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You can override the default automation engine used to execute your appium tests on BrowserStack. In order to change Appium’s automation engine, use the automationName capability.

Capability OS Values
automationName Android UIAutomator2, Appium, Flutter(for flutter apps)
Default: UIAutomator2
  iOS XCUITest, Flutter(for flutter apps)
Default: XCUITest

Example:

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

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