" id="paddings" automationText="paddings" style="background-color: lightgray;" />
+    <Button text="all" tap="{{ onAllProperties }}" id="allProperties" automationText="allProperties" style="background-color: aquamarine;" />
+    <Button text="o" tap="onOrientation" id="orientation" automationText="orientation" style="background-color: lightgreen;" />
+    <Button text="i" tap="onItemWidthItemHeight" id="itemWidthItemHeight" automationText="itemWidthItemHeight" style="background-color: lightgreen;" />
   </WrapLayout>
 </Page>
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diff --git a/apps/ui-tests-app/modal-view/login-page.xml b/apps/ui-tests-app/modal-view/login-page.xml
index 8d92ed395..5c98d745c 100644
--- a/apps/ui-tests-app/modal-view/login-page.xml
+++ b/apps/ui-tests-app/modal-view/login-page.xml
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 <Page xmlns="http://schemas.nativescript.org/tns.xsd" shownModally="onShownModally" loaded="onLoaded" unloaded="onUnloaded" backgroundColor="Red">
   <StackLayout backgroundColor="PaleGreen">
-    <TextField hint="username" id="username" text="username"/>
-    <TextField hint="password" id="password" text="password" secure="true"/>
+    <TextField hint="username" id="username" automationText="username" text="username"/>
+    <TextField hint="password" id="password" automationText="password" text="password" secure="true"/>
     <Button text="Login" tap="onLoginButtonTap"/>
   </StackLayout>
 </Page>
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/apps/ui-tests-app/modal-view/modal-view.xml b/apps/ui-tests-app/modal-view/modal-view.xml
index 0ce8f81fa..950eb3322 100644
--- a/apps/ui-tests-app/modal-view/modal-view.xml
+++ b/apps/ui-tests-app/modal-view/modal-view.xml
@@ -2,6 +2,6 @@
   <StackLayout backgroundColor="PaleGreen">
     <Button text="Login (pop-up)" tap="onTap" />
     <Button text="Login (full-screen)" tap="onTap" />
-    <Label id="label" text="Anonymous"/>
+    <Label id="label" automationText="label" text="Anonymous"/>
   </StackLayout>
 </Page>
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diff --git a/apps/ui-tests-app/nordic/nordic.xml b/apps/ui-tests-app/nordic/nordic.xml
index 9b37947f7..e1b95fcc1 100644
--- a/apps/ui-tests-app/nordic/nordic.xml
+++ b/apps/ui-tests-app/nordic/nordic.xml
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 <Page xmlns="http://schemas.nativescript.org/tns.xsd" loaded="pageLoaded">
   <StackLayout>
-    <Label id="label" />
+    <Label id="label" automationText="label" />
     <Button text="æøå" />
   </StackLayout>
 </Page>
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diff --git a/apps/ui-tests-app/pages/touch-event.xml b/apps/ui-tests-app/pages/touch-event.xml
index 2d29e7f3d..650575dae 100644
--- a/apps/ui-tests-app/pages/touch-event.xml
+++ b/apps/ui-tests-app/pages/touch-event.xml
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 <Page>
   <GridLayout rows="*, auto, *" >
-    <GridLayout backgroundColor="lightgreen" id="target" margin="20" touch="onTouch"/>
+    <GridLayout backgroundColor="lightgreen" id="target" automationText="target" margin="20" touch="onTouch"/>
     <Button row="1" text="clear" tap="clear"/>
-    <TextView row="2" text="here" id="output" style="font-size: 10, font-family: monospace;"/>
+    <TextView row="2" text="here" id="output" automationText="output" style="font-size: 10, font-family: monospace;"/>
   </GridLayout>
 </Page>
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/apps/ui-tests-app/text-field/text-field.xml b/apps/ui-tests-app/text-field/text-field.xml
index 5d7c4ea4b..9712cea84 100644
--- a/apps/ui-tests-app/text-field/text-field.xml
+++ b/apps/ui-tests-app/text-field/text-field.xml
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 <Page loaded="pageLoaded">
   <StackLayout orientation="vertical">
-    <TextField id="textField" text="{{ textProperty }}" />
-    <TextField id="textFieldSecured" text="{{ textProperty }}" />
+    <TextField id="textField" automationText="textField" text="{{ textProperty }}" />
+    <TextField id="textFieldSecured" automationText="textFieldSecured" text="{{ textProperty }}" />
   </StackLayout>
 </Page>
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