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You can override the default automation engine to execute your appium tests on BrowserStack. In order to change the automation engine, use the automationName capability that is provided by Appium.

Capability OS Values
automationName Android UIAutomator2, Appium, Espresso (Only supported for appium versions 1.14.0 and above)
Default: UIAutomator2
  iOS XCUITest

Example:

desired_caps = {
    'automationName': 'Appium'
}
DesiredCapabilities desiredCapabilities = new DesiredCapabilities();
desiredCapabilities.setCapability("automationName", "Appium");
desired_cap = {
	'automationName': 'Appium'
}
var capabilities = {
	'automationName': 'Appium'
}
DesiredCapabilities capability = new DesiredCapabilities();
capability.SetCapability("automationName", "Appium");
$capabilities = new DesiredCapabilities();
$capabilities->setCapability("automationName", "Appium");

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